Build box86/box64 emulators on Raspberry Pi 400

README.md

Run wine on box86 and box64 on RPi 400

How to run Wine on RPi 400

Steps

Build box64

sudo apt install git cmake -y
cd ~/projects
git clone https://github.com/ptitSeb/box64
cd box64
mkdir build; cd build; cmake .. -DRPI4ARM64=1 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/opt/box64
make -j2
sudo make install

Build box86

sudo apt install gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf -y
cd ~/projects
git clone https://github.com/ptitSeb/box86
cd box86
mkdir build; cd build; cmake .. -DRPI4ARM64=1 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/opt/box86
make -j2
sudo make install

Reload binfmt configuration (there are two new files in /etc/binfmt.d/ folder)

sudo systemctl restart systemd-binfmt.service

Install extra

sudo dpkg --add-architecture armhf
sudo apt update
sudo apt install libgtk2.0-0:armhf libsdl2-image-2.0-0:armhf libsdl1.2debian:armhf libopenal1:armhf libvorbisfile3:armhf libgl1:armhf libjpeg62:armhf libcurl4:armhf libasound2-plugins:armhf -y

Install wine

curl -fsSLO https://www.playonlinux.com/wine/binaries/phoenicis/upstream-linux-amd64/PlayOnLinux-wine-6.17-upstream-linux-amd64.tar.gz
sudo mkdir /opt/wine
sudo tar -zxf PlayOnLinux-wine-6.17-upstream-linux-amd64.tar.gz -C /opt/wine
sudo ln -s /opt/wine/bin/wine /usr/local/bin/wine
sudo ln -s /opt/wine/bin/wine64 /usr/local/bin/wine64
sudo ln -s /opt/wine/bin/wineserver /usr/local/bin/wineserver
sudo ln -s /opt/wine/bin/winecfg /usr/local/bin/winecfg
sudo ln -s /opt/wine/bin/wineboot /usr/local/bin/wineboot

Note: x86 version is available somewhere at https://www.playonlinux.com/wine/binaries/phoenicis/upstream-linux-x86/PlayOnLinux-wine-7.11-upstream-linux-x86.tar.gz

Technically it is possible to isolate box64 from box86 by setting BOX86_PATH, BOX86_LD_LIBRARY_PATH, BOX64_PATH, BOX64_LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variables appropriately, for example

export BOX86_PATH=/opt/wine86/bin/
export BOX86_LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/wine86/lib/wine/i386-unix/:/lib/i386-linux-gnu:/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/
export BOX64_PATH=/opt/wine64/bin/
export BOX64_LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/wine64/lib/i386-unix/:/opt/wine64/lib/wine/x86_64-unix/:/lib/i386-linux-gnu/:/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/

Install winetricks

sudo curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Winetricks/winetricks/master/src/winetricks -o /usr/local/bin/winetricks
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/winetricks
sudo winetricks --self-update

Create wine bottles

WINEPREFIX=~/.wine WINEARCH=win32 wine winecfg
WINEPREFIX=~/.wine64 WINEARCH=win64 wine winecfg

Basic alias

echo 'alias wine64="WINEPREFIX=~/.wine64 wine"' >> ~/.bash_aliases

Split scenario

$ cat ~/.bash_aliases 
alias wine64="BOX64_ENV1=WINEPREFIX=/home/vja/.wine64 BOX64_ENV2=WINEARCH=win64 box64 wine64"
alias wine64desktop="BOX64_ENV1=WINEPREFIX=/home/vja/.wine64 BOX64_ENV2=WINEARCH=win64 box64 wine64 explorer /desktop=shell,1280x720 explorer++.exe"
alias wine86="BOX86_ENV1=WINEPREFIX=/home/vja/.wine86 BOX86_ENV2=WINEARCH=win32 box86 wine"
alias wine86desktop="BOX86_ENV1=WINEPREFIX=/home/vja/.wine86 BOX86_ENV2=WINEARCH=win32 box86 wine explorer /desktop=shell,1280x720 explorer++.exe"

ExplorerPlusPlus is available for both architectures:

• https://explorerplusplus.com/software/explorer++_1.3.5_x64.zip
• https://explorerplusplus.com/software/explorer++_1.3.5_x86.zip

Re-use system fonts

shopt -s globstar
cd ${WINEPREFIX:-~/.wine}/drive_c/windows/Fonts && for i in /usr/share/fonts/**/*.{ttf,otf} ; do ln -s "$i" ; done

Remove wine mime hooks

rm -f ~/.local/share/mime/packages/x-wine*
rm -f ~/.local/share/applications/wine-extension*
rm -f ~/.local/share/icons/hicolor/*/*/application-x-wine-extension*
rm -f ~/.local/share/mime/application/x-wine-extension*
rm -f ~/.local/share/icons/hicolor/*/*/*winebrowser*

Install dotnet using winetricks

WINE="/opt/wine/bin/wine" WINESERVER="/opt/wine/bin/wineserver" WINEARCH="win32" WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.wine" winetricks dotnet45

References

https://box86.org/2022/03/box86-box64-vs-qemu-vs-fex-vs-rosetta2/

https://forum.armbian.com/topic/19526-how-to-install-box86-box64-wine32-wine64-winetricks-on-arm64/