Box86 and Wine on RPi4

mth75

@folly said in Box86 and Wine on RPi4:

What is your rom folder now ?
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/Box86

Indeed, /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/Box86/<Game folder> is my rom folder.

The <Game folder> is my wineprefix for example:

<Game folder>
-- dosdevices
-- drive_c
--- system.reg
--- user.reg

etc.

mth75

@folly said in Box86 and Wine on RPi4:

Does this prefix run the game directly or does it run a bash file from somewhere else ?

I use the scripts from George, with only the game locations adjusted to the /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/box86/ folder.

I'm planning to look into making it somewhat easier in the near future.

shavecat

Hey all
I have Shovel Knight/unepic /Worldofgoo/Postal1/crimsonland runing on the box86 too.

And can i have more Info plz ,
How to run
Commands or AOE2 ?
plz
Got lost here abit :)

mth75

@shavecat said in Box86 and Wine on RPi4:

ey all
I have Shovel Knight/unepic /Worldofgoo/Postal1/crimsonland runing on the box86 too.
And can i have more Info plz ,
How to run
Commands or AOE2 ?
plz
Got lost here abit :)

The way I did it. I'm running a separate Raspian OS (LXDE desktop) and installed both Box86 and Wine in order to make the wine_prefixes.

I compiled Box86: https://github.com/ptitSeb/box86/blob/master/COMPILE.md

or you could install Box86 with Pi Apps.

Then I installed Wine:

Download Wine

cd ~/Downloads
wget https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/debian/dists/buster/main/binary-i386/wine-devel-i386_5.22~buster_i386.deb
wget https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/debian/dists/buster/main/binary-i386/wine-devel_5.22~buster_i386.deb
dpkg-deb -xv wine-devel-i386_5.22~buster_i386.deb wine-installer
dpkg-deb -xv wine-devel_5.22~buster_i386.deb wine-installer

Install Wine

sudo mv wine-installer/opt/wine-devel ~/wine
sudo ln -sf ~/wine/bin/wine /usr/local/bin/wine
sudo ln -sf ~/wine/bin/winecfg /usr/local/bin/winecfg
sudo ln -sf ~/wine/bin/wineserver /usr/local/bin/wineserver

Boot wine

wine wineboot

Download Winetricks

cd ~/Downloads
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Winetricks/winetricks/master/src/winetricks

Install winetricks

sudo chmod +x winetricks
sudo cp winetricks /usr/local/bin

winetricks needs this installed

sudo apt-get install cabextract -y

#Run Winetricks
BOX86_NOBANNER=1 winetricks dotnet20sp2

Furthermore I installed Q4Wine with the Add/Remove package manager from Raspbian OS (to easily create wine_prefixes (Bottles)).
or

you could use winetricks with the following command:

BOX86_NOBANNER=1 winetricks --gui.

Then, I copied the wine prefixes to my RetroPie machine (see the rest of this topic for how to use the wine_prefixes).

shavecat

@mth75
Thanks a LOT !!!
doing it now .
After the boot wine i got this -

pi@retropie:~/Downloads $ wine wineboot
Box86 with Dynarec v0.1.5 1e20a9ef built on Nov 14 2020 01:22:25
Box86 with Dynarec v0.1.5 1e20a9ef built on Nov 14 2020 01:22:25
Box86 with Dynarec v0.1.5 1e20a9ef built on Nov 14 2020 01:22:25
0024:err:environ:run_wineboot failed to start wineboot c000007b
wine: could not load kernel32.dll, status c000007b

Thats OKAY ???

After that how can i run the games ?
like with exe file form sh file ???
now think im lost a bit ;

mth75

@shavecat said in Box86 and Wine on RPi4:

OKAY ???
After that how can i run the games ?
like with exe file form sh file ???
now think im lost a bit ;

No, that's not okay. Check your file permissions/ownership?

you can start simply (if your install is ok) with: wine <gamename>.exe

mth75

@mth75 Btw, that's an old Box86 version, my Dynarec version on the Pi400 Desktop is v0.1.9.

shavecat

@mth75
How do i do that ? (Check your file permissions/ownership?) where and how ?
im using putty on retropie 4.6 and i have pi4 2gb.
So thats mean i can do an .sh file from ports in retrpoie with
wine<gamename>.exe
and it will work ??? :):):):)):):)<3<3<3<3(SOUNDS AMIAZING ! )

mth75

@shavecat

Sorry mate, can't advise your there except:

make sure to install box86 and wine maybe on a clean system.
try to install an easy game for test purposes, maybe Space Cadet 3D pinball
and build further ... with all of the above ...

Folly

@mth75 said in Box86 and Wine on RPi4:

@folly said in Box86 and Wine on RPi4:

What is your rom folder now ?
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/Box86

Indeed, /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/Box86/<Game folder> is my rom folder.

The <Game folder> is my wineprefix for example:

<Game folder>
-- dosdevices
-- drive_c
--- system.reg
--- user.reg

etc.

OK, I understand how you do it, I think.
But now I wonder, does this also work if you run emulationstation from your "cli" instead of the "Desktop" ?
Because it needs to run xinit to display it all in te terminal/cli enviroment.
The ultimate goal is that it's working in standard "RetroPie".

mth75

@folly said in Box86 and Wine on RPi4:

OK, I understand how you do it, I think.
But now I wonder, does this also work if you run emulationstation from your "cli" instead of the "Desktop" ?
Because it needs to run xinit to display it all in te terminal/cli enviroment.
The ultimate goal is that it's working in standard "RetroPie".

I'm running EmulationStation as part of a "standard" RetroPie image (so no LXDE Desktop installed) on my Pi4 build. I just build the packages (wine_prefixes) on my Pi400 (Raspbian OS/LXDE with no RetroPie/ES installed).

Folly

@shavecat said in Box86 and Wine on RPi4:

Hey all
I have Shovel Knight/unepic /Worldofgoo/Postal1/crimsonland runing on the box86 too.

And can i have more Info plz ,
How to run
Commands or AOE2 ?
plz
Got lost here abit :)

I am doing it different than @mth75.
I just used the scripts from @George to install it all.

To make it simple just use the repository of George instead or the original.
I rename your old setup directory !

Then install it with these commands :

cd
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/GeorgeMcMullen/RetroPie-Setup.git

edit: goto https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/28528/box86-and-wine-on-rpi4/77

And then just install it from the Retropie-setup in this order :
(information from the pull request from George)
The scripts must be run in order, and they will check to make sure the preceding dependencies have been met.

mesa.sh - This is an updated Mesa driver, which is required by Box86. The version that is installed with the RetroPie distribution is not yet compatible.
box86.sh - This is set as an emulator because it is.
wine.sh - This is the x86 version of Wine and requires box86 in order to run. It is installed as a Port, because as the name says, Wine Is Not an Emulator.
spacecadet3dpinball.sh - This is the original Windows XP game, hosted on the Internet Archive. It is also installed as a Port as it is more like a rom and not an emulator. It is included mostly as a reference to installing other games. One note - you must not hit the Escape key to quit or you will be in a hung state in the game. Use Alt-F4 instead.

If it works, then you can try different stuff.

Folly

@mth75 said in Box86 and Wine on RPi4:

@folly said in Box86 and Wine on RPi4:

OK, I understand how you do it, I think.
But now I wonder, does this also work if you run emulationstation from your "cli" instead of the "Desktop" ?
Because it needs to run xinit to display it all in te terminal/cli enviroment.
The ultimate goal is that it's working in standard "RetroPie".

I'm running EmulationStation as part of a "standard" RetroPie image (so no LXDE Desktop installed) on my Pi4 build. I just build the packages (wine_prefixes) on my Pi400 (Raspbian OS/LXDE with no RetroPie/ES installed).

Thanks for explaining.
Now I know that this could be a good standard solution.

shavecat

@folly
Thanks a lot for helping :)
so i did that

pi@retropie:~ $ git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/GeorgeMcMullen/RetroPie-Setup.git
fatal: destination path 'RetroPie-Setup' already exists and is not an empty directory.

and i dont have any new from Retropie-setup when i launch it to install them ...
so i do i install them ? :)

mth75

@folly said in Box86 and Wine on RPi4:

@mth75 said in Box86 and Wine on RPi4:

@folly said in Box86 and Wine on RPi4:

OK, I understand how you do it, I think.
But now I wonder, does this also work if you run emulationstation from your "cli" instead of the "Desktop" ?
Because it needs to run xinit to display it all in te terminal/cli enviroment.
The ultimate goal is that it's working in standard "RetroPie".

I'm running EmulationStation as part of a "standard" RetroPie image (so no LXDE Desktop installed) on my Pi4 build. I just build the packages (wine_prefixes) on my Pi400 (Raspbian OS/LXDE with no RetroPie/ES installed).

Thanks for explaining.
Now I know that this could be a good standard solution.

You're welcome. Indeed, George Ports solutions combined with wine_prefixes make it a very feasible solution but a manual one ...

Folly

@shavecat said in Box86 and Wine on RPi4:

@folly
Thanks a lot for helping :)
so i did that
pi@retropie:~ $ git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/GeorgeMcMullen/RetroPie-Setup.git
fatal: destination path 'RetroPie-Setup' already exists and is not an empty directory.
and i dont have any new from Retropie-setup when i launch it to install them ...
so i do i install them ? :)

Ok, perhaps i made a mistake.
I will look into it.

Folly

@shavecat said in Box86 and Wine on RPi4:

@folly
Thanks a lot for helping :)
so i did that
pi@retropie:~ $ git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/GeorgeMcMullen/RetroPie-Setup.git
fatal: destination path 'RetroPie-Setup' already exists and is not an empty directory.
and i dont have any new from Retropie-setup when i launch it to install them ...
so i do i install them ? :)

You have to rename your original RetroPie-Setup directory with the mv command.
So then RetroPie-Setup becomes RetroPie-Setup.original.
This becomes your backup.
Then the RetroPie-Setup directory can be made again.

You can do it like this :

cd
mv RetroPie-Setup RetroPie-Setup.original
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/GeorgeMcMullen/RetroPie-Setup.git

edit: goto https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/28528/box86-and-wine-on-rpi4/77

Then it should work.

shavecat

@folly

pi@retropie:~ $ mv RetroPie-Setup RetroPie-Setup.original2
pi@retropie:~ $ git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/GeorgeMcMullen/RetroPie-Setup.git
Cloning into 'RetroPie-Setup'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 392, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (392/392), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (357/357), done.
remote: Total 392 (delta 65), reused 124 (delta 19), pack-reused 0
Receiving objects: 100% (392/392), 1.75 MiB | 1.94 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (65/65), done.

looks like it worked but when its semmes i dont have them *.sh files to install in the setup retropie itself yet .

Folly

@shavecat said in Box86 and Wine on RPi4:

looks like it worked but when its semmes i dont have them *.sh files to install in the setup retropie itself yet .

I see, indeed, cant find those files either.
Will look for a solution.

shavecat

@folly
thanks a lot <3 :)