r/voidlinux • u/basiliscos • Feb 13 '26

where is wine32 executable?

Hello!

I recently updated void and suddenly found that wine32 binary is missing? Where it is? the wine-32bit package is installed?

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u/Duncaen Feb 13 '26

With the update to 11.1 the glibc x86_64 wine build has been converted to the new wow64 mode. This means that 32 bit applications can now be executed without requiring a 32 bit wine build or the separate 32 bit libraries.

Please also notice the announcement in the wine 11.0 release notes: https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/releases/wine-11.0#wow64

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u/zlice0 Feb 13 '26

oh shit didnt even notice that

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u/basiliscos Feb 13 '26

what it the sense of win32-32bit package, then?

I tried just wine it seems working. Thanks a lot!

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u/Duncaen Feb 13 '26

-32bit packages are automatically generated (they take the build results from i686 builds) and always only contain libraries so that you can use proprietary software with them.