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+title: "Windows Convoluted Madness – how to use Wine in debian and X11 and mac and..."
+date: 2024-12-29 20:14:55 -0300
+categories: windows
+tags: debian x11 windows
+---
+
+I'm currently trying to run Windows applications on Debian and it's so hard already.
+Why is Windows so convoluted? 
+
+Anyways, what I'm doing: 
+
+1. Install XQuartz on your Mac _and reboot_!!! 
+
+2. I'm using Lima to provision my VMs, make sure to add this block to the instance
+yaml:
+
+```yaml
+ssh:
+  forwardX11: true
+  forwardX11Trusted: true
+```
+
+3. Then comes the debian x11 stuff: 
+
+```sh
+sudo apt install xauth
+# Trust your current display
+xauth generate $DISPLAY . trusted 
+
+# Test - exit session then try again if you see an error
+sudo apt install x11-apps
+xeyes
+```
+
+4. And wine stuff: 
+
+```sh
+# https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/wikis/Debian-Ubuntu
+sudo apt install gpg
+sudo mkdir -pm755 /etc/apt/keyrings
+wget -O - https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/winehq-archive.key -
+# Bullseye debian src
+sudo wget -NP /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/debian/dists/bullseye/winehq-bullseye.sources
+
+# rather annoying, but needed
+sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
+
+sudo apt update
+
+sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-stable
+```
+
+4. If you're on your shiny Apple Silicon, do this: 
+
+```sh
+# Install docker as per https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/debian/
+
+# then: 
+# https://github.com/tonistiigi/binfmt
+sudo docker run --privileged --rm tonistiigi/binfmt --install x86_64,i386
+```
+
+This last step uses [binfmt_misc](https://docs.kernel.org/admin-guide/binfmt-misc.html) that allows us
+to bind an executable with a file type, in a way that we can tell it to emulate whatever we need with qemu/wine behind. 
+
+Quite interesting, that's pretty much how Docker for desktop amd64 emulation works as well on Apple Silicon.
+
+See ya next time.