The Complete Guide A to Z to Install Wine On Mac OS X
Every Mac user I know loves their Mac and wouldn’t trade it for the world. But every now and then, there is a Windows application that they would like to be able to run. Sure there are Mac apps out there that can enable you to run them, like Boot Camp and VMWare, but what if you just want to run a couple apps? Can you really justify buying software for that? I would imagine not, unless you just absolutely can’t do without it. This article takes you through the entire process from start to finish to get a working Wine environment on your Mac. Now, there are other ways to run Wine on Mac OS X, but I feel this is probably the most common. Plus, if you visit the support forums, most of those guys are running Wine this way, so the solutions they give usually apply to the command line. Once you have Wine setup this way, I think it will be easier to find help and support. Rather than having to try and figure out how to apply it to your particular install.
What is Wine?
Simply put, Wine is software that allows Mac OS X users and Linux users to run Windows applications on their computer. It is Open Source software and available as a free download.
Why use Wine?
Every now and then, Mac users find that there is an application that they would like to use, but it’s only available for Windows. Typically the only way to run Windows applications on a Mac is to use virtualization software such as VMWare or use Boot Camp. This can eat into your system resources and take up lots of space on your hard drive, plus this may not be how you want your computer set up.
Wine Compatibility
It’s not guaranteed that the application you want to use will work with Wine. Wine is an ongoing project and the team is constantly updating it and making improvements. They do have a list of applications that you can search to see how compatible your application is. You can find it here http://appdb.winehq.org/. If you cannot find your application listed, don’t give up hope. This just means it’s not very popular. For the ones that are listed, they are usually accompanied by any issues or bugs that people have encountered and how well it works. When it’s all said and done, the best way to see if your application works, is to just try! Plus, there is a huge community that you can turn to for support.
There are a few prerequisites for this installation of Wine. There are tutorials available for each one of these requirements if you need help installing them.
1. Make sure you have an Intel-based Mac.
– Click on the Apple logo in the upper left hand corner of your menu bar and select “About This Mac”
– If you see Intel in the processor description, you are good to go.
2. Install XCode and XCode Command Line Tools.
https://www.easypctutorials.com///install-xcode-os-x-mountain-lion
If you are running OS X 10.9 Mavericks, then you will need to login to the Apple Developer site and download the XCode Command Line Tool for Mavericks, otherwise you will not be able to install Python27.
3. Java – If you don’t have it, you can download and install it for free. Make sure you get the appropriate for your version of OS X.
https://www.easypctutorials.com///install-java-mac-os-x
4. XQuartz
https://www.easypctutorials.com///installing-xquartz-on-mountain-lion
Step #1 – Install MacPorts
MacPorts is an open source software utility that simplifies the process of installing Wine. Typically, Wine would have to be built from scratch, compiled and installed. Which is one reason why a lot of people have avoided it. MacPorts takes care of this for you. Bottom line, it makes life a whole lot easier.
Go to the MacPorts website. Look under “Installing MacPorts” in the “Getting Started” section.
Choose the appropriate version. For this tutorial I’m using Mountain Lion.
Double click the .dmg file and run through the installation.
Install the following utilities by typing each one on a separate line and hitting Enter.
Open a terminal window and decide which install option you want to do.
You will be prompted for your administrator password. Type it and hit Enter.
At this point, the installation will take place. This can take a while, so be prepared.
Once it’s done, you’ll want to run a couple post-install scripts. Type the following command.
Open a new terminal window. Then type “ls” (without the quotes). You should see something like this.
Next, navigate to the Desktop by typing “cd Desktop”
Now type, this command.
Now type this command. It’s going to turn that winetricks file into an executable file.
Next, move it where it needs to be.
Lets use winetricks to install a few DLLs that I recommend having in your .wine prefix.
Open a terminal window and navigate to your newly created wineprefix.
Next, type this.
You’ll need to copy the installer for your software over to your Mac. Usually setup.exe or an .msi file.
Then you’ll open a terminal window and navigate to the directory where you copied it to.
To run the installer, type the following.
When it’s finished, navigate to the Program Files directory by typing:
Once there, find the directory that has your installation. When you do, type:
Type the following in a terminal window.
Enter you administrator password and you will see the update kick off.
Step #2 – Install Common Utilities Using MacPorts
– sudo port install wget
– sudo port install cabextract
– sudo port install unzip
Step #3 – Install Wine with MacPorts
For this step, I would recommend disabling Sleep Mode on your Mac. This process can take quite a while to complete. It will be downloading, compiling and installing Wine.
There are two different options here. The first one installs the latest official release of Wine. The second installs the very latest “beta” version. The Wine project moves pretty fast, so the developers publish “mini” versions in between official releases. These have bugs and issues that have been fixed so if you’re having trouble with a particular application you might want install this version. Otherwise, if you go with the official release, you’ll have to wait until a new official release is published.
For the latest “official” release
sudo port install wine
For the absolute latest beta version
sudo port install wine-devel
If you see an error that says something like “C compiler cannot create executables….” This means that either you forgot to install XCode or it did not get installed properly.
You will need to reinstall XCode and XCode Command Line Tools before you can continue.
port notes dbus
You should see this screen. If you were watching the install you may have seen it pass by. Simply run the two commands that are listed here.
Step #4 – Install Winetricks
Winetricks is truly the key to using Wine. It is a shell script utility that is used to download and install required Windows software. Normally you would have to find DLLs, runtime engines, fonts, etc and figure out how to install them. Winetricks simplifies this process by doing all that tedious work for you. What’s the difference between this and MacPorts? MacPorts installs open source software on your Mac. Winetricks installs Windows software in your Wine environment, or wineprefix.
Remember those utilities that you installed earlier? One of them was “wget” and is about to make this step super easy.
wget http://winetricks.org/winetricks
When it’s done, you should have a file name “winetricks” on your Desktop. You can run another “ls” command to check.
sudo chmod +x winetricks
sudo mv winetricks /usr/bin
You can check to make sure it went there by typing “which winetricks” and it should display that path.
– winetricks gdiplus
– winetricks secur32
– winetricks riched30
– winetricks corefonts
Step #5 – Let’s Explore What You’ve Accomplished
cd /users/<username>/.wine
cd drive_c
And do an “ls” command
Does that folder structure look familiar? It should. It’s basically what your Windows computer looks like. Anytime you run a winetricks script or install software, it goes here in the .wine directory. If you’d like to start with a fresh Wine prefix it’s easy to do simply by wiping out this directory with the following command.
rm -rf /users/<username>/.wine
Step #6 – Installing and Running a Windows Application
This is basically how you would install and run a Windows application. Keep in mind, that there may be dependencies that will need to be installed before it will run. One good rule of thumb is to pay attention to any software requirements. If your application requires .NET, then you will need to install that in your wineprefix first. Just as if you were installing it on your Windows computer.
wine setup.exe
If all is well in the world of Wine, you should see a window open that will take you through the installation process just as if you were on a Windows computer.
cd ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files
wine <program name>.exe
Step #7 – Updating Wine on Mac and Winetricks
Like I said before, Wine is constantly being updated by the development team. They have a long list of bugs to fix and new functions to add. One thing about the team is that they are exceptionally fast. You never have to wait very long for a newer version or release. With that being said, if for some reason your application doesn’t work or doesn’t fully work, you can always try again after a newer version is out. I have personally experienced this. I had an application that did not fully work and after updating to the next release, everything was working fine. I would recommend checking for an update every month or so, or even sooner. You can always go to the website and see if there is a new version out as well.
sudo port selfupdate && sudo port upgrade outdated
Winetricks is also updated constantly, so you’ll always want to make sure you have the latest version. To do so, simply run the same command that you used to install it in Step #4
Uninstalling Wine and MacPorts
If for some reason you decide you don’t like Wine and don’t want to use it, getting rid of it is just as easy.
Typing the following in a terminal window will uninstall Wine
sudo port uninstall wine
If you installed Wine using the “wine-devel” then you will need to use that instead of just plain “wine” in the command and vice versa.
To uninstall MacPorts you can follow the documentation found on their website. It’s not that hard to do, but they already have the tutorial written 🙂 http://guide.macports.org/chunked/installing.macports.uninstalling.html
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I have everything installed: Xcode, Java, and XQuartz but when I reach the part where I type in “sudo port install wine” it says that the command is not found. How do I fix this?
Hi JJ, the command that you are having trouble with is specific to MacPorts. Did you follow Steps 1 & 2 to install and configure MacPorts?
Yes, I did. Only now when I type in “sudo port install wine” I get:
Warning: /opt/local/etc/macports/variants.conf specifies invalid variant syntax ‘“+universal”’, ignored.
Warning: /opt/local/etc/macports/variants.conf specifies invalid variant syntax ‘“+universal”’, ignored.
Warning: The Command Line Tools for Xcode don’t appear to be installed; most ports will likely fail to build.
Warning: See http://guide.macports.org/chunked/installing.xcode.html for more information.
—> Computing dependencies for wineError: Unable to execute port: can’t read “build.cmd”: Failed to locate ‘make’ in path: ‘/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin’ or at its MacPorts configuration time location, did you move it?
Everything is installed, so I’m not sure what to do. Should I just delete everything and re-install/retry?
Hey JJ,
Try the following:
1. Open up XCode and go the Preferences->Download Tab and you may have to manually download the XCode Command Line Tools. Then give the “sudo port install wine” another try.
If that doesn’t do the trick then I would recommend re-installing and re-configuring MacPorts.
What OSX version are you running?
10.7.5 but I manually downloaded the command line tools and it installed wine just fine. Thank you!
Hi, I got up to the opening the setup file easily and problem free, thanks.
But, when I input ‘ wine SteamInstall.msi ‘, while in the correct directory nothing happens and any further inputs into terminal do nothing at all. I would appreciate any help you can give me.
It just said about it being a bad .exe format. does it not work on an .msi? is there a winetrick etc for that?
Hey Dee,
I believe msi files require the “start” command as well. Like so, “wine start SteamInstall.msi”
Make sure you also use winetricks to install Tahoma and Flash before running the Steam installer.
Let me know how it goes.
I have been sifting through a ton of walkthroughs and forums today and tentatively trying what seems to apply to the various problems ive been having but what seems to have pushed it over the edge and get working was
‘ winetricks dotnet20 msi2
mv .wine{,.backup}
wineboot ‘
the winetricks zenity overlay pops up now and i have steam opening fine.
Awesome man! Glad you got it working.
I keep getting “Error: org.macports.build for port gtk-doc returned: command execution failed” besides reinstalling xcode and the command line what else can I do?
Hey Will,
You can try to install it prior to your Wine install. Try the following:
* sudo port clean gtk-doc
* sudo port install gtk-doc
What versions are you running? OS, XCode, etc.?
For OS X Mavericks computers you need to log into the apple dev site and download command line tools for OS X Mavericks. Otherwise you will not be able to install python27. Also you the command you typed up above puts “+universal” at the bottom of variants.conf. This causes and error so you need to change it from “+universal” to +universal. If you have already run the command above you can modify your variants.conf file by typing sudo nano /opt/local/etc/macports/variants.conf and then remove the quotes and hit Control + O then Control + X
Hi Dane,
Thanks for the awesome and informative comment! It is definitely something readers can benefit from.
I guess I need to proof read my articles better. You’re right, those quotes should not be there.
I was also unaware of the solution you provided on how to fix it if that command has already been run with quotes. Thank you very much for sharing, and teaching me something new.
Also, I appreciate the heads up about Mavericks concerning the Command Line Tools. I have not had a chance to work a lot with Mavericks yet.
I have made the necessary edits and updated the article. Thanks again!
I keep getting the error below when installing a windows program. What do I do?
Jps-MacBook-Pro:Program Files jpcoogan$ wine ca_setup.exe
Dynamic session lookup supported but failed: launchd did not provide a socket path, verify that org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist is loaded!
wine: cannot find L”C:\\windows\\system32\\ca_setup.exe”
What windows program are you trying to install James?
I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM, PLSS HELP
WAS TRYING TO INSTALL “OVERWOLF”
IT SAYS:
Dynamic session lookup supported but failed: launchd did not provide a socket path, verify that org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist is loaded!
wine: cannot find L”C:\\windows\\system32\\setup.exe”
Any thoughts?
never mind
watched the video and got it
Nice tutorial ty
When you think about it, that’s got to be the right answer.
Great post!
Works like a charm 🙂
Awesome!! Glad you are up and running!
I am trying to install Hydrus 1D. But I am getting the error below.
Dynamic session lookup supported but failed: launchd did not provide a socket path, verify that org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist is loaded!
wine: cannot find L”C:\\windows\\system32\\setup.exe”.
What do I do?
Hi Shahed,
When does the error show up? Immediately, halfway through, etc.
What version of OSX are you running?
Following this guide, went fine until step 22.
Typing “wineboot” gave me the error: -bash: wineboot: command not found
Not sure what to do from here.
Hey Owen,
That sounds like you don’t have the XCode Command Line Tools installed properly. What version of OS X are you running
If it’s Mavericks, read the notes under Step #2 concerning downloading them.
Let me know if you continue to get this error.
is number 9 is in terminal again?
Hi Arnold,
Yes, step number 9 is in the terminal again.
why it says Rjohn:drive_c Rjohn$ cd/users/Rjohn.wine
-bash: cd/users/Rjohn.wine: No such file or directory
Arnold,
Which step are you at? When does it give you this message?
You’ll need to copy the installer for your software over to your Mac. Usually setup.exe or an .msi file.
where will i put the file?
John,
It doesn’t really matter where you put it. I usually put it on my Desktop or inside the Wine wrapper itself.
Rjohn:drive_c Rjohn$ wine gg.exe
Dynamic session lookup supported but failed: launchd did not provide a socket path, verify that org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist is loaded!
Fontconfig warning: ignoring UTF-8: not a valid region tag
wine: cannot find L”C:\\windows\\system32\\gg.exe”
whats wrong?
Make sure wherever you put “gg.exe” that your system can find it. Make sure it’s not somewhere that requires permissions.
Error: Processing of port wine-devel failed
– appears everytime i try to install Wine 🙁
Zane,
Can you confirm that you configured MacPorts properly and were able to install the utilities in Step #3??
Also, I have found sometimes when a new version of Wine becomes available, sometimes there is a delay between that and when the port script gets updated.
The wine-devel grabs the most recent version or “beta”. I have run into an error and then tried again in a couple of days to find everything working properly.
Keep me updated so I can continue to help.
and this is what the whole error says:
Error: The following dependencies were not installed: gstreamer010 gobject-introspection cairo xorg-libXext xorg-libX11 xorg-xextproto xorg-xcb-util xrender xorg-renderproto gstreamer010-gst-plugins-base gnome-vfs gconf dbus-glib dbus gtk-doc docbook-xml docbook-xml-4.1.2 docbook-xml-4.2 xmlcatmgr docbook-xml-4.3 docbook-xml-4.4 docbook-xml-4.5 docbook-xml-5.0 docbook-xsl fop itstool gawk readline py27-libxml2 openjade opensp gtk3 at-spi2-atk at-spi2-core xorg-libXevie xorg-evieproto xorg-libXi xorg-inputproto xorg-libXfixes xorg-fixesproto xorg-libXtst xorg-recordproto xorg-libice xorg-libsm atk dbus-python27 gdk-pixbuf2 jasper jpeg tiff hicolor-icon-theme pango Xft2 harfbuzz graphite2 shared-mime-info intltool p5.16-getopt-long p5.16-pathtools p5.16-scalar-list-utils p5.16-xml-parser xorg-libXcomposite xorg-compositeproto xorg-libXcursor xorg-libXdamage xorg-damageproto xorg-libXinerama xorg-xineramaproto xorg-libXrandr xorg-randrproto orbit2 libidl policykit gnome-mime-data iso-codes libogg libtheora libvorbis orc xorg-libXv xorg-videoproto lcms2 mesa makedepend xorg-dri2proto xorg-glproto xorg-libXmu xorg-libXt xorg-libXxf86vm xorg-xf86vidmodeproto
To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
Error: Processing of port wine-devel failed
Nice write up.
After executing wineboot I get the following:
wine: created the configuration directory ‘/Users/mikathem/.wine’
fixme:storage:create_storagefile Storage share mode not implemented.
err:mscoree:LoadLibraryShim error reading registry key for installroot
err:mscoree:LoadLibraryShim error reading registry key for installroot
err:mscoree:LoadLibraryShim error reading registry key for installroot
err:mscoree:LoadLibraryShim error reading registry key for installroot
fixme:storage:create_storagefile Storage share mode not implemented.
err:winediag:SECUR32_initNTLMSP ntlm_auth was not found or is outdated. Make sure that ntlm_auth >= 3.0.25 is in your path. Usually, you can find it in the winbind package of your distribution.
fixme:iphlpapi:NotifyAddrChange (Handle 0x11ff560, overlapped 0x11ff56c): stub
wine: configuration in ‘/Users/mikathem/.wine’ has been updated.
When I try to setup.exe the application, the installshield wizzard appears (empty window) and nothing further happens. Any thoughts?
Hey Mike,
Which wine install did you do? Regular or wine-devel? Also, which version of OSX are you on?
It looks like the .wine prefix got created judging by the last line in your stack trace.
You can try using winetricks to install the secur32 package as well.
What software are you trying to install? Depending on what it is, it may require some other winetricks packages to be installed prior such as .NET, GDIPLUS, etc. That might explain your empty installshield window.
Let me know how it goes, and I’ll try to help you troubleshoot as best I can.
Hello and thanks for the reply. I actually got my application running. I’m not sure which step I took solved the problem. 1) Finally decided to upgrade to Mavericks. 2) Wiped wine and macports completely from my system. 3) Opted to give homebrew a shot as it gets a ton of positive reviews. 4) Installed SMBUp (samba) from http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/41541/smbup. After doing all of this I still get some of the same errors I was receiving before, but the application no longer hangs at the install shield window. I am running Microcap 11 from Spectrum Software. I was running OSX 10.7.5 before and I tried wine and wine-devel both with macports. All good now. Thanks again.
You’re welcome. I’m glad to hear you were able to resolve your issue!!!
Jay,
I attempted to install Wine on 10.9.4 with: sudo port install wine (after updating macports). Other than taking over 8 hours (didn’t tell it to use 2 cores, or anything else…), everything went as it should (I’ve attached the terminal output as terminal.txt), until:
Error: Failed to configure gtk3, consult /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_gnome_gtk3/gtk3/work/gtk+-3.14.0-x86_64/config.log
Error: org.macports.configure for port gtk3 returned: configure failure: command execution failed
Error: Failed to install gtk3
Please see the log file for port gtk3 for details:
/opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_gnome_gtk3/gtk3/main.log
Error: The following dependencies were not installed: gstreamer010-gst-plugins-base gnome-vfs gconf gtk3 orbit2 libidl policykit gnome-mime-data iso-codes libogg libtheora libvorbis orc xorg-libXv xorg-videoproto mesa xorg-dri2proto xorg-glproto xorg-libXmu xorg-libXt xorg-libXxf86vm xorg-xf86vidmodeproto
To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets
Error: Processing of port wine failed
…and that was it! No clue where to go from here, although don’t feel like waiting another 8 hours to find out! I’ve also attached the main and gtk logs.
wine main.log: http://54.69.71.31/files/macports/wine_main.log
gtk main.log: http://54.69.71.31/files/macports/gtk_main.log
terminal output: http://54.69.71.31/files/macports/terminal.txt
Thanks for the help.
Hey Bob,
It looks like there may be some issues with versions certain packages. It’s possible the script hasn’t been updated to reflect the changes. I’m digging into it.
In the meantime, check this out and see if it may apply. https://trac.macports.org/ticket/28453
Hi, I’ve been trying to install the latest development version of wine (thanks for the guide, by the way) and encountered a problem. I’m not super experienced with command line etc., so I’m hoping someone will be able to tell me what went wrong.
I had an old official version of wine installed before, and I uninstalled it and then tried again through macports. Everything seemed to be going smoothly until this:
—> Activating python27 @2.7.8_2+universal
Error: org.macports.activate for port python27 returned: Image error: /Applications/MacPorts/Python 2.7/IDLE.app/Contents/Info.plist already exists and does not belong to a registered port. Unable to activate port python27. Use ‘port -f activate python27’ to force the activation.
Error: Failed to install python27
Please see the log file for port python27 for details:
/opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_python27/python27/main.log
Error: The following dependencies were not installed: gstreamer010 gobject-introspection cairo xorg-libXext xorg-libX11 xorg-libxcb python27 xorg-libpthread-stubs xorg-xcb-proto xorg-util-macros xorg-xextproto xorg-xcb-util xrender xorg-renderproto py27-mako py27-beaker py27-setuptools py27-markupsafe gstreamer010-gst-plugins-base gnome-vfs gconf dbus-glib dbus gtk-doc docbook-xml docbook-xml-4.1.2 docbook-xml-4.2 xmlcatmgr docbook-xml-4.3 docbook-xml-4.4 docbook-xml-4.5 docbook-xml-5.0 docbook-xsl fop itstool gawk readline py27-libxml2 openjade opensp source-highlight boost icu gtk3 at-spi2-atk at-spi2-core intltool p5.16-getopt-long p5.16-pathtools p5.16-scalar-list-utils p5.16-xml-parser xorg-libXevie xorg-evieproto xorg-libXi xorg-inputproto xorg-libXfixes xorg-fixesproto xorg-libXtst xorg-recordproto xorg-libice xorg-libsm atk dbus-python27 gdk-pixbuf2 jasper jpeg tiff hicolor-icon-theme pango Xft2 harfbuzz graphite2 shared-mime-info xorg-libXcomposite xorg-compositeproto xorg-libXcursor xorg-libXdamage xorg-damageproto xorg-libXinerama xorg-xineramaproto xorg-libXrandr xorg-randrproto orbit2 libidl policykit gnome-mime-data iso-codes libogg libtheora libvorbis orc xorg-libXv xorg-videoproto lcms2 mesa xorg-dri2proto xorg-glproto xorg-libXmu xorg-libXt xorg-libXxf86vm xorg-xf86vidmodeproto
To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets
Error: Processing of port wine-devel failed
What should I do?
Hi Nskaran,
Are you installing Wine on OS X Mavericks? If so, be sure to check out list item #2 under the prerequisites section. The error you are experiencing looks like it could be the cause. When installing on Mavericks you need to install the separate XCode Command Line Tools for Mavericks, otherwise you will not be able to install Python.
Another thing, you said you had an older version of wine installed. Did you install that version using MacPorts or another method such as Homebrew or did you compile it yourself? The reason I ask is because if this is the case then it’s possible there are some leftovers somewhere on your system, and might be missed especially if you tried to uninstall using MacPorts.
If this is not the case, let me know and I’ll see if I help you resolve it.
Thanks for catching that! I’d installed the Command Line Tools a long time ago and assumed I wouldn’t have to do it again. I downloaded the newest version, but I still seem to be getting the same error.
I’ve installed wine a couple times in the past. The most recent one was through Homebrew and I uninstalled it through Homebrew. I did have a version through Macports before that, though, and it’s definitely possible I missed something somewhere. It looks like I’m running up against an old python file, maybe? Is there a good way to look for any leftovers and clean them up?
Hi nskaran,
Whew, I don’t really know of a way to cleanly look for leftovers and get rid of them. It usually makes a mess of things.
In the past when things have gotten really bad, I have just nuked everything.
Uninstall, XCode, XCode Command Line Tools, MacPorts, and Homebrew and start from scratch.
I know that is a tall order of annoying, but it may be the only way.
I noticed you said you did a previous install of Wine with MacPorts, you might be successful just nuking MacPorts.
Keep me updated and let me know how it goes!
Jay… I assume I did so. However, here’s what I get when I check: (got this Terminal command from here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15371925/how-to-check-if-command-line-tools-is-installed)
==> pkgutil –pkg-info=com.apple.pkg.CLTools_Executables
package-id: com.apple.pkg.CLTools_Executables
version: 5.1.0.0.1.1396320587
volume: /
location: /
install-time: 1403210459
groups: com.apple.FindSystemFiles.pkg-group com.apple.DevToolsBoth.pkg-group com.apple.DevToolsNonRelocatableShared.pkg-group
Jay,
I checked out https://trac.macports.org/ticket/28453, and it didn’t seem to be applicable. If you could take a moment and look at my gtk main.log: http://54.69.71.31/files/macports/gtk_main.log, the problem seems to rear its head there – although I have no clue _which_ problem!
I have a 27″ Late 2013 3.5 GHz Intel Core i7 running OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 and am having issues with Steam working properly. I had to use the alternate method to get Steam installed and it worked. I chose it to use Windows 7 for my operating system as instructed. I sign in to my account and the Store doesn’t behave correctly.
Most of the content is empty aside from a single game advertised in the News. Aside from the pull-down menus, nothing is clickable, nothing can load, and there is always a progress icon working in the upper right hand corner. The scroll bar on the right side doesn’t actually scroll, in fact when I resize and expand the window it remains stuck in place as if I’m just viewing a still image of the Store. The menus on the top of News don’t take me anywhere or even act as if they can be clicked. The Library is the only place where the scroll bars move as they should and all sections are fully functional. I can also view and change the view style of my already owned games, and I actually got an installation completed. The only section usable in Community is Discussions and Market. Under Broadcast the search fields act as if they’re just images and cannot be clicked inside to perform any typing or searches. Everything else just shows that processing icon in the upper right hand corner which appears but then goes away once the sections which do work have loaded. Content is mostly empty boxes with just bits of text here and there. Under my account I can use a few of the sections but others again act as if they’re not functional and always have the processing icon.
To try to fix the missing text, I used Winetricks to install the corefonts and it appeared to successful but there’s no change. I tried to use Winetricks to install Flash 12 but it failed, giving me the sha1sum error I got when I tried to use the first method to install Steam. Basically, the Library is the only part of Steam which is fully functional and I can’t use the Store other than to Add a Game or look at images of what should be functional sections such as my Wishlist or News. The important parts aren’t working and I’m not sure why.
Sorry, I’ve been frustrated trying to both compile Wine and get Steam for Windows working properly and in my haste I posted the above issue in the wrong location. I posted this issue to the correct place here: https://www.easypctutorials.com//windows-steam-on-mac-wineskin/#more-1265 I just can’t find any way to delete this other post.
It’s important to note that under Yosemite, Mac no longer uses ‘wget’ and has changed to ‘curl’ which accomplishes the same thing but can be confusing when all the tutorial instructions tell you to type wget. I found a site explaining how to acquire wget so I could use it instead of curl but it didn’t do it. It says I have installed MacPorts but typing any of the commands in the Terminal from the tutorial don’t do anything. I can’t navigate to my Desktop in the Terminal and have it see Winetricks to move it because nothing was created on my Desktop, although I was able to successfully compile Wine. My computer shows Winetricks already inside a directory and I can only assume it must have been already installed from trying to install either Steam or a game with a Wineskin wrapper.
Having done the above, do i need to instal Virtual C++ redistributable, and if yes how can i do that?
Very useful article literally saved my life
Hey there,
Does this install the fonts…
ttf-dejavu
ttf-bitstream-vera
corefonts (arial, times, …)
If not, how do I go about doing so?
hi
when i try to install wine it appear the following: -sudo: port: command not found
[Proceso completado]
hey i have a problem,,i just installed bioshock infinite on wine when it finished it says error something cause direct3d 11 is not installed on the windows but the installation is complete anyway,,then i tried running it and it says bad format what should i do???…
hey i have a problem,,i just installed bioshock infinite on wine when it finished it says error something cause direct3d 11 is not installed on the windows but the installation is complete anyway,,then i tried running it and it says bad format what should i do???…
can you help me please…
Thanks for this fantastic write up. I’m not installing Steam, but just wanted to get a proper Wine on my OS X El Capitan machine.
Happy to report that it went extremely well. Took a couple of hours for wine to install, but that’s the way it is I guess.
I had to restart the install of wine couple of times, you might want to add notes on how to delete the lock files and proceed the stalled installation.
Cheers
Alex
when I try to move winetricks as in step 13, I get this msg: rename winetricks to /usr/bin/winetricks: Operation not permitted what do I need to do to get it right?