WineBottler | 1.7.10

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WineBottlerWith the WineBottler development version 1.7.10 we are addressing an installation issue with Windows based programs that come on CD-ROM or not in a single .msi or .exe file (for example a setup.exe together with some .cab and .ini files). It will be the base for the forthcoming stable 1.6.2 which should be out a few days from now.

Farbrausch r-025Revisiting more old demos 🙂 – Farbrausch r-025 @ 2560 x 1600 running on Wine 1.7.10

Other things that where improved or fixed:

  • Faster start of WineBottler created apps: support for env variables, guessing location and using spotlight only as a last resort.
  • wine menu not found errors: we use a dummy winemenubuilder.exe to avoid errors as suggest by winehq.
  • WineBottler crashes when a bottle is removed: Cases where NSError != 0, but remove succeeded.
  • Codesigning: only try to code sign, if a valid signature is found.

Thank you Marisa and Jim for helping me with these items :).

Wine changelog: winehq.org.

As usual: head over to winebottler.kronenberg.org and grab your copy 🙂 .

enjoy

Mike

WineBottler | 1.7.9

WineBottlerJust uploaded a new version of WineBottler with the updated Wine 1.7.9.

Directly from winehq.org:

  • Improved window moving/resizing in the Mac driver.
  • Some DirectDraw palette fixes.
  • Reduced code duplication between C++ runtime versions.
  • Various bug fixes.

kkrieger
.kkrieger, a DirectX9 game with a gigantic download of 96KB, running on WineBottler 1.7.9.

As usual: head over to winebottler.kronenberg.org and grab your copy 🙂 .

Happy Holidays!

Mike

WineBottler | 1.6.1 & 1.7.8

WineBottlerYes Sir! A new stable AND new 1.7.* development builds 🙂 .

My thanks fly out to Aaron, Adam, Alberto, E, Oliver, Thamas and Vanessa for wading together with me thru tight loops of testing and bug fixing.
Adding Mavericks to the list of supported Operating Systems, while maintaining compatibility down to Snow Leopard, gave us quite a headache :). Although I still can't answer all mails, your feedback really drives the development, as I can't test on all possible configurations of OSs and Macs.

Some of the highlights:

  • dylib errors for the linked KBAction.framework: Application would not start on OS X 10.6.8.
  • dylib errors for icotool: No Icons and no entry in the "On my Mac" list.
  • more code signing: WineBottler can't be opened because it's from an unidentified Developer. No more Identity crisis :).

We are making some progress on the FAQ as well, you can find a work in progress here:
FAQs. Please note that everything else on the subfolder "/wp" is out of date, as this is mainly a testing site. If you got more questions, that need answering, I'm happy to add them to the FAQ section.

Another item that constantly needs updating is the "Automated Installations" section. One needs to understand, that the programs you can download and install are in constant flux. One of the security measures Winetricks put in place to make sure all downloads are correct, is to check them by checksum. Every time a download changes, these checksums have to be updated. This is why you might run into a failed installation and when you look at the Error log, that opens, you find a checksum-error way down in the log. Please give me a heads-up, if this happens, and I try to follow up with an updated checksum as fast as I can.

So just send me a tweet @k3erg or mail me at mikesmassivemess@kronenberg.org if you have some input.

And here is a big "Thank You!" to the unfortunately anonymous Bitcoin sponsors. I usually try to thank personally - so if you're in for a chat, just drop me a line :).

If you're curious whats going to be next in WB – We got a mural now:
mural.ly of WineBottler

Last, a word about ads.
As some might have noticed, I was heavily testing ads to support some of the development ;). This is going to cool down in december/january as soon as I have time to analyze the results and see, what fits in best. As ads are content and user specific, I do not see, what ads you get. But I got word, that some ads agencies now optimized their inventory for this site, by displaying all kind of fake download buttons, which try to trick you into downloading dubious downloaders and exes. No names, but this looks to be one of the worlds largest agency, too. These "optimizations" really drive Ads as a way to support efforts to uselessness.
We are in good company: GIMP Windows Installers move from SourceForge to ftp.gimp.org.
For now I just urge you to download WineBottler from the main site, just use one of the two GRAY buttons, reading: "WineBottler 1.X Free Download for Snow Leopard, Lion, Mountain Lion" right beside the big Icon on the top of the page - a fullscreen ad from adf.ly will show... wait for 5 secs and click "Skip Ad". The download will start automatically. Please bear with us, until we got that sorted out.

Now head over to winebottler.kronenberg.org and grab your new build of WineBottler.

Enjoy
Mike

WineBottler | 1.6

WineBottlerThis one was on its way for a long time: WineBottler 1.6.

With OS X 10.9 Mavericks dropping in, I had to go some extra miles to have WineBottler back, running the way it was intended to.
I invite you to test this new version that should fix some major issues, before we're going to declare it the new stable and move on with versions 1.6.1 and 1.7.x.

Especially these these two buggers should be gone now:

  • libraries: Massive cleanup for Mavericks, especially icotool comes now with it's own deps.
  • Codesigning: Recompiled all frameworks with proper code signing to satisfy the new Gatekeeper guidelines.

Further more, we did some work on

  • prefix templates: Fixed. Now you can create an app with - say - Java and use it as a template to create new apps with exe needing Java.

Wine.app 1.6 was updated to Wine 1.6. (1.6.1 and 1.7.x are on the way, too 🙂 )

WineBottler 1.6

And as usual: Thank you for your feedback so far! And I'm still looking for

  • Installation Logfiles of failed installations (and if possible, how you solved the problem 🙂 ).
  • The most pressing questions that should go into a FAQ.
  • Suggestions for new automated Installations

Just send me a mail or tweet @k3erg, and I might even get around to answer some.

Now head over to WineBottler and get the new builds.

Enjoy!
Mike

PS: Going to recheck a lot of checksums of the automated downloads this week, and weed out some of the obsolete apps.

WineBottler | 1.4.1.6 & 1.6-rc5

WineBottlerBumped to WineBottler 1.4.1.6 and 1.6-rc5.

This release of WineBottler has an eye on "special" .exe names, i.E. spaces, non-alphanumeric characters and certain starting letters .Looks like we still had some trouble with escaped characters at some points, which caused some trouble with a lot of newer programs with fancy names 🙂 : This is fixed in stable and development.

Wine.app 1.6-rc5 was updated to Wine 1.6-rc5.

Now, we're getting closer to run the GameStop PC Download App on the Mac.

GameStop on WineBottler

Thank you for your feedback so far! And I'm still looking for

  • Installation Logfiles of failed installations (and if possible, how you solved the problem 🙂 ).
  • The most pressing questions that should go into a FAQ.
  • Suggestions for new automated Installations

Just send me a mail or tweet @k3erg, and I might even get around to answer some.

Now head over to WineBottler and get the new builds.

Enjoy!
Mike

PS.
I get reports that running Wine.app on OS X 10.9 is not working, yet (without using a custom built icotool, txs Kim). So... only do it, if you know what you are doing. I'll let you know once it's save to surf the Mavericks.