[Bug 54363] New: Can't install 64 bit applications which use 32 bit installers.

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54363

Bug ID: 54363
           Summary: Can't install 64 bit applications which use 32 bit
                    installers.
           Product: Wine
           Version: 5.0
          Hardware: x86-64
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
      Distribution: ---

The installation of some 64bit software which use 32bit installers fail due to
"VersionNT64 >= v6.2" evaluating to false but as the install is 32bit I cannot
run it under wine64.

There should be a way to override this system variable for installers such as
this.

[Bug 54363] Can't install 64 bit applications which use 32 bit installers.

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54363

Zeb Figura  changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Zeb Figura  ---
There is; you can change the Windows version reported in winecfg. Note also
that 5.0 is very old (in fact, 3 years old; 8.0 was released just today).

[Bug 54363] Can't install 64 bit applications which use 32 bit installers.

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54363

--- Comment #2 from Matty  ---
(In reply to Zeb Figura from comment #1)
> There is; you can change the Windows version reported in winecfg. Note also
> that 5.0 is very old (in fact, 3 years old; 8.0 was released just today).

That isn't the issue here, It's not the Windows version selected in winecfg
that's the issue, it's that the 32bit installer is checking for 64bit support
and this check is failing due to only being able to run the 32bit application
with 32bit wine...

Also I'm on the latest version provided by Ubuntu...

[Bug 54363] Can't install 64 bit applications which use 32 bit installers.

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54363

--- Comment #3 from Zeb Figura  ---
(In reply to Matty from comment #2)
> (In reply to Zeb Figura from comment #1)
> > There is; you can change the Windows version reported in winecfg. Note also
> > that 5.0 is very old (in fact, 3 years old; 8.0 was released just today).
>
> That isn't the issue here, It's not the Windows version selected in winecfg
> that's the issue, it's that the 32bit installer is checking for 64bit
> support and this check is failing due to only being able to run the 32bit
> application with 32bit wine...

msi reports the VersionNT64 property regardless of the architecture of the
installer.
> Also I'm on the latest version provided by Ubuntu...

Yes, Ubuntu rather unfortunately has neglected to update their Wine in some
time. You can get more up-to-date packages from winehq.org itself:
https://wiki.winehq.org/Download