[Bug 53600] New: Cannot run any program (wine: could not exec the wine loader)

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Bug ID: 53600
           Summary: Cannot run any program (wine: could not exec the wine
                    loader)
           Product: Wine
           Version: 7.16
          Hardware: aarch64
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: blocker
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
      Distribution: ---

I did compile latest sources according to https://wiki.winehq.org/Building_Wine

configure --enable-win64  (all dependencies ok except vulkan)
make -j8

when trying to run any program i am getting the following error:

gerdya@Surfi:~/projects/wine/buildwin64$ ./wine64 notepad
wine: could not exec the wine loader

OS: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (aarch64)
Kernel: 5.15.57.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2

Let me know if you need more details.

[Bug 53600] Cannot run any program (wine: could not exec the wine loader)

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--- Comment #1 from Olivier F. R. Dierick  ---
(In reply to Gerdya from comment #0)
> configure --enable-win64  (all dependencies ok except vulkan)
> make -j8

Hello,

Unfortunately, it's more complicated than that.

You have to build both win64 and win32 architectures.

Read the section titled 'Shared WoW64' for instructions, in the same Wiki
document.

Regards.

[Bug 53600] Cannot run any program (wine: could not exec the wine loader)

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--- Comment #2 from Gerdya  ---
Hi Olivier,

thanks for the reply!

Perhaps I was not clear, I only want to run 64 bit programs - so WoW64 has no
relevance for my use-case.

The compilation page clearly says:

"If you're on a 64-bit system, all you need to do to build a 64-bit wine is
pass --enable-win64 to the configure script when you run the above commands:

../wine-source/configure --enable-win64

The problem is that by itself, that build will only run applications compiled
for 64-bit Windows. Since the vast majority of Windows applications are 32-bit,
you very likely want to follow the WoW64 instructions below."

Thing is, I cannot run any programs 64bit or not.

Are you implying that the compilation Wiki is wrong and I have to create a
WoW64 build in order to run anything?

[Bug 53600] Cannot run any program (wine: could not exec the wine loader)

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[Bug 53600] Cannot run 64-bit programs with pure 64-bit build (wine64: could not exec the wine loader)

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Olivier F. R. Dierick  changed:

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           Severity|blocker                     |normal
           Keywords|                            |win64
            Summary|Cannot run any program      |Cannot run 64-bit programs
                   |(wine: could not exec the   |with pure 64-bit build
                   |wine loader)                |(wine64: could not exec the
                   |                            |wine loader)

--- Comment #3 from Olivier F. R. Dierick  ---
Hello,

(In reply to Gerdya from comment #2)
> Perhaps I was not clear, I only want to run 64 bit programs - so WoW64 has

I thought you meant to run 'any program' (also 32-bit).
I'm adjusting the bug title/fields to reflect that.
> Are you implying that the compilation Wiki is wrong and I have to create a
> WoW64 build in order to run anything?

No. If you wanted to also run 32-bit programs you would have to.

I don't know the support policy of pure 64-bit wine builds.

Please, attach a normal (=without WINEDEBUG) terminal output.
Instructions to get a log can be found there:
https://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#get_log

Regards.

[Bug 53600] Cannot run 64-bit programs with pure 64-bit build (wine64: could not exec the wine loader)

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--- Comment #4 from Gerdya  ---
Hello

in the meantime i did a few more builds. Overall i have

1) configure --enable-win64
2) configure
3) configure CC=clang

All builds complete successfully.

I am testing all builds with an ARM64 Windows Application: ioquake (which is an 
open source quake engine)

1) ./wine64 '/home/gerdya/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/ioq/ioquake3.arm64.exe
output->wine: could not open the wine loader

2) ./wine '/home/gerdya/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/ioq/ioquake3.arm64.exe
->app starts but fails to initialize OpenGL and terminates

3) ./wine '/home/gerdya/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/ioq/ioquake3.arm64.exe
->works perfectly. (still has a mouse problem, but this is likely related to my
setup - WSL2 + WSLG and of course low framerate due to SW renderer)

Not sure, what this all means, but option 3 gave me the intended functionality
- despite everything is 64 bit.

[Bug 53600] Cannot run 64-bit programs with pure 64-bit build (wine64: could not exec the wine loader)

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--- Comment #5 from Alexandre Julliard  ---
There's no WoW 32-bit support on ARM64, so --enable-win64 doesn't do anything,
and there's no wine64 loader. Arguably configure should report an error in that
case.

[Bug 53600] Cannot run 64-bit programs with pure 64-bit build (wine64: could not exec the wine loader)

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