Note: the Fedora 40 and later packages are built with "new WoW64" architecture. Unlike the "old WoW64," these packages do not require a separate install of the 32-bit wine-common package or any 32 bit dependencies. These packages can run 32 bit programs from a 64 bit wineprefix, but cannot create or use a 32 bit wineprefix. They will have performance issues in OpenGL and cannot run 16 bit programs.
Installing WineHQ packages
Add the repository:
Fedora 42:
dnf5 config-manager addrepo --from-repofile=https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/fedora/42/winehq.repoFedora 41:
dnf5 config-manager addrepo --from-repofile=https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/fedora/41/winehq.repoInstall one of the following packages:
| Stable branch | dnf install winehq-stable |
| Development branch | dnf install winehq-devel |
| Staging branch | dnf install winehq-staging |
Build Dependencies
See Building Wine
and srpm files at dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/fedora/<Fedora Ver>/src/wine-<devel|stable|staging>-<Wine Ver>.1.src.rpm
You'll need to install the GNU make toolchain
$ sudo dnf groupinstall "C Development Tools and Libraries"
$ sudo dnf groupinstall "Development Tools"Also, you may need some packages from rpmfusion
Compiling
Thanks to Fedora's multilib arrangement, once you have the dependencies, building either a plain 32-bit or WoW64 version of Wine should be straight-forward. The appropriate sections on Building Wine should list all the steps.
Plain 32-bit wine on 64 bit system
$ PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib/pkgconfig CC="ccache gcc -m32" ./configure
$ makeA Bit of History
Fedora has a unique history among GNU/Linux distributions that partly explains its goals and relationship to other distros. It initially began as a minor distro, Fedora Linux, that would test and package extra software on top of the venerable RedHat distro (now technically Red Hat Enterprise Linux). Around the same time though, Red Hat Inc. decided to focus on very stable releases with long-term support for enterprises.
At first, the company tried directly managing a more fluid branch geared towards desktops, but many non-subscribing PC users began switching to Fedora Linux. At that point, Red Hat made the farsighted decision to cooperate with the Fedora Linux community on experimental work, and the Fedora project was born. The resulting distribution was originally called "Fedora Core" before being renamed simply "Fedora" after a few years.
Today, Fedora is the work of a worldwide community of volunteers, but Red Hat Inc. still contributes a great deal to the project through both collaboration and financial support. In a bit of a role-reversal, Fedora is also now effectively upstream of its parent distro; RedHat (and its child distros) will periodically branch off a new Fedora release, then after much more testing and bug-fixing, provide a new release to their more stability-minded users.