[Solved] libopengl on Mint, Wine bad EXE format

[Dafta]

Hello guys.

I've been trying to install some exe's with Wine, and it reported a bad EXE format. A couple of google searches and I was told that I was missing a 32bit OpenGl version. Trying to install it, I've been looking into the specifics of which packages I'm actually missing, and I've stumbled across this:

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sudo apt-get install --reinstall libgl1-mesa-dri:i386

Regardless of whether I use the command like that or omit the '--reinstall' part, I get this:

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Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libegl1-mesa libgl1-mesa-dri libgl1-mesa-glx libglapi-mesa libgles2-mesa
  libllvm3.4 xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-evdev
Suggested packages:
  libglide3 xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  caribou cinnamon gir1.2-clutter-1.0 gir1.2-clutter-gst-2.0 gir1.2-cogl-1.0
  gir1.2-coglpango-1.0 gir1.2-gtkclutter-1.0 gir1.2-muffin-3.0
  gir1.2-totem-1.0 gstreamer1.0-clutter ia32-libs libclutter-1.0-0
  libclutter-gst-2.0-0 libclutter-gtk-1.0-0 libcogl-pango15 libcogl15
  libegl1-mesa-lts-vivid libgbm1-lts-vivid libgl1-mesa-dri-lts-vivid
  libgl1-mesa-dri-lts-vivid:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx-lts-vivid
  libgl1-mesa-glx-lts-vivid:i386 libglapi-mesa-lts-vivid
  libglapi-mesa-lts-vivid:i386 libgles1-mesa-lts-vivid libgles2-mesa-lts-vivid
  libmuffin0 libtotem0 libwayland-egl1-mesa-lts-vivid libxatracker2-lts-vivid
  mint-meta-cinnamon nemo-preview steam:i386 totem totem-mozilla totem-plugins
  totem-plugins-extra virtualbox-guest-x11 xorg xserver-xorg-core-lts-vivid
  xserver-xorg-input-all-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-input-evdev-lts-vivid
  xserver-xorg-input-mouse-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-lts-vivid
  xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-input-wacom-lts-vivid
  xserver-xorg-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-all-lts-vivid
  xserver-xorg-video-ati-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-cirrus-lts-vivid
  xserver-xorg-video-fbdev-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-intel-lts-vivid
  xserver-xorg-video-mach64-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-mga-lts-vivid
  xserver-xorg-video-neomagic-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-nouveau-lts-vivid
  xserver-xorg-video-openchrome-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-r128-lts-vivid
  xserver-xorg-video-radeon-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-savage-lts-vivid
  xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion-lts-vivid
  xserver-xorg-video-sisusb-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-tdfx-lts-vivid
  xserver-xorg-video-trident-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-vesa-lts-vivid
  xserver-xorg-video-vmware-lts-vivid
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libegl1-mesa libgl1-mesa-dri libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1-mesa-glx:i386
  libglapi-mesa:i386 libglapi-mesa libgles2-mesa libllvm3.4 xserver-xorg-core
  xserver-xorg-input-evdev
0 upgraded, 10 newly installed, 66 to remove and 9 not upgraded.
Need to get 13,0 MB of archives.
After this operation, 596 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]

Now I'm not 100% sure, but I don't believe I should remove those 66 packages. Some of them look vital.

What should I do? Is there anything else that might cause the bad EXE format error? I'm using the proprietary fglrx drivers.

[uberdorf]

If you have a Windows disc, even XP, you can install it in a Virtual Machine like Virtualbox and it will work a whole lot better than wine. As for the wine issue, I'm not really sure I can help since I haven't had a lot of personal success with it. You could try asking at the WineHQ forum if nobody else responds here.

[Booman]

Sounds more like a driver issue.
I don't recommend running Windows in a Virtual box if you are running games.
Wine really can handle most DirectX 9 & OpenGL games just fine.
Most games that don't run is because of missing libraries, DRM or video card drivers.

Exactly what exe's are you trying to install?

I see Steam in that error and Radeon
I've read using open source drivers can be better for Radeon cards. Honestly I've read a lot of gamers struggling with AMD cards/drivers. I've had a GeForce 550 Ti for several years now and it runs most games really well. Nvidia drivers are GREAT.

If you are just trying to install Steam and run a game, make sure you have installed ia-32libs or multi-arch in Mint. Then test the game with open source drivers first. If it won't run, depending on the card you have, try AMD drivers.

[Dafta]

I'd much rather use Wine than VirtualBox, the performance for games is much better since you don't have to run a whole VM.

Sounds more like a driver issue.
I don't recommend running Windows in a Virtual box if you are running games.
Wine really can handle most DirectX 9 & OpenGL games just fine.
Most games that don't run is because of missing libraries, DRM or video card drivers.

Exactly what exe's are you trying to install?

I see Steam in that error and Radeon
I've read using open source drivers can be better for Radeon cards. Honestly I've read a lot of gamers struggling with AMD cards/drivers. I've had a GeForce 550 Ti for several years now and it runs most games really well. Nvidia drivers are GREAT.

If you are just trying to install Steam and run a game, make sure you have installed ia-32libs or multi-arch in Mint. Then test the game with open source drivers first. If it won't run, depending on the card you have, try AMD drivers.

I was trying to install South Park: The Stick of Truth (the non-steam version), and another game that I can't remember anymore. Both gave me the error, but most other games don't. I've already got ia32-libs installed, but I can't locate the multi-arch package:

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$ sudo apt-get install multi-arch

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package multi-arch

Searching multi-arch with aptitude gives no results, but searching multiarch gives the following:

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$ aptitude search multiarch

p   binutils-multiarch              - Binary utilities that support multi-arch t
p   binutils-multiarch:i386         - Binary utilities that support multi-arch t
p   binutils-multiarch-dev          - GNU binary utilities that support multi-ar
p   binutils-multiarch-dev:i386     - GNU binary utilities that support multi-ar
p   gdb-multiarch                   - GNU Debugger (with support for multiple ar
p   gdb-multiarch:i386              - GNU Debugger (with support for multiple ar
v   ia32-libs-multiarch             -                                           
i   multiarch-support               - Transitional package to ensure multiarch c
p   multiarch-support:i386          - Transitional package to ensure multiarch c
v   pango1.0-multiarch-modver-1.8.0 -                                           
v   pango1.0-multiarch-modver-1.8.0 -     

Apparently I've already got mutliarch-support installed. I've switched back to the open source driver, and I still get the same "bad EXE format" error.

[Booman]

Can you send me the exact errors?
Have you tried PlayOnLinux?
You can switch Wine versions on-the-fly in PlayOnLinux.
There is a chance the version of Wine you are using is extremely old or broken.

[Dafta]

Actually, I'm already using Play on Linux.

And the problem indeed was an old version of wine. I've changed it to a newer version, and it worked.

Thanks for the help.

[Booman]

Great, glad you got it working