How To Install WinBugs in ArchLinux using Wine

Dec 6, 2022 13:17 · 208 words · 1 minute read linux how-to

WinBugs is a statistical software tool that’s built to explicitly run on Windows. As such, to be able to run it on a *Nix system, you have to run it under a compability layer that’s able to run Microsoft Windows applications. In this case, that layer is WINE. This post outlines how to install WINE, and finally, WinBugs

Installing Wine

To install WINE in ArchLinux, first enable the multilib repository and thereafter install WINE by running:

sudo pacman -S wine

Next install all the necessary Windows fonts:

yay -S ttf-ms-win1{0,1}-auto

Since I have a high-dpi screen, I had to to adjust the font-size in wine by typing, wine regedit, then navigating to “HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG” > “Software” > “Fonts” and adjusting “LogPixels” to “120.”

To be able to run windows programs directly as if you had typed: wine ./myprogram.exe:

sudo systemctl start systemd-binfmt.service

Installing WinBugs

To install WinBugs:

# Download the winbugs package.  I usually install my user software in ~/opt.
cd ~/opt/
wget https://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/winbugs143_unrestricted.zip

# unzip the package and make winbugs executable
unzip winbugs143_unrestricted.zip && cd winbugs14_full_patched/WinBUGS14
chmod +x ~/opt/WinBUGS14/WinBUGS14.exe


# Make winbugs executable!
'#!/usr/bin/bash\n\n$HOME/opt/WinBUGS14/WinBUGS14.exe' >
$HOME/bin/,winbugs chmod +x $HOME/bin/,winbugs

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