[EdLUG] Wine

[Nick Jones]

iTunes is a pain to run via Wine but it's possible - in fact I stuck it in
a Docker container a few years back for the sake of convenience (
https://github.com/yankcrime/dockerfiles/tree/master/itunes) and it was
mostly functional.  However, there's now a perfectly fine version of Apple
Music available via https://music.apple.com, I run that as a PWA via Chrome
and it kind of functions like like a native app.

Reason I mention it is that Apple don't advertise the web-based version of
Apple Music very well, and so if what you're after is just the ability to
stream stuff from their service / your library then that's your best bet.

-- 

-Nick


On Sun, 12 May 2024 at 11:08, <jfogg at duck.com> wrote:

> Last time I checked iTunes didn't work under WINE, was one of those pieces
> of software notorious for being difficult. Looking at WINE HQ, even if the
> installation works it's not usable for most features.
>
> https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=31322
>
> On Sun, 12 May 2024, 10:37 Andrew Ramage, <
> andrew.ramage.1963_at_gmail.com_jfogg at duck.com> wrote:
>
>> The programs are; 1. iTunes for Windows 2. Kindle Reader for PC I'll try
>> to copy the popup below. It is from KDE Connect, which links my (old) phone
>> and the desktop. On Sun, 12 May 2024 at 10:31, Jere
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>> The programs are;
>> 1.  iTunes for Windows
>> 2. Kindle Reader for PC
>>
>> I'll try to copy the popup below.  It is from KDE Connect, which links my
>> (old) phone and the desktop.
>>
>> [image: image.png]
>>
>>
>> On Sun, 12 May 2024 at 10:31, Jeremy Nicoll <
>> jn.ml.elx.813 at letterboxes.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 12 May 2024, at 10:14, Andrew Ramage wrote:
>>> > I have 2 install files for Windows downloaded.  When I try to execute
>>> them,
>>> > they pop up a window asking for the device to install on.  The drop
>>> down
>>> > list is empty and I cannot type in the text boxd on the window.  How
>>> do I
>>> > get the files installed ?
>>>
>>> Dunno.  What ae you trying to install?
>>>
>>> Are you trying to install Windows itself, (I suppose not, if WINE is
>>> involved)
>>> or applications designed to run under Windows?
>>>
>>> Is the pop-up window coming from one of those installers, or from Wine?
>>>
>>> I can't think of any installer that I've run from/under Windows that
>>> uses a
>>> drop-down menu to ask where something should be placed.  They
>>> normally just ask for the path to a directory.
>>>
>>> Installers for Windows applications are sometimes not needed (under
>>> Windows, I mean).  Some authors provide "portable" versions which
>>> are merely zipped up collections of files that one can place where
>>> one wants, if one knows how to, set up one's own shortcuts if one
>>> needs them etc.
>>>
>>> There's also "Portable Apps" which are something different, but as
>>> (under Windows) those install as standalone programs (which could
>>> be put on a USB stick ... but in my case I put them on an SSD but
>>> outwith the normal Windows directories) and it's possible those
>>> would work better under Wine as they're already designed not to
>>> be in standard Windows locations.
>>>
>>> It's worth hunting for the simpler option, if it exists.
>>>
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