Subject: [arch-announce] Transition to the new WoW64 wine and wine-staging

From: "Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Peter Jung" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2025 16:22:01 -0000

We are transitioning the wine and wine-staging package to a pure [wow64](https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/releases/wine-9.0#wow64) build. This change removes the dependency on the multilib repository for wine and wine-staging.

The main reason for this is to align with upstream Wine development, which simplifies packaging and the dependency chain.

Potential Issues:

* OpenGL Performance: A known limitation of the new WoW64 mode is reduced performance for 32-bit applications that use OpenGL directly
* Breaking Changes: Existing 32-bit prefixes needs to be recreated

If you are facing issues with 32 bit prefixes, please recreate these and reinstall the application.

URL: https://archlinux.org/news/transition-to-the-new-wow64-wine-and-wine-staging/