Installing Box64 and Wine64 on Nvidia Jetson

Box64 Installation

Box64 lets your ARM64 device run x86_64 (64-bit) Linux programs.

1. Get the Source Code

git clone https://github.com/ptitSeb/box64
cd box64

Downloads the Box64 program code from the internet

2. Prepare Build Environment

mkdir build
cd build

Creates a new folder for building the program

3. Configure for Jetson

cmake .. -D TEGRA_T234=1 -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo

Sets up Box64 specifically for Jetson hardware

4. Compile the Program

make -j4

Builds Box64 using 4 CPU cores for faster compilation

5. Install Box64

sudo make install

Installs Box64 on your system

6. Enable System Integration

sudo systemctl restart systemd-binfmt

Tells your system to use Box64 for x86_64 programs

7. Verify Installation

box64 --version

Checks that Box64 is properly installed

Wine64 Installation

Wine64 lets you run Windows 64-bit programs on Linux.

1. Set Up Variables

branch="stable"
version="9.0.0.0"
id="ubuntu"
dist="jammy"
tag="-1"

Defines which version of Wine we want to install

2. Download Wine Packages

LNKA="https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/${id}/dists/${dist}/main/binary-amd64/"
DEB_A1="wine-${branch}-amd64_${version}~${dist}${tag}_amd64.deb"
DEB_A2="wine-${branch}_${version}~${dist}${tag}_amd64.deb"
wget ${LNKA}${DEB_A1}
wget ${LNKA}${DEB_A2}

Downloads the necessary Wine files

3. Install Wine Files

rm -rf wine-installer
rm -rf ~/wine
mkdir wine-installer
dpkg-deb -x wine-stable-amd64_9.0.0.0~jammy-1_amd64.deb wine-installer
dpkg-deb -x wine-stable_9.0.0.0~jammy-1_amd64.deb wine-installer
mv wine-installer/opt/wine* ~/wine

Extracts and installs Wine to your home directory

4. Create System Links

sudo ln -s ~/wine/bin/wine64 /usr/local/bin/wine64
sudo ln -s ~/wine/bin/wineboot /usr/local/bin/wineboot
sudo ln -s ~/wine/bin/winecfg /usr/local/bin/winecfg
sudo ln -s ~/wine/bin/wineserver /usr/local/bin/wineserver
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/wine64 /usr/local/bin/wineboot /usr/local/bin/winecfg /usr/local/bin/wineserver

Makes Wine commands available system-wide

5. Install Dependencies

sudo apt-get install -y libodbc2 libosmesa6

Installs additional required software

6. Initialize Wine

wine64 wineboot

Sets up Wine for first use

7. Running Windows Programs

box64 wine64 program.exe

Basic command to run Windows programs