Wine lets you run Windows software on other operating systems like Linux and Mac OS. With Wine, you can install and run these applications just like you would on Windows. Wine is free and you don't need Windows license to use it.
How to install Replay Media Catcher for Windows on Mac OS X (Snow Leopard)- Install Wine.
Wine on OS X binary packages are not officially provided by the Wine project. As such, packages you find on the net may be out of sync with the latest version shipped by Wine. If this is the case, it is better to build Wine from scratch. This requires to install XCode from Apple, the development package for MacOS X shipped (but not pre-installed) with your Mac.
Xcode can be installed from Mac OS DVD. It can also be downloaded from Apple web-site ( http://developer.apple.com/technologies/xcode.html - free registration required )
It is recommended you install the latest version of XQuartz (the X11 server for OSX).
- How to install Wine on Mac OS X. Method One: Prebuilt Binary
There are no official prebuilt Wine packages for Mac. Darwine is not Wine, please don't use use it.
In the meantime you can try WineBottler. It offers prebuilt diskimage (.dmg) for Mac that also works on Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6). Note that this package is not supported by WineHQ.
- How to install Wine on Mac OS X. Method Two: MacPorts/Fink
Neither MacPorts nor Fink provide binary repositories for their archives. Thus installing is like building Wine from scratch, using the respective package management tool.
MacPorts provides an easy way to compile and install Wine. To see what version of Wine is current supported for MacPorts use the search command:
Code:
$ port search wine
wine @1.0.1 (x11)
Wine Is Not an Emulator
wine-crossover-games @8.1.0. (x11)
Wine Is Not an Emulator (1.1.25 with CodeWeavers modifications)
wine-devel @1.1.40 (x11)
Wine Is Not an Emulator
winetricks @20100201 (x11)
downloads and installs various redistributable runtime libraries
Found 4 ports.
To install Wine using Macports, run the following in the Terminal:
Code:
sudo port install wine
sudo port install winetricks
Alternatively you can use Fink which is similar to MacPorts, just that its packaging system is based on Debian's dpkg and apt.
Code:
$ fink list wine
wine 1.1.13-100 Microsoft Windows compatibility layer
wine-dev 1.1.13-100 Microsoft Windows compatibility layer
winetricks 20090106-1 Install redistributable runtime tools in Wine
- How to install Wine on Mac OS X. Method Three: Do It Yourself
As neither MacPorts nor Fink provide binary repositories, "installing" is similar to building Wine: in any case, all of Wine need be compiled.
- Download Replay Media Catcher.
- Double-click on the downloaded file (RCATSetup.exe) (alternatively you can right-click on it, select "Open with" and then select "Wine"
- Install Replay Media Catcher (the same way you usually install any Windows software)