From 769823e5cf731ec40ffb8f5e37f125723075cb8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Housh Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 08:08:22 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] feat: Adds KwikModel note. --- 20251120143223-KwikModel-Linux.md | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+) create mode 100644 20251120143223-KwikModel-Linux.md diff --git a/20251120143223-KwikModel-Linux.md b/20251120143223-KwikModel-Linux.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..67fe237 --- /dev/null +++ b/20251120143223-KwikModel-Linux.md @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +# KwikModel 3D on Arch Linux + +These are notes about trying to run KwikModel on arch linux (btw). + +I am running arch on ARM (aarch64). + +## KwikModel + +I downloaded the `Kesteral` of KM (does not have Energy Gauge load calcs). With a version of `1-2-246-9`. + +[KwikModel website](https://kwikmodel.com/) + +## First try + +### Install Wine + +Wine is a windows compatibility layer for running windows applications. + +```bash +yay -S wine-git +``` + +> **NOTE:** I could not get `wine-stable` to install, so had to build from source using the `wine-git` package from the +> AUR. This takes a while to build. + +This attempt did not work, I was getting errors that PE cross compilation not found related to mingw-w64. + +## Second try + +Using [linaro/wine-arm64](https://hub.docker.com/r/linaro/wine-arm64) docker image. This I was getting errors that the +image was unexpected type `linux/amd64`, despite having `qemu-user` installed. + +## Third try + +Building the [linaro/wine-arm64](https://gitlab.com/Linaro/windowsonarm/woa-linux#build-and-run-wine-manually), no dice. + +## Fourth try + +Install `wine-asahi-git`.