B4J Tutorial [Linux] B4J Wine Installer

📦 Install B4J on Linux Mint using Wine with a single silent script.​


GitHub: https://github.com/pyhoon/b4j-wine-installer

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Files:
  1. install_b4j_wine.sh
  2. uninstall_b4j_wine.sh
  3. configure_b4j_settings.sh
  4. README.md
  5. USAGE SUMMARY.md
  6. KEY TECHNICAL NOTES.md

The script is generated by AI (Qwen3.6-Plus chat)
For B4A, check [Linux] B4A Wine Installer

Disclaimer: I haven't really fully tested it. Use it at your own risk.

🚀 How to use​

Just 3 lines of commands (You can copy and paste in one go).
Bash: 
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pyhoon/b4j-wine-installer/main/install_b4j_wine.sh
chmod +x install_b4j_wine.sh
./install_b4j_wine.sh

🤝 Contributing​

Found an issue or have an improvement?
  1. Fork the repository
  2. Create a feature branch
  3. Submit a Pull Request

📄 License​

MIT License - See LICENSE file for details.
 

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I get an error. Maybe due to I have installed wine and conflict happened.

B4X: 
E: Conflicting values set for option Signed-By regarding source https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/
noble: /etc/apt/keyrings/winehq-archive.key != /usr/share/keyrings/winehq.gpg

Please check: https://github.com/pyhoon/b4j-wine-installer/issues/1 (Closed)
 
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aeric said:
Disclaimer: I haven't really fully tested it. Use it at your own risk.
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Hi @aeric ,

Great job! I have fully tested it, with a Linux Mint 22.3 Cinnamon 64-bit VM in VirtualBox 🙂

Attached you'll find my version; all changes I made can be found by searching for 'original' as I didn't remove any of your code but commented it. Some changes were important (like going for the 64-bit versions instead of 32-bit), others less so. Summary:
- Wine architecture changed from 32 to 64-bit
- Commented the 'enabling 32-bit architecture' step
- Creation of the 'Additional Libraries' folders failed with an 'Access denied.' error; changed their location
- Desktop icon's Exec spec didn't work
- Added 'echo' commands at the end that contain the exact values to use in Configure Paths

Two additional things:
- It may be useful to add a comment somewhere recommending to restart B4J after its first run, as that will reduce screen flicker (at least it did here)
- The desktop icon download doesn't seem to have worked properly as the file wasn't recognised as a png here, but that might have been a temporary issue with github

EDIT: the version I downloaded (and edited) probably doesn't contain your fix from post #4 - d'oh...
 

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walt61 said:
Hi @aeric ,

Great job! I have fully tested it, with a Linux Mint 22.3 Cinnamon 64-bit VM in VirtualBox 🙂

Attached you'll find my version; all changes I made can be found by searching for 'original' as I didn't remove any of your code but commented it. Some changes were important (like going for the 64-bit versions instead of 32-bit), others less so. Summary:
- Wine architecture changed from 32 to 64-bit
- Commented the 'enabling 32-bit architecture' step
- Creation of the 'Additional Libraries' folders failed with an 'Access denied.' error; changed their location
- Desktop icon's Exec spec didn't work
- Added 'echo' commands at the end that contain the exact values to use in Configure Paths

Two additional things:
- It may be useful to add a comment somewhere recommending to restart B4J after its first run, as that will reduce screen flicker (at least it did here)
- The desktop icon download doesn't seem to have worked properly as the file wasn't recognised as a png here, but that might have been a temporary issue with github

EDIT: the version I downloaded (and edited) probably doesn't contain your fix from post #4 - d'oh...
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Hi @walt61
I have kept updated the script a few days ago. Most of the issues mentioned above actually have already solved.

I was testing on Linux Mint xfce (x11) under VirtualBox.

I am investigating why the prefix I created using the script is not as good as the default prefix I created by hand.

I will keep updating and testing the script when I am free.

Thanks for testing and commenting about the script.
 
walt61 said:
Yeah my bad, I had immediately downloaded it when I saw your thread arrive but then hadn't revisited it before testing 🙂
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No problem. I also want to apologize because I was too excited to upload the first script before I tested it. It was created by Qwen AI and the time I uploaded it was morning when I haven't gone to bed. I only found the issues when I started tested it. By the way, it is still not perfect and I will check your comments later to see any area I can improve to the script.
 
Worked without change in Zorin. Allthough the B4J (Wine) Icon on the desktop fails but the B4J Icon in the menu works.
Really nice work @aeric !
 
JakeBullet70 said:
Worked without change in Zorin. Allthough the B4J (Wine) Icon on the desktop fails but the B4J Icon in the menu works.
Really nice work @aeric !
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Maybe there is a slight difference between Zorin OS and Linux Mint. You can tweak the script if you want.

forum.zorin.com

How do I do desktop entries?

Hello, When I used Linux Mint, I could right click the desktop to create a .desktop entry with whatever command I wanted. However, I do not see that functionality inside ZorinOS 18 GNOME. What is the recommended way to do that within ZorinOS 18?
forum.zorin.com forum.zorin.com
 
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aeric said:
Maybe there is a slight difference between Zorin OS and Linux Mint. You can tweak the script if you want.

forum.zorin.com

How do I do desktop entries?

Hello, When I used Linux Mint, I could right click the desktop to create a .desktop entry with whatever command I wanted. However, I do not see that functionality inside ZorinOS 18 GNOME. What is the recommended way to do that within ZorinOS 18?
forum.zorin.com forum.zorin.com
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Thanks, I will check that.
Only other issue I saw was the 'B4J_Projects' folder that was created did not seem to map to a place I could find when creating B4J projects.

But, compiling, debugging... All works well. Amazing!!!
 
JakeBullet70 said:
the B4J (Wine) Icon on the desktop fails
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I updated the launcher. Hope it works now.

B4X: 
'Exec=env WINEPREFIX="${WINE_PREFIX}" wine "C:\\ProgramData\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Start Menu\\Programs\\B4J\\B4J.lnk"
Exec=env WINEPREFIX="${WINE_PREFIX}" wine "${B4J_EXE}"
 
Didier9 said:
It's running just fine on my Linux Mint 22.3. So painless! Thanks a lot!
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By the way, please check the following thread:
aeric

Android Tutorial Thread '[Linux] [B4X] Wine Installer'

📦 Install B4A+B4J on Linux Mint using Wine with a single silent script​


GitHub: https://github.com/pyhoon/b4x-wine-installer


Files:
  1. install_b4x_wine.sh
  2. uninstall_b4x_wine.sh
  3. configure_b4x_settings.sh
  4. README.md
Archived:
  1. install_b4a_wine.sh
  2. install_b4j_wine.sh
  3. uninstall_b4a_wine.sh
  4. uninstall_b4j_wine.sh
  5. configure_b4a_settings.sh
  6. configure_b4j_settings.sh
  7. repair_b4a_launcher.sh
  8. repair_b4j_launcher.sh
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