In a previous article, I have shown you how to install OS X El Capitan GM (golden master) or other Beta version without developer account. As I sometime still need Windows-based program such as Mikrotik Winbox, I need to have WINE (Windows Emulator) on my Mac. In this post I would like to guide you how to install Wine on OS X El Capitan. At the time of this writing, the latest version of OS X is OS X 10.11 El Capitan GM (Golden Master).
MacOS/Building
UPDATE: If you also want to install Microsoft Visio on Mac, you can follow our post how to install Visio on Mac running OS X El Capitan.
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WineBottler packages Windows-based programs snugly into OS X app-bundles. No need to install emulators or operating systems - WineBottler uses the great open-source tool Wine to run the binaries on your Mac. Wineskin on OS X El Capitan. Published by doh123 on 2015-10-01 Wineskin does not currently work correctly on El Capitan. The issue is being looked into, but I have no ETA for a fix. I'll get a fix out as soon as I can. Some people have been able to upgrade to the latest version of XQuartz, and change their wrappers to use XQuartz and not. WineBottler packages Windows-based programs snugly into OS X app-bundles. No need to install emulators or operating systems - WineBottler uses the great open-source tool Wine to run the binaries on your Mac.
Requirements
1. Latest version of OS X El Capitan (Golden Master build at this time of this writing) 2. Latest version of Xcode (Xcode 7.0 GM, you can download it from https://imzdl.com/osx.html if you are not a registered Apple developer. 3. Homebrew package manager for OS X. We will install Wine using Homebrew package manager.
I assume that you have done installing point 1 and 2 in the requirements above. So we just go to install Homebrew package manager.
Install Homebrew
Run the script below to install Homebrew:
Once it is installed, run the below command to install Wine.
Install WINE using Homebrew
The format to install package using brew is “brew install package_name”:
To run a Windows program, use “wine /path/to/program.exe”.
MacOS FAQ
Example below is to run Mikrotik Winbox using wine
Download Wine For Mac El Capitan
Wine For Mac Os X El Capitan
Hopefully this post is helpful for anyone who want to install wine on OS X El Capitan.