Lutris Wine Troubleshooting Guide

Problem

Winetricks fails with error: wine cmd.exe /c echo '%AppData%' returned empty string
Wineboot fails with: Wine cannot find the FreeType font library and could not load kernel32.dll

Root Cause

Missing 32-bit (i386) libraries required by Wine.

Solution

1. Enable 32-bit Architecture

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt update

2. Install Required Libraries

sudo apt install -y \
    libfreetype6:i386 libgnutls30t64:i386 libpng16-16t64:i386 \
    libxrandr2:i386 libxinerama1:i386 libxcursor1:i386 \
    libxi6:i386 libxcomposite1:i386 libxext6:i386 \
    libxfixes3:i386 libxrender1:i386 libasound2t64:i386 \
    libopenal1:i386 libvulkan1:i386 mesa-vulkan-drivers:i386

Note: Ubuntu 24.04+ uses libasound2t64 instead of libasound2

3. Recreate Wine Prefix

rm -rf /path/to/wineprefix
WINEPREFIX="/path/to/wineprefix" /path/to/wine/bin/wineboot -u

4. Install Corefonts

WINEPREFIX="/path/to/wineprefix" \
WINE="/path/to/wine/bin/wine" \
/path/to/winetricks --unattended corefonts

Lutris-Specific Paths

Ignorable Warnings