Re: iTunesSetup.exe in wine?

[Celejar <celejar@gmail.com>]

On Wed, 6 Oct 2021 17:02:05 +1100
Keith Bainbridge <keithrbaugroups@gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> On 6/10/21 07:48, peter@easthope.ca wrote:
> > A bricked iPhone directs "connect to iTunes".
> > 
> > Attempting to run iTunesSetup.exe on wine yields the following.
> > Ideas?
> > 
> > Thx,           ... P.
> > 
> > peter@joule:~$ wine iTunesSetup.exe
> > 0104:fixme:file:NtLockFile I/O completion on lock not implemented yet
> > 0104:fixme:ntdll:NtQuerySystemInformation info_class SYSTEM_PERFORMANCE_INFORMATION
> > 0104:err:mscoree:LoadLibraryShim error reading registry key for installroot
> > 0104:err:mscoree:LoadLibraryShim error reading registry key for installroot
> > 0104:err:mscoree:LoadLibraryShim error reading registry key for installroot
> > 0104:err:mscoree:LoadLibraryShim error reading registry key for installroot
> > 0128:fixme:wbemprox:client_security_SetBlanket 62EA17A8, 0013B3A8, 10, 0, (null), 3, 3, 00000000, 0x00000000
> > 0128:fixme:wbemprox:client_security_Release 62EA17A8
> > 0128:fixme:ntdll:NtQuerySystemInformation info_class SYSTEM_PERFORMANCE_INFORMATION
> > 0104:err:msi:ITERATE_Actions Execution halted, action L"LaunchConditions" returned 1603
> > 0024:fixme:kernelbase:AppPolicyGetProcessTerminationMethod FFFFFFFA, 0031FEAC
> > peter@joule:~$
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> Option one: play-on-linux
> 
> Option 2: CrossOver a commercial app, based on wine but with 
> non-open-source and paid for content. Its main claim to fame was that it 
> would run MSOffice better.   There is a trial period.

The OP can also consider Lutris:

https://lutris.net/games/itunes/

I've used it for other things, not iTunes, but it has worked quite well
for me, and it can be simpler and less intimidating than straight Wine.

> This link lists a few more options which I'd not heard of until I went 
> looking for the name of Crossover:
> 
> https://alternativeto.net/software/wine/?platform=linux

Celejar