Help installing d3dx9 with winetricks

[abrake]

Whenever I try installing d3dx9 with winetricks I get the following message:

Note: command '/usr/bin/cabextract -d /home/aaron/.wine/dosdevices/c:/winetrickstmp -L -F *d3dx9*x86* /home/aaron/.winetrickscache/directx_feb2010_redist.exe' returned status 1. Aborting.

Can anyone help me decipher what is wrong and how I can install this?

[bobwyajnr]

Whenever I try installing d3dx9 with winetricks I get the following message:

Note: command '/usr/bin/cabextract -d /home/aaron/.wine/dosdevices/c:/winetrickstmp -L -F *d3dx9*x86* /home/aaron/.winetrickscache/directx_feb2010_redist.exe' returned status 1. Aborting.

Can anyone help me decipher what is wrong and how I can install this?

Do you really need the full DirectX 9.0c libraries? Generally that will break games - you should initially try to use the builtin Wine DirectX->OpenGL compatibility layer. A few games need the odd addon DirectX .dll - as indicated on WineHQ AppDB (http://appdb.winehq.org/).

As any of the developers on WineHQ would tell you - "don't go too overboard with Wine .dll overrides"! :popcorn: It only complicates the debugging process for the indented target Windows application.


As an extreme example Crysis 1 only needs a d3dx9_36.dll override (as my recent test shows). (http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=10107)

Bob