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I have a C64 programming book in Kindle format that i must read with the kindle reader application. When I tried to read it in a web browser it tells me to download the reader but there is not a Linux version. I tried to install it via winetricks and while it was installing, there were error messages that typically it'd expect a failed installation but i guess winetricks has the ability to recover from some errors and the install completed. When I tried to run the kindle app, I get this message "warning: You are using a 64-bit WINEPREFIX. Note that many verbs only install 32-bit versions of packages. If you encounter problems, please retest in a clean 32-bit WINEPREFIX before reporting a bug.
I'm hoping someone in this forum has a solution to this problem.

Thank you

Yeah, 32-bit apps sometimes have problems on 64-bit installs.

See if you can install the software after issuing the following command from the terminal.
There may be more to it.....if that doesn't work.

Let us know how you go.

LeoNigro wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2024 7:57 am Yeah, 32-bit apps sometimes have problems on 64-bit installs.

See if you can install the software after issuing the following command from the terminal.

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WINEPREFIX=~/.new32prefix WINEARCH="win32" winecfg

There may be more to it.....if that doesn't work.

Let us know how you go.

That did work to allow me to install the kindle reader. however when i clicked on the kindle reader icon, nothing appeared. I copied the command from the icon properties and got the message that the kindle.exe wasn't found. I had to change the path to the proper location. Here is the revised command i tried to use
env WINEPREFIX=~/.new32prefix WINEARCH="win32" wine "/home/Commodore/.wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Amazon/Kindle/Kindle.exe"
Here are the errors recived
0024:err:module:LdrInitializeThunk "KRFDynamic.dll" failed to initialize, aborting
0024:err:module:LdrInitializeThunk Initializing dlls for L"Z:\\home\\Commodore\\.wine\\drive_c\\Program Files (x86)\\Amazon\\Kindle\\Kindle.exe" failed, status c0000005

Yeah, the Kindle.exe compatibility is an ongoing issue.

Alternatively, you could just read your books from within a browser.
https://read.amazon.com/landing