Install ARRM on WINE

Thanks to Jacques Moineau (from ARRM Discord) who wrote this procedure for installing ARRM on WINE.

Here is the definition of WINE from Wikipedia:

This procedure has been tested with:

• ARRM 2.0.3.0
• ARRM 2.0.3.1 Beta 6
• Microsoft Access Database Engine 2016 Redistributable
• various manipulations via winetricks

On:

• Wine/Lutris
• Runner: wine-ge-8-26-x86_64
• DXVK v2.4.1 etc.
• Esync/Fsync etc.

Jacques offers 2 methods for installing ARRM on Wine.

• Method 1: Automatic installation
• Method 2: Manual installation

• Download the `import-lutris-wineprefix.sh` installation script from this Mega folder

Via Terminal:

bash
# The megatools package is required to download files hosted on Mega in the terminal. sudo apt install -y megatools

Then:

bash
folder_url="https://mega.nz/folder/BS40kSJT#WZHB70flpOBpoddg-rc9hg"
file_name="import-lutris-wineprefix.sh"
temp_dir=$(mktemp -d)
megadl "$folder_url" --path "$temp_dir"
if [ -f "$temp_dir/$file_name" ]; then
  echo "Téléchargement du fichier réussi."
  mv "$temp_dir/$file_name" "$HOME"
else
  echo "Fichier non trouvé."
fi
rm -rf "$temp_dir"

• Download the archive ARRM Scraper.tzst

Via the terminal:

megadl "https://mega.nz/file/QOYhDB6R#CrKtC-YWkFUkQTNX5DaRTaCa6UQ3q5XsT77SiQBbVWM"

As a bonus, you can download the archive scripts lutris.zip, there are various small tools in this archive.

Note: the `import-lutris-wineprefix.sh` script must be in the same directory as the `ARRM Scraper.tzst` archive before being launched.

Via the terminal:

bash  
chmod +x import-lutris-wineprefix.sh
./import-lutris-wineprefix.sh

An `Install ARRM Scraper` window will open. Click the `Install` button and then click `Continue`.

The rest of the installation will be completed automatically.

The installation is complete when the following message appears:
`ARRM Scraper installed`
`End of program`

Now you can launch ARRM from Lutris.

Jacques hasn't had time yet, but he plans to create a script to automate the software update.

This section is provided for informational purposes only; I recommend using the automatic installation (above)

To download:

• ARRM installer → click on “Details & Download” in the bottom left corner
• ARRM Beta (if available) → click on “Details & Download” in the bottom left corner
• accessdatabaseengine_X64.exe → click “Download” and select “accessdatabaseengine_X64.exe” then click “Download”

Extract “arrm_setup.zip” and “arrm_beta.zip”

or use the Jacques Moineau's all-in-one archive (all-in-one-req-4-arrm.tzst)

In Lutris, click the '+' in the top left corner

Insert game name: ARRM

Click the “Install” button in the top right corner.

In the “Install ARRM” window, click the “Install” button.

In the “Install ARRM” window, click the “Continue” button.

Click the “Browse” button and select “arrm_setup.exe” and click the “Install” button in the top right corner.

After a few seconds, the installer will launch.

Click the “Change…” button.

And at the bottom, in “Folder name”, paste: C:\Games\Arrm\Data

Click “OK”, click “Back” and then “Next” twice (to update the path), then click “Install”.

The installation will take a few seconds. When the window appears, click “Finish”

Confirm the installation is complete in Lutris.

This part isn't essential, but I recommend doing it if you're using a wine prefix.

“Right-click/Browse Files” on the software in the Lutris list.

In the ARRM beta folder, go to “arrm_beta/Program Files (x86)/Nexouille Soft/Arrm”, copy all the files

and paste them into your prefix in “drive_c/Games/Arrm/Data”, replacing all the files.

In your prefix in “drive_c/Games/Arrm”, create an “Arrm Bezels” folder and a “Arrm Systems” (these will be used to scrape the default ROMs)

In your prefix in “drive_c/Games/Arrm/Data”, create a folder called “arrm_appdata”

Then open the file “arrm_data_path.txt” and at the end, add this line: appdata_path=C:\Games\Arrm\Data\arrm_appdata

Then go to “drive_c/users/#YOUR NAME#/AppData/Roaming”

Cut “Nexouille Soft” and copy it to “drive_c/Games/Arrm/Data/arrm_appdata”

Go back to the arrm beta installation folder, go to “arrm_beta/Nexouille Soft/Arrm”, cut both files and paste them in “drive_c/Games/Arrm/Data/arrm_appdata/Nexouille Soft/arrm”, choose to replace everything.

In the “drive_c/Games/Arrm” folder

Create an empty “Launch.bat” file and copy it to: “C:\Games\Arrm\Data\Arrm.exe”

That's it, the ARRM software installation is complete.

In the lutris game list, select ARRM and click on the Wine icon (wine glass icon to the right of the play button) and choose “Winetricks”

Choose: “Select the default wineprefix/Install a Windows DLL or component”, in the list, check:
* dotnet40 * dotnet 452 * dotnet48
Click on “Validate” (and wait for the window to reappear; this can take up to 5 minutes), only check/install one at a time. Close the winetricks window when all 3 are installed.

Then click on the Wine icon/“Wine Configuration (winecfg)”

By default, you'll be in the “Applications” tab

And choose “Windows 10” in the Windows version, click “Apply” and “OK”

Now we'll install “Microsoft Access Database Engine 2016 Redistributable”:

Click on the Wine icon/“Run EXE with Wine prefix” and choose “accessdatabaseengine_X64.exe”, leave everything as default, and complete the installation.

Right-click on ARRM in lutris, and choose “Configure”,

Go to Game Options, Executable, click on “Browse” and put the Launch.bat file:

/home/#YOURNAME#/Games/arrm/drive_c/Games/Arrm/Launch.bat

Click “OK” once you have selected the file “Launch.bat”

Then click the “Save” button in the top right corner to save the prefix setting.

This is the method used by AURE to install ARRM 32bits version on Wine . Thanks to him

• Add a new “game” to Lutris, select the option to install from an executable

• Select the Windows XP 32 bit preset

from there just selected the normal installer, completed the process

• Then configured the profile, selected the 32 bit executable

• configured the dll override. I'm sure there's another way to solve this, but I was getting some errors while previewing videos and the easiest way I found was this. Video previews don't work on my end, but I don't really care about that (they still download perfectly) and at least its not crashing

• Then, I had to run a few winetricks commands. The easiest way to do this (due to the different ways lutris can be installed) is to just open a bash terminal

any winetricks commands will run under that wine prefix This command should be enough:

winetricks wsh57 mdac28 jet40 dotnet48

After that, I was able to use ARRM normally without DB conflicts