Just tried this today, and the World Machine application has performed flawlessly so far using wine. Easy setup, although your milage may vary.
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Run all commands shown on the page above to install the stable branch. I’ve repeated them here for convenience.
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo mkdir -pm755 /etc/apt/keyrings
sudo wget -O /etc/apt/keyrings/winehq-archive.key https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key
sudo wget -NP /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/debian/dists/bullseye/winehq-bullseye.sources
sudo apt update
sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-stable
Download the latest World Machine installer from their website.
Open Terminal and navigate to the downloads folder (cd ~/Downloads), then run the following command assuming the installer is called “WM4031_Basic.exe”. I downloaded the basic version for simplicity, but it’s the same process with the professional version of the installer:
wine WM4031_Basic.exe
Go through the normal install steps as you would for a Windows software installer, leaving all settings as default.
After installation, run world machine from your application launcher, or choose it from the Wine category in your Applications folder.
I can’t really offer detailed support if this doesn’t work for you, but wanted to pass along these steps since it was a smooth experience today.