sh: 0: Can't open winetricks

[eqjjh]

$ env WINEARCH=win32 sh winetricks arch=32 prefix=supermemo17
sh: 0: Can't open winetricks

$ uname -rom
5.4.0-42-generic x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ wine --version
wine-5.0 (Ubuntu 5.0-3ubuntu1)

$ winetricks --version
20200412 - sha256sum: 7651c93e39fcb080483c38836513bf912273a87ea97d137f6b958ed3d9628c3d

I see there is a closed issue with a similar error message but that user is using a different linux distribution so not sure if the solution is the same.

[alessivs]

Depending on the location of the winetricks script you may have to adapt the invocation so the shell finds it. Also, I believe winetricks fixed the bug that led me to recommend two invocations instead of one.

If you run which winetricks and it doesn't output an error message you can run:

env WINEARCH=win32 sh $(which winetricks) arch=32 prefix=supermemo17 supermemo17.verb

Else, just provide the path to winetricks.

• If in the same directory:

env WINEARCH=win32 sh ./winetricks arch=32 prefix=supermemo17 supermemo17.verb

• Other location, e.g.:

env WINEARCH=win32 sh /home/me/some/directory/winetricks arch=32 prefix=supermemo17 supermemo17.verb

[eqjjh]

$ which winetricks
/usr/bin/winetricks

$ env WINEARCH=win32 sh /usr/bin/winetricks arch=32 prefix=supermemo17
Executing mkdir -p /home/me
Using winetricks 20200412 - sha256sum: 7651c93e39fcb080483c38836513bf912273a87ea97d137f6b958ed3d9628c3d with wine-5.0 (Ubuntu 5.0-3ubuntu1) and WINEARCH=win32
Executing mkdir -p /home/me/.local/share/wineprefixes

$ sh /usr/bin/winetricks prefix=supermemo17 supermemo17.verb
Executing mkdir -p /home/me/.local/share/wineprefixes
Using winetricks 20200412 - sha256sum: 7651c93e39fcb080483c38836513bf912273a87ea97d137f6b958ed3d9628c3d with wine-5.0 (Ubuntu 5.0-3ubuntu1) and WINEARCH=win32
/usr/bin/winetricks: 7: ./supermemo17.verb: Syntax error: newline unexpected

It looks like supermemo17.verb was updated at some point because I when I redownloaded it now, I got a different hash, but the same error message when I ran the above command.

$ sha256sum supermemo17.verb
1537059b466dcda2630b91d232af6d59f9c65ef2a18f9d7ef771c65c941e0a7e supermemo17.verb

[alessivs]

/usr/bin/winetricks: 7: ./supermemo17.verb: Syntax error: newline unexpected

I need more time to investigate. There is no syntax error in the verb file unless sh is an unexpected non-POSIX interpreter in your system.

$ sha256sum supermemo17.verb

The sha256sum displayed by Winetricks is of the winetricks script itself, and it is helpful in identifying the version when troubleshooting.

---

Suggestion: bypass Winetricks's architecture-choosing method completely. Maybe there's some oddity when you have a 64-bit default prefix.

# clean up from previous tries
rm -rf ~/.local/share/wineprefixes/supermemo17 

env WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/.local/share/wineprefixes/supermemo17 sh /usr/bin/winetricks supermemo17.verb

[eqjjh]

Same error message:

$ rm -rf ~/.local/share/wineprefixes/supermemo17

$ env WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/.local/share/wineprefixes/supermemo17 sh /usr/bin/winetricks supermemo17.verb
Executing mkdir -p /home/me/.local/share/wineprefixes
Using winetricks 20200412 - sha256sum: 7651c93e39fcb080483c38836513bf912273a87ea97d137f6b958ed3d9628c3d with wine-5.0 (Ubuntu 5.0-3ubuntu1) and WINEARCH=win32
/usr/bin/winetricks: 7: ./supermemo17.verb: Syntax error: newline unexpected

I posted the sha256 hash of the supermemo.verb so you could confirm it is the same as the version you have, since I thought maybe the supermemo.verb was causing the error message.

[alessivs]

Thanks again.

OK. Let's see where it fails. Please follow along:

# clean up from previous tries
rm -rf ~/.local/share/wineprefixes/supermemo17

# remove your copy of the verb
rm supermemo17.verb

# grab the supermemo17.verb file byte-for-byte
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alessivs/supermemo-wine/master/verbs/supermemo17.verb -O supermemo17.verb

# send me this output
echo $SHELL

# debug the failure spot: send me the lines above the error message for context
set -x
env WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/.local/share/wineprefixes/supermemo17 sh /usr/bin/winetricks supermemo17.verb

[eqjjh]

Just included the complete output. The formatting was strange when I didn't include it in the code brackets, so re-posting:

~$ rm -rf ~/.local/share/wineprefixes/supermemo17
~$ rm supermemo17.verb
~$ wget https://github.com/alessivs/supermemo-wine/blob/master/verbs/supermemo17.verb
--2020-08-21 12:50:48--  https://github.com/alessivs/supermemo-wine/blob/master/verbs/supermemo17.verb
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 140.82.114.4
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|140.82.114.4|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [text/html]
Saving to: ‘supermemo17.verb’

supermemo17.verb        [  <=>               ] 138.37K   603KB/s    in 0.2s    

2020-08-21 12:50:49 (603 KB/s) - ‘supermemo17.verb’ saved [141687]

~$ echo $SHELL
/bin/bash
~$ set -x
~$ env WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/.local/share/wineprefixes/supermemo17 sh /usr/bin/winetricks supermemo17.verb
+ env WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=/home/me/.local/share/wineprefixes/supermemo17 sh /usr/bin/winetricks supermemo17.verb
Executing mkdir -p /home/me/.local/share/wineprefixes
Using winetricks 20200412 - sha256sum: 7651c93e39fcb080483c38836513bf912273a87ea97d137f6b958ed3d9628c3d with wine-5.0 (Ubuntu 5.0-3ubuntu1) and WINEARCH=win32
/usr/bin/winetricks: 7: ./supermemo17.verb: Syntax error: newline unexpected
~$ 

[biogogotop]

the problem is that wget command does not download the verb file but html file.

wget https://github.com/alessivs/supermemo-wine/blob/master/verbs/supermemo17.verb

try downloading the verb file by web browser
open https://github.com/alessivs/supermemo-wine/blob/master/verbs/supermemo17.verb
right click the Raw button and save link as...

env WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=/home/yourusername/.local/share/wineprefixes/supermemo17 sh /usr/bin/winetricks supermemo17.verb

[alessivs]

Thanks for the catch, @biogogotop. Instructions amended.