Compiling WINE?

[alex.rayu]

I have compiled wine a number of times, but I have a question concerning it.

When I compile wine, it evidently creates files in the system folders skipping the deb database. So, later, if I remove wine, or install a version from the debs, do these files get overwritten? Or do they hang in there and clutter the system folder?

[Dizzle7677]

Depends on where you put them in the first place with the prefix & exec-prefix in your configure settings. The default is to install them to /usr/local (ie. /usr/local/bin/wine) for source configures/installs. Most likely it's put in /usr (ie./usr/bin/wine)for debs. If you do a 'make uninstall' from where you compiled it you wouldn't have to worry about the system getting confused as it were. 'which wine' is a handy command...

[alex.rayu]

Thank you. So, it IS possible for them to be multiplied. I almost always delete the sources after compiling.