HOWTO: Install Multiple Wine Version on the Same Computer

[beastrace91]

Hey All,

So I've kicked around the idea of being able to install multiple versions of Wine on the same system to resolve the issue of some programs running better with certain patches or Wine versions than others (and also as a safe fall from regressions Wine can suffer from now and then)

After much Googling and a few lines of code I've gotten figured out and compiled: HOWTO - Install Multiple Wine Version on the Same Computer

Figured I would share on here in case others where wondering how to go about doing this.

Regards,
~Jeff

[david_kt]

More than one year ago, I made multiple wine installer:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=942269

DK

[beastrace91]

Interesting idea, a link to that thread never showed up on Google for me when I searched around for "multiple wine versions on computer" and other such terms.

That being said I kinda like mine a bit better because it allows you to keep the most current Wine installed as the default "wine" command & mine does not require a custom script to work.

Cheers,
~Jeff

[david_kt]

Interesting idea, a link to that thread never showed up on Google for me when I searched around for "multiple wine versions on computer" and other such terms.

That being said I kinda like mine a bit better because it allows you to keep the most current Wine installed as the default "wine" command & mine does not require a custom script to work.

Cheers,
~Jeff

Actually it is the same, the default wine would sometimes caused problem in both methods. You could install default wine if you want.

The script is just for installation, it make it easier to use. The advantage of my method is you do not need to compile wine in case of using deb packages.

DK