As for this error: Code: wine client error:0: version mismatch 0/395. Your wineserver binary was not upgraded correctly, or you have an older one somewhere in your PATH. Or maybe the wrong wineserver is still running? it usually mean that other wine version is already running, so if you get this error again just kill wineserver with command: wineserver -k or WINEPREFIX=/path/to/your/prefix wineserver -k and then retry running your app from directory where you compiled wine like this: ./wine start /Unix /path/to/the/program/you/want/to/test.exe or WINEPREFIX=/path/to/prefix/you/use ./wine start /Unix /path/to/the/program/you/want/to/test.exe OR form the application directory (where the EXE of your app is located) like this: /path/to/wine-git/wine appname.exe or WINEPREFIX=/path/to/your/prefix/ /path/to/wine-git/wine appname.exe NOTE: As for compilation process - if it is finished correctly there should be a message saying "wine build completed" or something similar.