On Sat, 2011-10-29 at 15:15 -0500, colinw wrote: > > Install the apps in separate prefixes. > > > How do I do that, Martin? I'm new to this so a little wet behind the ears... > Run the command: export WINEPREFIX=$HOME/myprefix before installing and/or running an application. This creates a prefix in your login directory called 'myprefix' instead of using the default, which is $HOME/.wine FWIW I tend to use a small script. Using your favourite text editor, create a file containing this four line script, which is called bin/runmyprog in this example: ================ bin/runmyprog starts after this line ================ #!/bin bash export WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.myprefix cd $WINEPREFIX/path/to/directory/containing/the/exe wine myprogram.EXE ================ bin/runmyprog ends before this line ================ where bin is a directory in your login directory. The script doesn't have to go there, but by creating a bin directory and adding it to your search path you've kept things tidy and now have a place to put other, similar, scripts. Use the commands: cd mkdir bin to create 'bin' directory. Edit .bash_profile to add it to your search path by finding these lines: # Get the aliases and functions if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then . ~/.bashrc fi and adding a line after them that looks like this: PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH You'll need to log out and log in again to activate this change. Now back to the script. Make it executable: chmod u+x bin/runmyprog and now you can launch your Wine app by typing the command "runmyprog" and hitting RETURN. You can also use it by clicking an icon. To do this you create a launcher as usual (with Gnome 2 by clicking the desktop, with Gnome 3 by running the "Main Menu" applet - other desk tops have other methods) but make it run the script rather than running Wine directly. Martin
