export WINEPREFIX=~/wine-1.8.6-prefix wine notepad.exe wine your-app.exe Wine 1.8.6 is very old (2016). It lacks many modern features, Vulkan support, and has known bugs with recent Windows apps. Use only for legacy software that requires this exact version. 8. Uninstalling If installed with make install under /opt/wine-1.8.6 :
This guide is intended for developers or advanced users who need this specific version for legacy application support. 1. Prerequisites Ensure your system has the necessary build tools and dependencies. Ubuntu/Debian: sudo apt update sudo apt install -y build-essential flex bison gcc-multilib git \ libx11-dev libfreetype6-dev libfontconfig1-dev libgl1-mesa-dev \ libxrender-dev libxrandr-dev libxfixes-dev libxcursor-dev \ libxi-dev libxdamage-dev libxinerama-dev libxxf86vm-dev \ libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev libssl-dev libasound2-dev \ libpulse-dev libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev \ libjpeg-dev libpng-dev libtiff-dev libdbus-1-dev libudev-dev \ libpcap-dev libgnutls28-dev libvulkan-dev ocl-icd-opencl-dev \ gettext autoconf libtool Fedora/RHEL: sudo dnf groupinstall "Development Tools" sudo dnf install glibc-devel.i686 libgcc.i686 libX11-devel freetype-devel \ fontconfig-devel mesa-libGL-devel libXrender-devel libXrandr-devel \ libXfixes-devel libXcursor-devel libXi-devel libXdamage-devel \ libXinerama-devel libXxf86vm-devel libxml2-devel libxslt-devel \ openssl-devel alsa-lib-devel pulseaudio-libs-devel gstreamer1-devel \ gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel libpng-devel \ libtiff-devel dbus-devel systemd-devel libpcap-devel gnutls-devel \ gettext autoconf libtool 2. Download Wine 1.8.6 Source Official source archive (still available from WineHQ):
../configure --prefix=/opt/wine-1.8.6 If you need support in separate prefixes, build twice with different --prefix and --enable-win64 for 64‑bit. 4. Compile and Install Number of parallel jobs ( -j ) can be adjusted to your CPU cores.
../configure --prefix=/opt/wine-1.8.6 --enable-win64 (e.g., on pure 32‑bit systems or to run 32‑bit apps):
make -j$(nproc) Install system-wide (requires sudo):
mkdir build && cd build Configure with 64-bit support (adjust --prefix to your desired install location):
wine --version # Expected output: wine-1.8.6 | Problem | Likely Fix | |---------|-------------| | configure: error: no suitable bison found | sudo apt install bison | | Missing 32-bit development libraries | On Ubuntu: sudo apt install gcc-multilib g++-multilib | | ** undefined reference to clock_gettime' ** | Add -lrt to LIBS or reconfigure with LDFLAGS="-lrt" | | **Fonts look bad / missing** | Install winetricks and run winetricks corefonts | | **Build fails with X11/Xlib.h: No such file ** | Install libx11-dev (or libX11-devel ) | | **OpenGL issues** | Ensure libgl1-mesa-dev (or mesa-libGL-devel`) is installed | 7. Running Windows Applications Example:
export PATH=/opt/wine-1.8.6/bin:$PATH export WINEARCH=win64 # or win32 export WINEPREFIX=~/wine-1.8.6-prefix winecfg # creates and configures the prefix Test installation: