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Fri, Jul 31, 2026 9:18 pm

Creating and using a Wine prefix on an Ubuntu Linux system

A Wine prefix is a directory that acts like a separate Windows installation. Each prefix has its own registry, installed programs, libraries, and configuration, providing a way to isolate applications and configure Wine in a way that is optimal for a particular Windows application or set of applications without affecting other Windows applications that you need to run on the system. To create a new Wine prefix, take the following steps:

Create a new Wine prefix

Open a terminal window.
  1. Choose a location for the new prefix. For example:

    export WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.wine-myapp"

  2. Initialize the prefix:

    WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.wine-myapp" wineboot

    Wine will create the directory and initialize a fresh Windows environment.

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