[Wine] confused newbie

[Austin English]

On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 11:34 AM, ChristTrekker<wineforum-user at winehq.org> wrote:
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> austin987 wrote:
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>> > From what I can tell, every Wine user has their own copy of everything in the ~/.wine dir.  Would it make more sense to install apps in a common location for everyone to use?  This doesn't seem to be addressed in any FAQ that I have seen.
>> >
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>> No, this isn't supported. Multiple people using the same wineprefix
>> can cause corruption.
>>
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> I assume "corruption" refers to various config files.  So use a different wineprefix - just put binaries in a common place, using symlinks if this "binary path" isn't separately configurable.  (~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files -> /usr/local/share/wine/Program\ Files)  Executables aren't written to, so how would they be corrupted?

Depends on the executable. Most programs come with other files that
are written to, e.g., ini files and the like.

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-Austin