[Wine] Re: Cannot install Visual C++ version 6.0 (VC6)

[dimesio]

resander wrote:
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> Wine 1.1.5 together with winetricks has been reported to be able to install VC6. I would like to try 1.1.5, but how do I get it? Only 1.0.1 and 1.1.8 are available for download on the Wine Website as far I can see.


If a particular version is not in your distro's repository, you will have to build Wine from source.
http://winehq.org/site/docs/wineusr-guide/installing-wine-source
http://wiki.winehq.org/Recommended_Packages
http://wiki.winehq.org/WineOn64bit


> I would also like to go back to 1.0.1 and issue sh winetricks vcrun5 dcom98 which I did not do last time. That means I need to uninstall 1.1.8 that I am using now and I don't want to leave anything behind. How do I do that?


http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-2e99ab665e3b15d1880eff2bcbb640b2d5839586
http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-9893ae50079ca7a959258f0bc9a17aaf2e69b391