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 :
wget https://dl.winehq.org/wine/source/1.8/wine-1.8.6.tar.xz tar -xf wine-1.8.6.tar.xz cd wine-1.8.6 Optional: Verify the tarball signature (if you have the GPG key): wine 1.8.6 download
wget https://dl.winehq.org/wine/source/1.8/wine-1.8.6.tar.xz.asc gpg --recv-keys 0x5B9E2D6E06A17F18 gpg --verify wine-1.8.6.tar.xz.asc Create a separate build directory (recommended): export WINEPREFIX=~/wine-1
../configure --prefix=/opt/wine-1.8.6 --enable-win64 (e.g., on pure 32‑bit systems or to run 32‑bit apps): wine 1.8.6 download
make -j$(nproc) Install system-wide (requires sudo):