Configuring an existing wineprefix w/o overwriting?

[Dillon Holeman]

I used the following command to create a 32-bit wineprefix for Office 2010:

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WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine32-office2010 winecfg

After installing Office into this prefix, I need to do some configuration. Do I use the same command to configure the existing prefix? Sine the above command created a new prefix, I'm a little concerned that it will overwrite the existing prefix with an empty one of the same name. Or does winecfg adjust its behavior in the presence of an existing prefix? The manual's not too clear on this.

Also, can I drop the "WINEARCH=win32" part and just run:

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 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine32-office2010 winecfg

?
Or is it perhaps a MUST to prevent overwriting of the existing prefix?

[Dillon Holeman]

I've also noticed that in some of the command examples given in the manual, sometimes "wine winecfg" is used and other times just "winecfg" is used. What's the difference?

[dimesio]

Also, can I drop the "WINEARCH=win32" part and just run:

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 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine32-office2010 winecfg

Yes. http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#32_bit_wineprefix

FYI, it wasn't winecfg that created the new prefix. Wine will create a new prefix the first time you run anything in it; winecfg is just used in the examples because that's the thing people are most likely to use next anyway.

[ahso]

personally I only copy ~.wine to .wineOK or alike before installing some new app.