Installing wine into a second Direction & using it

[ChaosFurry]

Hopefully you don't get annoyed by my newbie-Questions

I tried to install the wine version 1.3.4 beside the normal installation (1.2.1), so I got the source, and used this code on it:

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./configure --prefix=/home/sereiya/.wine-1.3.4 && make

Then I've installed it with

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sudo make install

With this, I folloed the instructions in the FAQ. But now, there are folders "bin", "include", "lib" and "share". It reminds me to something somewhere, but I don't have a clue.

Also, if another wine version is installed beside the other, I must say the app's which version I want to use. But there are still only the commands "wine", "winecfg" etc. from the old installation. I don't have a clue how to this is meaned to be.

Isn't there somewhere a better help? If the FAQ just say "do this", but don't explain how to do it, it's not realy helpful.[/code]

[vitamin]

I tried to install the wine version 1.3.4 beside the normal installation (1.2.1)

I told you NOT TO install the source compiled Wine. You can have only ONE VERSION installed at a time.

PS:
Yes I know there ways to have it "installed" but this is advanced topic not for noobs. All they need to know is that it can be ran from compile directory WITHOUT being installed.

[ChaosFurry]

mmh okay, sorry. But just one question again: What command I need to use to run wine out of the source directory and start an .exe o.s. with it, and how I'm able to enter the winecfg of it (does it have one / it's the same as the installed one?)

[DaVince]

mmh okay, sorry. But just one question again: What command I need to use to run wine out of the source directory and start an .exe o.s. with it, and how I'm able to enter the winecfg of it (does it have one / it's the same as the installed one?)

cd to the source directory, then do ./wine path/to/file.exe

Or, go to the file.exe's path and do:
/path/to/wine/source/wine file.exe

[doh123]

you can also cd into the bin folder from your installed to directory and do ./wine as well

Running from the build folder is simpler to understand, but a horrible waste of space