WEM: Wine Environment Manager

wem build

The wem build command will build a specified version of wine from source. The version can be any valid git tag or commit sha from the wine repo.

$ wem build wine-6.5

Note that it is up to you to ensure that the necessary build dependencies are satisfied. Consult your distribution's build documentation for details, the ./configure step will be where messages about missing dependencies appear.

The --verbose flag may be passed to see all build output:

$ wem build wine-6.5 --verbose

The --force flag may be passed to rebuild an already built version:

$ wem build wine-6.5 --force

The --staging flag may be passed to apply wine-staging patches:

$ wem build wine-6.5 --staging

Note that staging patches can only be applied to tag release versions!

To see installed versions:

$ wem list --wine --installed

To use an installed wine version, run wem list --wine --installed to see the path to your installed versions, then set your WineExe to the desired path.

$ wem cfg tes3 --wine-exe $HOME/.local/share/wem/builds/6.5.1-staging/bin/wine --no-render --save

$ wem run tes3 --wine-exe $HOME/.local/share/wem/builds/6.5.1-staging/bin/wine

Fish completion can be used to autocomplete any built wine versions. Note that completion files need to be regenerated after building your first wine.