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Re:Bottles: GUI front end to run Windows software on Linux by anthk on Sunday December 19, 2021 @10:51AM (#29614822) 

     export WINEPREFIX=$HOME/tmp

     mkdir $HOME/tmp

     wine foo/bar/bla/install.exe
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Re:Bottles: GUI front end to run Windows software on Linux by pxc on Sunday December 19, 2021 @06:41PM (#29619823)
> mkdir $HOME/tmp

WINE will automatically create the WINEPREFIX directory for you if it doesn't exist, so it's even simpler than that :)

The real value of bottles (or crossties, or PlayOnLinux definitions, or whatever) in in encoding all the tips and tricks required to get some piece of software running under WINE in a form that lends itself to easy distribution and automation.

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