This is meant as generic instructions in case an AppDB entry for a certain program doesn't exist.

Make sure your Wine release is recent.

Official WineHQ builds for Linux Red Hat, Mandrake, SuSE, Slackware and FreeBSD, hosted by SourceForge.net.
Official WineHQ Source for information on how to build and install Wine via source read over the Wine HowTo.

Run your program

If it gives an error about missing files, or does not start at all, try running it from the directory where it was installed.

Many newer games contain copy protection, which is often not supported in Wine. Cracks are available from sites such as MegaGames.

In case of failure, try different builtin, native DLL settings: Run Wine with --debugmsg +loaddll to find out which DLLs are loaded as native or builtin. Then make sure appropriate native versions are in the c:\windows\system32 directory as configured in Winecfg’s DLL overrides tab. There are four options you can choose from when setting dll overrides.

(native, builtin)
(builtin, native)
(native)
(builtin)

In case of persisting failure, you may want to read over the Wine Documentation and you may also want to read the Wine FAQ.

The Wine 'Getting Help' page shows the current methods of getting help with Wine.

If you have more questions, please contact us at appdb@winehq.org.