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Getting Wine Source Code from the FTP Archive

If the version of Wine you want does not exist in package form, you can
download the source code yourself and compile it on your machine. Although this
might seem a little intimidating at first if you've never done it, you'll find
that it'll often go quite smoothly, especially on the newer Linux
distributions.

The safest way to grab the source is from one of the official FTP archives. An
up to date listing is in the ANNOUNCE file in the Wine distribution (which you
would have if you already downloaded it). Here is a (possibly out of date) list
of FTP servers carrying Wine:

*ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/ALPHA/wine/development/
   
*ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/ALPHA/Wine/development/
   
*ftp://ftp.infomagic.com/pub/mirrors/linux/sunsite/ALPHA/wine/development/
   
*ftp://orcus.progsoc.uts.edu.au/pub/Wine/development/
   

The official releases are tagged by date with the format
"Wine-YYYYMMDD.tar.gz". Your best bet is to grab the latest one.

FIXME: Explain how to un-tar, compile, and install Wine from a tarball.

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