Build WINE on Ubuntu 16.04

This document is designed to build wine and install it in a user writeable prefix at $HOME/usr. This was done to play No Man's Sky on WINE but the pre-built Ubuntu packages didn't seem to work at all.

I have registered my experience with the No Man's Sky GOG page on the AppDB.

Other references:

• Ubuntu wiki page on WINE
• Building Biarch WINE

Install prerequisites for building Biarch WINE

Install prerequisites for both 64-bit and 32-bit software building.

./dependencies.sh

Building Biarch WINE

Configurable environment variables:

• PREFIX - You can choose your prefix to specify a new custom prefix (defaults to $HOME/usr).
• WINE_VERSION - Choose the git tag or branch in which to build WINE (defaults to git tag wine-1.9.16).

I created a script which helps automate the building on Ubuntu.

./makewine.sh

Alternatively, specify a custom PREFIX as an example.

PREFIX="$HOME/usr" ./makewine.sh

Once building is complete don't forget to add $PREFIX to your $PATH environment variable. For example, add to your ~/.bashrc file:

export PATH="${HOME}/usr/bin:${PATH}"

Note: the script builds WINE from master but I have built WINE 1.9.16 for No Man's Sky. You can do that in the following way.

WINE_VERSION=wine-1.9.16 ./makewine.sh

Setting up WINE for No Man's Sky

This is for setting up WINE for No Man's Sky GOG edition.

#create $HOME/.wine
wineboot
#Configure WINE for Windows XP and alternatively change DPI for Hi DPI monitor
winecfg
#Install No Man's Sky prereqs
winetricks -q msxml3
winetricks -q vcrun2010
winetricks -q vcrun2013
#optionally set the Video memory size
winetricks videomemorysize=2048
#Install No Man's Sky
wine setup_no_mans_sky_2.3.0.5.exe

Note: WINE on Ubuntu does not work with WINE configured as Windows 7; however Windows XP worked for me.

Then you may start No Man's Sky.

wine "C:\\GOG Games\\No Man's Sky\\Binaries\\NMS.exe"