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How to install Wine on Mac OS X 10.6.2 (Snow Leopard)Wine lets you run Windows software on other operating systems like Linux and Mac OS. With Wine, you can install and run these applications just like you would in Windows.
You can have Windows and Mac OS installed on the same computer. Boot Camp allows you to switch between them on a Mac computer. And if you use Hackintosh, you can have Windows, Mac OS and Linux installed without bootcamp (note that you Apple doesn't allow to install Mac OS onto PC even if you purchase a license for it). The only problem that you need to reboot to use another OS. You can also use virtual machines like Parallels Desktop for Mac OS or freeware Virtual Box to run Windows software from your Mac OS. Virtual Machines are usually slow unless you have an ultra fast computer. Besides you need to purchase a Windows license which is not cheap. Wine is different. Currenly Wine is far away from ideal and many Windows programs can't be run using it. But Wine has some advantages: - Running Windows applications with Wine is fast - Wine doesn't t require you to buy a Windows license - Wine is 100% free and open source How to install Wine onto Mac OS X 10.6.2 (Snow Leopard) Wine on OS X binary packages are not officially provided by the Wine project. As such, packages you find on the net may be out of sync with the latest version shipped by Wine. If this is the case, it is better to build Wine from scratch. This requires to install XCode from Apple, the development package for MacOS X shipped (but not pre-installed) with your Mac. Xcode can be installed from Mac OS DVD. It can also be downloaded from Apple web-site ( http://developer.apple.com/technologies/xcode.html - free registration required ) It is recommended you install the latest version of XQuartz (the X11 server for OSX).
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