Please note that all builds discussed here are for Macs with Intel CPUs, not PowerPC CPUs

Downloading Wine on Mac OS X

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.

It is recommended you install the latest version of XQuartz (the X11 server for OSX). If you're on Leopard, install the package available at that site. If you're on Tiger (or just wish to compile it yourself), you can install it using MacPorts:

 $ port search xorg-server
xorg-server @1.4.2-apple31 (x11, devel)
    The X.org / XQuartz X server.

Method One: Prebuilt Binary

There are no official prebuilt Wine packages for Mac. Darwine is not Wine, please don't use use it, or report bugs with it; it's not supported by WineHQ.

In the meantime you can try this alpha: Prebuilt diskimage (.dmg) for Mac also work on Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6). Note that this package is not supported by WineHQ. If you use it, report all problems to the package creator; do not ask for help on the forum or IRC.

Method Two: MacPorts/Fink

Neither MacPorts nor Fink provide binary repositories for their archives. Thus installing is like building Wine from scratch, using the respective package management tool.

MacPorts provides an easy way to compile and install Wine. To see what version of Wine is current supported for MacPorts use the search command:

$ port search wine
wine @1.0.1 (x11)
    Wine Is Not an Emulator
wine-devel @1.1.13 (x11)
    Wine Is Not an Emulator
winetricks @20090121 (x11)
    downloads and installs various redistributable runtime libraries
Found 3 ports.

Alternatively you can use Fink which is similar to MacPorts, just that its packaging system is based on Debian's dpkg and apt.

$ fink list wine
     wine                  1.1.13-100       Microsoft Windows compatibility layer
     wine-dev              1.1.13-100       Microsoft Windows compatibility layer
     winetricks            20090106-1       Install redistributable runtime tools in Wine

Method Three: Do It Yourself

As neither MacPorts nor Fink provide binary repositories, "installing" is similar to building Wine: in any case, all of Wine need be compiled.

Uninstalling Wine

In MacPorts you would run: sudo port uninstall wine to remove wine, or sudo port uninstall wine-devel to remove wine if you installed the development version.

In Fink you would run: fink remove wine to remove wine, or fink remove wine-dev to remove wine if you installed the development version.

With the DIY-method, you rm -rf src/wine or wherever you put the source.

In any case, you may rm -rf ~/.wine -- that's where your pseudo C: drive and registry entries are located.