I had the same problem running on Ubuntu 8.10 x86_64.
Here is what I did.
And in commands it's like this
cd
mkdir src
cd src
wget http://media.codeweavers.com/pub/crossover/source/crossover-games-wine-src-7.2.0.tar.gz
tar zxf crossover-games-wine-src-7.2.0.tar.gz
cd source
cd freetype
./configure --prefix=/opt/cxgames
make
cd ..
cd wine
wget http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=19861
mv attachment.cgi?id=19861 patch.diff
patch -p1 < ./patch.diff
./configure --prefix=/opt/cxgames --without-xml
-- note --
I use --witout-xml because I don't have the 32bit compat libs. Games like Civ4 will not run without it
-- /note --
-- note --
do a : export "MAKE=make -j3"
if you have the cpu and mem for it. Makes compiling faster
-- /note --
make
sudo make install
And thats that. Works for me. I'm having trouble with some icons - probably cache issues.