Install Wine 1.7.10 On Ubuntu 13.10 /13.04 / 12.10 / 12.04 & LinuxMint

Wine HQ is a Open Source software available for LINUX Operating systems for running Windows applications Wine supports on Linux,sol...

Wine HQ is a Open Source software available for LINUX Operating systems for running Windows applications

Wine supports on Linux,solaris,Free BSD for running windows applications.

Changelog in Wine HQ 1.7.10

• window maximization in the mac driver
• AVI compresser implementation
• Extended IPX Protocol support

In this Tutorial I will Show you how to install wine 1.7.10 On Ubuntu 13.10 /13.04 / 12.10 / 12.04 & LinuxMint 15 / 14 / 13

Installation Steps

Step 1: Add the Official wine HQ PPA

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa

Step 2: Update the Repository

sudo apt-get update

Step 3: Install wine 1.7.10

sudo apt-get install wine 1.7 winetricks

After succesfull installation open any  .exe application and select open with wine program loader (or) open in terminal by typing wine followed by application name

wine notepad.exe

For Complete removal of wine 1.7.10

Run the below commands in terminal for removing wine completely

• sudo apt-get --purge remove wine
• sudo apt-get autoremove