Install Wine 1.7.26 On Ubuntu / LinuxMint / ElementaryOS / Pinguy OS

In this Tutorial I will show you how to install the Latest Development Version of Wine 1.7.26 On Ubuntu 14.04LTS /12.04 ,LinuxMint 17 / 16 / 15 / 14 and Elementary OS

WineHQ is an open source software developed for running Windows applications on LINUX,OS X and BSD.The Main role of Wine in Linux or Other operating systems is to translate windows API calls to POSIX calls on the fly,by this method it will eliminate the Memory penalties and clearly integrate with windows applications into your desktop.

The Latest Version available form Wine Team is 1.7.26 and released on September 5th 2014.

For Installing the Latest stable Version 1.6.2 ,click HERE

What's New in this version 1.7.26

• Still more DirectWrite functions.
• Improvements to the common File Dialog.
• A number of C runtime improvements.
• Various bug fixes.

Installation steps

Step 1:Add the official PPA from Wine Team

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

Step 2: Update the Repository

sudo apt-get update

Step 3:Install wine 1.7.26

sudo apt-get install wine 1.7 winetricks

After successful installation open any windows application using wine or install anyapplication an open 

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