In this Tutorial, I will show you how to install the Latest stable version of Wine 2.0.4 On Ubuntu 17.04 / 16.04 LTS and LinuxMint 18 ...
WineHQ is an open source software developed for running Windows applications on Linux, OS X, and BSD.
The Latest stable version available from Wine Team is 2.0.4 and this is 4th series released on January 2nd, 2018 with a fix for updates and bug fixes.
What's new in this version?
- Various bug fixes
- Updates to the National Language Support files
- Documentation updates
Installation steps
From version 2.0 onwards launchpad is no longer used by wine for builds and you can install it using the below methodTwo Methods we can install Wine in Ubuntu
- Method 1: Via Wine Repository
- Method 2: Via source file
Method 1: Install Wine 2.0.4 in Ubuntu / LinuxMint from Wine Repository
Step 1: Download the key and add to your pcwget https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/Release.key
sudo apt-key add Release.key && sudo apt-add-repository 'https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/'Step 2: Update your repos
sudo apt-get updateStep 3: Install wine 2.0.4
sudo apt-get install winehq-stable
Method 2: Install Wine 2.0.4 in Ubuntu / LinuxMint from source file
Step 1: Download the source file by using the below commandwget https://dl.winehq.org/wine/source/2.0/wine-2.0.4.tar.xzStep 2: Unzip the file
tar -xvf wine-2.0.4.tar.xzStep 3: Configure it
For 32 bit -- sudo ./configure
For 64 bit -- sudo ./configure --enable-win64Step 4: Compile wine using make
sudo make && sudo make installOnce the Wine 2.0.4 installation completed, run the below command to check the wine configuration
winecfgStep 5: Run wine 2.0.4
Open the windows application by using the below command here I am opening notepad
wine <program name>
wine notepad
For Un-installation use the below command
sudo apt-get remove --autoremove wine-stable wine-stable-amd64
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