In this Tutorial, I will show you how to install the Latest stable version of Wine 4.0 On Ubuntu 18.04 / 16.04 LTS and LinuxMint. Win...
WineHQ is an open source software developed for running Windows applications on Linux, OS X
and BSD.
The Latest stable version available form Wine Team is 4.0 and released recently with a fix of bugs and version 4.0 comes with Direct3D 12 support and over 6000 individual changes.
What's new in this version?
- Vulkan support.
- Direct3D 12 support.
- Game controllers support.
- High-DPI support on Android.
Installation steps
From this version onwards launchpad is no longer used by wine for builds and you can install it using the below method.Two Methods we can install the Wine in Ubuntu
- Method 1: Via Wine Repository
- Method 2: Via source file
Method 1: Install Wine 4.0 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 4.0
sudo apt-get install winehq-stable
Method 2: Install Wine 4.0 in Ubuntu / LinuxMint from source file
Step 1: Download the source file by using the below commandwget https://dl.winehq.org/wine/source/4.0/wine-4.0.tar.xzStep 2: Unzip the file
tar -xvf wine-4.0.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 installation completed, run the below command to check the wine configuration
winecfg
Step 5: Run wine 4.0
Open the windows application by using the below command here I am opening internet explorer
wine <program name>
wine iexplore.exe
For Un-installation use the below command
sudo apt-get remove --autoremove wine-stable wine-stable-amd64
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