Wine is an open-source “Windows compatibility layer” that can run Windows programs directly on your Linux desktop.
In this tutorial we will show you how to install the Wine 4 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. The same instructions can applied on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS or any other Debian based distribution.
Prerequisites
Before continuing with this tutorial, make sure you are logged in as a user with sudo
privileges
Installing Wine 4 on Ubuntu
To install Wine 4 on your Ubuntu system, follow these steps:
01- If you’re running a 64-bit system, enable support for 32-bit applications.
$ sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
02- Let’s download and add the Wine repository key:
$ wget -qO - https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key | sudo apt-key add -
03- Add the Wine repository like below for Ubuntu 18.04 :
$ sudo apt-add-repository 'deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ bionic main'
– For Ubuntu 16.04, use the following command:
$ sudo apt-add-repository 'deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ xenial main'
04- Finally, install the Wine 4 using the following command.
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-stable
05- After the package has been installed, Check your version once the Wine installation is complete:
$ wine --version
wine-4.0
Conclusion
In this tutorial we’ve shown you how to install Wine 4 on your Ubuntu 18.04 desktop machine. You might want to check the following guides:
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