wine

 How to use/Install wine?

Wine is a nifty utility that allows users to run Windows applications inside a Linux environment. Wine 6.0 is finally out, and it ships with an array of numerous improvements and a total of 40 bug fixes.

Some of the key areas that have witnessed great changes include:

• Text console redesign
• Vulkan support enhancements
• Text and fonts
• Kernel objects & functions
• An array of core modules in PE format.
• DirectShow and Media Foundation support.
• Improvements in audio & video frameworks.

Step 1: Enable 32-bit Architecture

The first course of action is to enable the 32-bit architecture using dpkg command as follows:

$ sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386

Step 2: Add Wine Repository Key

Once the 32-bit architecture is added, proceed and add the Wine repository key using the wget command as shown.

$ wget -qO - https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key | sudo apt-key add -

Add Wine Repository Key

You should get an ‘OK’ output on the terminal as seen from the screenshot above.

Step 3: Enable Wine Repository

Upon adding the repository key, the next step will be to enable the Wine repository. To add the repository, invoke the command shown:

$ sudo apt-add-repository 'deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ focal main'

Then update the system package lists as shown.

$ sudo apt update

Update System

Step 4: Install Wine 6.0 in Ubuntu

All that is left at this stage is to install Wine 6.0 on Ubuntu using the APT package manager as follows.

$ sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-stable

This will install an array of packages, libraries, and drivers.

Install Wine in Ubuntu 20.04

Once the installation is complete, verify the wine version as shown.

$ wine --version

Run Windows Program in Ubuntu
Wine will start by creating a Wine config file in the home directory, in this case, ~/.wine as shown.
Wine Configuration
When prompted to install the wine-mono-package which is required by .NET applications, click the ‘Install’ button.
Wine Mono Installer
The download will soon start


Downloading Wine Mono Installer
Additionally, install the Gecko package which is required by applications embedding HTML.
Wine Gecko Installer
Select whether you want to check for application updates from time to time.
Rufus Update Policy
Finally, the Rufus UI will be displayed as shown.
Rufus Program Running on Ubuntu
We have successfully installed Wine on Ubuntu 20.04 and gave you a preview of how you can execute Windows application in .exe format which normally wouldn’t run in a Linux environment.

Thank You