İnstall Wine on Ubuntu

 İnstall Wine on Ubuntu

The installation of Wine 5 on Ubuntu 20.04 is a straightforward process as all packages are provides in Wine repository.

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sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install build-essential

 Step 1: Enable 32 bit architecture

 But before installation we need to enable enable 32 bit architecture if running on a 64-bit system. This is achieved by running the command below.

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386

 Step 2: Download and add the repository key:

Install wget if not present in your system.

 sudo apt update

sudo apt -y install software-properties-common wget

 Then download and add repository key:

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

You should receive “OK” in the output.

Step 3: Add the Wine repository

 After importing the key, proceed to add repository.

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

Step 4: Install Wine 5 on Ubuntu 20.04 Linux

 With the repository ready we can install Wine 5 on our Ubuntu 20.04 Linux machine.

 

sudo apt update

sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-stable

 
Be informed that a good number of packages will be installed. This may take sometime if you have weak internet connection:

After the package has been installed, Check your version once the Wine installation is complete:

$ wine --version

wine-5.11

 
Step 5: Using Wine 5 on Ubuntu 20.04

 For command line guys the wine tool can be invoked directly on the terminal.

 

$ wine

 
Accessing help page:

 
$ wine --help

 
Install test application like Notepad++

 wget https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/releases/download/v7.8.8/npp.7.8.8.Installer.exe

 Use wine to install your downloaded .exe application.

 wine npp.7.8.8.Installer.exe

 

sudo apt-get install playonlinux

 
sudo apt update

sudo apt dist-upgrade

sudo apt autoremove

sudo apt autoclean