Wine 2.10 recently released, is a piece of software that allows you to run Windows applications on several operating systems, such as Linux, macOS, & BSD. It makes a Windows API calls into POSIX, hence allowing you to easily integrate Windows applications into your desktop. Before we look at how to install wine on Linux, lets take a quick look at its features and release update.
Wine Features
- Support for running Win64, Win32 (Win 95/98, NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/2012/10), Win16 (Win 3.1) and DOS programs
- Optional use of external vendor DLL files (such as those included with Windows)
- X11-based graphics display, allowing remote display to any X terminal, as well as a text mode console
- Desktop-in-a-box or mixable windows
- DirectX support for games
- Good support for various sound drivers including OSS and ALSA
- Support for alternative input devices such as graphics tablets.
- Printing: PostScript interface driver (psdrv) to standard Unix PostScript print services
- Support for Modem, serial device, as well as Winsock TCP/IP networking
- ASPI interface (SCSI) support for scanners, CD writers, and other devices
- Advanced Unicode and foreign language support
- Full-featured Wine debugger as well as configurable trace logging messages for easier troubleshooting
Wine 2.10 Changelog
- Initial version of the Android graphics driver
- Dictionary support in WebServices
- A number of Direct2D fixes
- User interface improvements in RegEdit
- OLE clipboard cache fixes
- Unreal Engine 3 games don’t render anything on OS X
- The main character is missing/invisible in Hitchcock: The Final Cut demo
- WPS 2013 (Kingsoft) crash at install
- EA Origin crashes after installing games
- notepad++ escape key
- Sniper Elite V2 has faulty color determination
See announcement for complete lists
How to install Wine 2.0.1 on Ubuntu 17.04, Ubuntu 16.10, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04
- First of all, remove any exiting installation
sudo apt remove wine* && sudo apt autoremove
1. Install Wine using PPA Repository
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ricotz/unstable sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install wine-stable winetricks
2. Install Wine by compiling the package
wget http://dl.winehq.org/wine/source/2.x/wine-2.10.tar.xz tar xjf wine-2.10.tar.xz cd wine-2.10/ sudo ./configure ----- For 64-bit OS ----- sudo ./configure --enable-win64 ----- Update and Install Wine ----- sudo make sudo make install
How to uninstall Wine from Ubuntu
sudo apt-get purge wine-stable winetricks && sudo apt autoremove
Now lets see how to install an app, game etc
- Simply run the command “winetricks” to lauch it. Then you will be promted to install both “Wine Mono Package”, “Wine Gecko Package”. Click on each Installs
- Now select either “Install an app” or “Install a game” or either other options you have in mind
- For the purpose of this tutorial, I will install “7zip”
- Click the install button to install 7zip
- After install is completed, then click cancel to end this session. Launch 7zip from dash
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