Install And Use Wine In Ubuntu Linux

By Aun on Jun 09 2009 12 Comments

Most often you need to run windows applications in Linux, Wine makes it possible. It is a free, easy-to-use application which allows you to run windows programs in Linux environment. Wine is capable of installing programs of almost all versions of Windows.  Installing wine in Ubuntu Linux is very easy. Just run the following command in your terminal to install it.

apt-get install wine

Now, Wine is installed and your Linux environment is ready to install and use windows programs. You can load it from Applications > Wine.

launch-wine

Now for example, to install WinRAR using Wine in Ubuntu, first download the .exe file of WinRAR and right click it and choose “Open with Wine windows program loader“.

winrar-with-wine1

Installation wizard will start and it will install WinRAR immediately. You can check it from Applications >Wine > Programs>WinRAR.

winrar-load-with-wine

There is a long list of Windows programs which can be installed via Wine on Ubuntu Linux. It is an opensource program and is always in constant developement stage, we hope to see more features in upcoming releases. Enjoy!

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  • jessy

    i love wine

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  • http://jaxov.com Jaxov

    Nice… I have also tried to explain this step by step here

    http://jaxov.com/2009/09/how-to-install-wine-in…

  • http://jaxov.com Jaxov

    Nice… I have also tried to explain this step by step here

    http://jaxov.com/2009/09/how-to-install-wine-in…

  • http://jaxov.com Jaxov

    Nice… I have also tried to explain this step by step here

    http://jaxov.com/2009/09/how-to-install-wine-in…

  • http://www.yahoo.com M.Merwais

    i want wine to download wine

  • Ulfat Hussain

    how to install wine on ubuntu ?

  • Kitson Lim

    How do I install wine? I am new in Linux, but I don’t know what is it all about, Ubuntu, and other stuffs. Well, what is a ‘terminal’ actually, how to do I use it? Is it ctrl+alt+t? Maybe that’s what I read. I am not sure but when I type in ‘apt-get install wine’, it just gave me an error saying

    ‘Package Wine is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, obsoleted, or is only available from another source’

    And in additional: ‘E: Package Wine has no installation candidate’

    I’m a newbie and I agree, please don’t treat me as someone who is making trouble and forcing me away. Kindly send some a guide to me through email without any means of harm.

  • anto sujesh

    install wine in ubuntu to install .exe files (windows application software)
    step:1 go to terminal
    step:2 type “sudo apt-get install wine”
    step:3 type your password
    step:4 press “y” (yes) on keyboard
    …step:5 after some extraction of files it will finish the installation
    step:6 to check the wine go to
    main menu—>wine–>program–>Accessories—>notepad… now u can insatll all .exe files on ubuntu

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  • slaiton

    Thanks for your comment guys,it really worked.All the best

  • Mohamed Idhris

    sudo apt-get install comand work on my ubuntu 10.10 and i cannot even able to connect tata photon whiz while my system detects the device. could you tell me how to solve these problems.

  • PETER

    I having problem on opening my vodafone mobile broadband K3570. It install through wine window, but can not be opened. I need your help please so I can use this devise

  • satish

    How to install windows Maya 2011 (Full) or Maya 2012 (Demo) in Ubuntu through wine ? and also do installations in any packages from winetricks ? please reply and help me