The post briefly points on how to install and configure Wine on Ubuntu machines.Wine is an open source compatibility layer which helps you run windows applications on Ubuntu and other compliant operating systems.
Step I : Install Wine
- For installation click on show applications look for Ubuntu software
- In the window that opens click on the search icon and search for wine
- The list shows multiple apps named wine, the one we’ll be needing is highlighted in the screenshot below
- Click on it, and the installation window opens
- Clicking on “Install” prompts you for password, provide password and the installation process starts.
- After the installation is complete, the window will now show “Launch” and “Remove” buttons.
- “Launch” would launch the software
- “Remove” would uninstall the software from you machine
Step II : Configure Wine
- Next step in our how to install and configure wine on Ubuntu machines, is to configure wine by running the following command.
| winecfg |
Running the command
- Creates a “.wine” folder under home directory and opens a configuration window where the settings can be tweaked.
- Click on “Apply” to save the changes, click on “OK” or “Cancel” to close the window.
Step III. Uninstall Wine
- In case you want to uninstall Wine from you machine
Show Applications – > Ubuntu Software -> Installed tab -> you should be able to see Wine under this list -> click on “Remove” to uninstall
- In case you are not able to see wine under installed tab
show Applications – > Ubuntu software – > click on search icon -> search for Wine -> software will be listed and marked as Installed
- Click on it opens the installer window, click on “Remove” to uninstall
Next is to install exe file using wine. Check out our post how to install exe file on Ubuntu machine for details on the same.