Installing WINE on Ubuntu Desktop 19.04 is as easy as this:
- Using GNOME Dash, open the Terminal application.
- Install WINE using the following command:
sudo apt-install -y wine
. - Enter your user password when prompted.
- Wait for the installation to complete.
- That’s it!
To run a program.exe with Wine, follow these steps:
- Choose the .exe file and right-click on it.
- Select "Open with Wine" from the available options.
- The program will now run using Wine, which directly handles .exe files instead of using Linux.
To use Wine in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and 18.04 LTS, type the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt install wine-stable wine64 winetricks
For Ubuntu 16.04 LTS version, install the wine package. The wine-gecko, wine-mono, and winetricks packages will be automatically installed after installing this metapackage.
To use Wine in Linux Mint, you need to add the WineHQ repository to the software sources specific to the version of Linux Mint or Ubuntu being used. Follow these steps:
- Allow 32-bit architectures to work with 64-bit systems.
- Download and import the key from the WineHQ repository.
- Add the Wine 6 Repository.
- Enable Wine 6.
Make sure to carefully follow these steps to use Wine in Linux Mint.
Wine, a free software, allows you to run .exe files on Linux. Wine interprets Windows EXE files on the Linux operating system, enabling the execution of Windows programs on Linux.
To install software on Linux, go to the SuSE menu, choose "System" and "YaST," then select "Install/Remove Software." This allows you to install programs in Linux from the distribution DVD or the network.
To install programs on Wine:
- Download the application on your Android device or sync it via the cloud.
- Open Wine Control Panel.
- Type the program’s location for the path.
- Simply enter the name of the EXE file to run the file in Wine for Android.
To use Wine on Mac, follow these steps:
- Download WineBottler and ensure its version is compatible with your Mac OS X.
- Open the downloaded DMG file.
- Select and drag both the Wine and WineBottler applications into the Applications folder.
- This process is identical to installing any other Mac application.
To emulate Windows on Linux, you can use VirtualBox, a popular free virtualization software. It is extremely user-friendly and allows for the quick installation of any version of Windows on Ubuntu or other Linux distros.
The program "Wine" is what we will use to run this type of file. It is a program that allows software developed for the "Microsoft Windows" operating system to work. Open the Ubuntu Software Center and search for "Wine" in the "Search" section to install the program.