Wine is one of those applications that practically any Linux user knows. Thanks to Wine we can run several Windows applications on Linux. It works as an interpreter that creates an execution layer for programs that can be run in Linux.

Wine is included in the official repositories of almost any distribution. The problem is that Wine’s development is too active (which is very welcome) and they constantly add features and improve the support of the applications.

Therefore, if you notice when using Wine that certain programs do not run correctly, then updating Wine may be a solution.

So let’s go for it.

Install Wine 6 on Fedora 34 / 33

Although Fedora is a distribution that is updated quite a lot, it is also true that it does not always provide us with the latest version of some programs. This is the case of Wine which, although it is true, gives us an updated version, it is not the latest one.

So for this, it is necessary to add a new repository that contains both the latest stable version of Wine and the development version.

So, open a terminal and run the following command for Fedora 34

sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/fedora/34/winehq.repo

And this for Fedora 33:

sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/fedora/33/winehq.repo

This command will add the Wine repository to the system.

After that, install Wine 6 on Fedora 34 / 33 by running the following command:

sudo dnf install winehq-stable

During the process, you will have to confirm the installation because a new repository is being added along with its GPG key.

After the installation is complete, you can check the version by running

wine --version

so, enjoy it.

Conclusion

Wine is an application that is a veteran within Linux. However, it is quite popular especially with users coming from Windows. It does not always give the expected results but it can work and solve several problems.

Now you know how to install version 6 of this program on Fedora 34 / 33.

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Wine is one of those applications that practically any Linux user knows. Thanks to Wine we can run several Windows applications on Linux. It works as an interpreter that creates an execution layer for programs that can be run in Linux.

Wine is included in the official repositories of almost any distribution. The problem is that Wine’s development is too active (which is very welcome) and they constantly add features and improve the support of the applications and Ubuntu does not update the base packages.

Therefore, if you notice when using Wine that certain programs do not run correctly, then updating Wine may be a solution.

So let’s go for it.

Install Wine 6 on Ubuntu 20.04

Unfortunately, Ubuntu does not provide the latest version of Wine so we have to rely on an external repository. It’s not that complex either thanks to the repository provided by the developers.

So, open your terminal and update the distribution

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

Then you have to enable support for the 32-bit architecture by Ubuntu and DPKG.

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386

Then download the GPG key from the Wine repository

wget -nc https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key
--2020-12-28 20:24:34--  https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key
 Resolving dl.winehq.org (dl.winehq.org)… 151.101.246.217
 Connecting to dl.winehq.org (dl.winehq.org)|151.101.246.217|:443… connected.
 HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 200 OK
 Length: 3220 (3.1K) [application/pgp-keys]
 Saving to: ‘winehq.key’
 winehq.key                                 100%[=====================================================================================>]   3.14K  --.-KB/s    in 0s      
 2020-12-28 20:24:34 (17.9 MB/s) - ‘winehq.key’ saved [3220/3220]

Add it to the system:

sudo apt-key add winehq.key

Then add the Wine repository.

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

Refresh the system repositories

sudo apt update

And finally, you can install the latest version of Wine by running it:

sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-stable

The download will start as soon as you enter your password and confirm the installation.

Finally check the version of Wine installed.

wine --version

So, enjoy it.

Using Wine on Linux

Wine’s database is vast, but as you can imagine, not all applications work in the same way.

Therefore, you should first access this link and start getting information about the application you want to run in Wine.

Once you are sure which application you want to install and if you can run it properly, you need to set up a prefix.

To do this, in the terminal, run:

winecfg

which will bring up a Wine configuration window and create the emulator configuration folder.

There you will have to configure Wine to your taste and needs.

Then, when you are ready, just open an EXE executable with Wine using the right mouse button and choose the application.

Another quicker and more direct way is to use the terminal:

wine [exe_file]

and if all goes well, then the application will run.

Uninstall Wine

In case you want to uninstall wine, the only thing you have to do is to run the following command

sudo apt remove winehq-stable

And you’re done.

Conclusion

Wine is an application that is a veteran within Linux. However, it is quite popular especially with users coming from Windows. It does not always give the expected results but it can work and solve several problems.

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