How to Install Wine on Ubuntu (Use Windows file on linux)

 

Step1: Check if you have an Ubuntu 32-bit or 64-bit system

There are different versions of Wine available for 32-bit and 64-bit flavors of Ubuntu. In order to check which version you are using so that you can install the appropriate version of wine, please follow these steps:

Open the Terminal either through Ubuntu Dash or the Ctrl+Alt+T shortcut.

Use the following command to fetch CPU details from the files sysfs and /proc/cpuinfo:

$ lscpu

Step2: Installing Wine from a Standard Ubuntu Repository

$ sudo apt install wine64

For a 32-bit Ubuntu system, you can use the following command:

$ sudo apt install wine32

You can verify the version of Wine through the following command:

$ wine --version

Uninstalling Wine From Your System

Please enter the following command in your Ubuntu Terminal in order to uninstall Wine from your system:

$ sudo apt-get purge winehq-stable

You will also need to remove the following folders manually:

~/.config/wine/ -r

$HOME/.wine

$HOME/.config/menus/applications-merged/wine*

$HOME/.local/share/applications/wine

/.local/share/desktop-directories/wine*

/.local/share/icons/????_*.xpm

The installation will now be completely removed from your system.