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How To Install And Use Wine In Ubuntu (Linux)?

Posted by Jaxov Team on September 11, 2009

So what is Wine? WINE (Wine Is Not An Emulator) is an open source software which translates Windows applications (Executables) into equivalent POSIX (Portable Operating System Interface) code that Linux can understand and use. So how to install and use Wine in Ubuntu 9.04 (Linux)? Here is a step by step procedure to install wine easily via terminal commands.

How to install Wine?

  1. Open terminal by navigating to Applications->Accessories->Terminal
  2. To update the local package index with the latest changes made in repositories, type the following command

    3. sudo apt-get update

  3. Now use the following command to install wine

    4. sudo apt-get install wine

  4. You can configure wine options by using the following command

    5. winecfg

  5. Just leave all settings to default and click OK button.

How to use Wine?

Simply right-click on any EXE file and choose Open with "Wine Windows Program Loader"

(OR) if you want to run an EXE via terminal command i-e wine EXE-File-Name. You have to navigate to the place where EXE file is present and then you may use this command. In case you don't want to navigate to that place, then you have to place EXE file in Windows directory. Navigate to Applications->Vine->Browse C:\ Drive->Windows. After placing EXE file in windows directory you may simply type wine EXE-File-Name directly.



  • Nick

    hi there
    i have a problem when installing wine on my lunix mint 10
    the error shows like this
    "dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem

    plzz help me to out from this problem.
    tq

  • aan

    i was sucessfully install wine in ubuntu 9... but i have problem with wine conf..in audio driver windows xp it say "not supported yet" ... but everything looks run smoothly thanks anyway...

  • emma

    I was having the same problem too mikepettite,what i did was to go to the application menu and typed wine then i installed it,try and see if it will help.

  • MikePettitt

    I am having the exact same problem as 'Abhishek'. No option to accept or decline the EULA for Microsoft Software. If I try to close Terminal, it tells me 'there is a process still running. closing Terminal will kill this process', so far I've left it alone but it doesn't seem to be doing anything. What's going on? I'm running Ubuntu 11.04 and ran the command 'sudo apt-get update' prior to attempting the Wine install. Is there a compatibility issue with 11.04? I assumed running 'sudo apt-get install wine' would find the appropriate Wine install for 11.04; is this wrong?

    • md aijaz

      just after completion of installation part with EULA page,open another terminal and type winecfg command and next press OK with default settings

  • http://meradesh.webs.com abhishek

    after the second step the END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR MICROSOFT SOFTWARE
    is displayed
    there is no option to accept or decline the agreement.
    how to close it, if i manually close the page wine is not installed
    and after then if i try the third step it is saying something is using it.
    sombody help, plz.

  • http://www.leonimilton.blogspot.com leonimilton

    I download it. But how can I install windows software.

  • leonimilton

    I want to install wine software in ubuntu10.10

    • http://jaxov.com/ Wolverine

      Did you tried the above method? It should work in Ubuntu 10.10 as well

      • http://www.leonimilton.blogspot.com leonimilton

        Thank you.
        I want to play windows game in ubuntu10.10.
        How can I play game?

        • http://jaxov.com/ Wolverine

          Wine only support simple Windows applications i think. Still you can give it a try!

  • Mugen

    thx!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • jaouad

    Portable Internet Download Manager For Linu

  • Jimmy

    thanks you,this help me alot.i'm new to Linix,this is my first day using it!