How To Install Wine 6 on Ubuntu 18.04 / Linux Mint 19

Did you know that Wine 6 has been released?. This guide will take you through the steps to install Wine 6 on Ubuntu 18.04 / Linux Mint 19. For those new to Wine, it is an open source software that allows you to run Windows applications on Linux. Read more on Wine 6 release and new features.

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Install Wine 6 on Ubuntu 18.04 / Linux Mint 19

Since Linux Mint 19 is based on Ubuntu 18.04, the installation of Wine 6 on both of these distributions is a similar process. Our installation uses WineHQ packages. You’ll need to remove the previous version of Wine that might have been installed from another repository, e.g winetricks and wine-mono.

Step 1: Enable 32 bit architecture

If you’re running a 64-bit system, enable support for 32-bit applications.

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 

Then proceed to step 2

Step 2: Download and add the repository key:

Install wget if not present in your system.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y install software-properties-common wget

Then download and add repository key:

wget -qO - https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key | sudo apt-key add -

You should receive “OK” in the output.

Step 3: Add the Wine repository

After importing the key, proceed to add repository.

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

Also add SDL2 library repository:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cybermax-dexter/sdl2-backport

Update apt index:

sudo apt-get update

Using Wine OBS repository

If you want to use Wine OBS repository instead, add it like below.

wget -O- -q https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Emulators:/Wine:/Debian/xUbuntu_18.04/Release.key | sudo apt-key add -    
echo "deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Emulators:/Wine:/Debian/xUbuntu_18.04 ./" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/wine-obs.list
sudo apt update

Step 4: Install Wine 6 on Ubuntu 18.04 / Linux Mint 19

The final step is the actual installation of Wine 6 on Ubuntu 18.04 / Linux Mint 19.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-stable

After the package has been installed, Check your version once the Wine installation is complete:

$ wine --version
wine-6.0

Step 5: Using Wine on Debian

For basic usage of wine, check help page.

$ wine --help

Example below is used to run Notepad++ editor on Linux.

$ cd ~/Downloads
$ wget https://notepad-plus-plus.org/repository/7.x/7.7/npp.7.7.Installer.exe
$ wine ./npp.7.7.Installer.exe

Follow installation prompts like for any other Windows application.

Enjoy running Windows Applications on Wine 6.

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