Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Wine (Wine Is Not An Emulator) is a software for running Windows applications on Linux machines.

The latest version available is Wine 1.7.25, which has been released a while ago,  coming with more DirectWrite functions, some extra VBScript math functions, improvements in HTML table support and bug-fixes. Also worth mentioning, the packet capture library has been implemented.

In this article I will show you how to install Wine 1.7.25 on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna, LXLE 14.04, Pinguy OS 14.04, Pinguy OS 12.04, Peppermint Five, Linux Lite 2.0, Deepin 2014 and other Ubuntu derivative systems.

Because it will be soon available via PPA, installing Wine 1.7.25 on the listed Ubuntu, Linux Mint, LXLE, Pinguy OS, Peppermint and Elementary OS systems is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the wine1.7 and winetricks packages. Like this:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install wine1.7 winetricks

Optional, to remove Wine 1.7.25 and winetricks, do:

$ sudo apt-get remove wine1.7 winetricks

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Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Wine (Wine Is Not An Emulator) is a software for running Windows applications on Linux machines.

The latest version available is Wine 1.7.26, which has been released a while ago,  coming with new DirectWrite functions, improvements to the common File Dialog, a number of C runtime enhancements and a bunch of bug-fixes.

In this article I will show you how to install Wine 1.7.26 on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna, LXLE 14.04, Pinguy OS 14.04, Pinguy OS 12.04, Peppermint Five, Linux Lite 2.0, Deepin 2014 and other Ubuntu derivative systems.

Because it will be soon available via PPA, installing Wine 1.7.26 on the listed Ubuntu, Linux Mint, LXLE, Pinguy OS, Peppermint and Elementary OS systems is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the wine1.7 and winetricks packages. Like this:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install wine1.7 winetricks

Optional, to remove Wine 1.7.25 and winetricks, do:

$ sudo apt-get remove wine1.7 winetricks

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Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Wine (Wine Is Not An Emulator) is a software for running Windows applications on Linux machines.

The latest version available is Wine 1.7.27, which has been released a while ago,  coming some wore on the Direct2D support, improvements to RichEdit interfaces, support for ICMP v6 and about 22 bug-fixes.

In this article I will show you how to install Wine 1.7.27 on Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, LXLE 14.04, Pinguy OS 14.04, Peppermint Five, Linux Lite 2.0, Deepin 2014 and other Ubuntu derivative systems.

Because it will be soon available via PPA, installing Wine 1.7.27 on the listed Ubuntu, Linux Mint, LXLE, Pinguy OS, Peppermint, Elementary OS, Deepin and Linux Lite systems is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the wine1.7 and winetricks packages. Like this:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install wine1.7 winetricks

Optional, to remove Wine 1.7.27 and winetricks, do:

$ sudo apt-get remove wine1.7 winetricks

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Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Wine (Wine Is Not An Emulator) is a software for running Windows applications on Linux machines.

The latest version available is Wine 1.7.28, which has been released a while ago, coming with bi-direction text support in DirectWrite, stubs for DirectPlay Voice support and support for conditional compilation in JavaScript. Also, 21 bug-fixes have been added.

In this article I will show you how to install Wine 1.7.28 on Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, LXLE 14.04, Pinguy OS 14.04, Peppermint Five, Linux Lite 2.0, Deepin 2014 and other Ubuntu derivative systems.

Because it will be soon available via PPA, installing Wine 1.7.28 on the listed Ubuntu, Linux Mint, LXLE, Pinguy OS, Peppermint, Elementary OS, Deepin and Linux Lite systems is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the wine1.7 and winetricks packages. Like this:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install wine1.7 winetricks

Optional, to remove Wine 1.7.28 and winetricks, do:

$ sudo apt-get remove wine1.7 winetricks

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Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Wine (Wine Is Not An Emulator) is a software for running Windows applications on Linux machines.

The latest version available is Wine 1.7.29, which has been released a while ago, coming with support for shaping and BiDi mirroring in DirectWrite, a bunch of new page fault handling fixes and many bug-fixes. For information about this release, see the changelog.

In this article I will show you how to install Wine 1.7.29 on Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, LXLE 14.04, Pinguy OS 14.04, Peppermint Five, Linux Lite 2.0, Deepin 2014 and other Ubuntu derivative systems.

Because it will be soon available via PPA, installing Wine 1.7.29 on the listed Ubuntu, Linux Mint, LXLE, Pinguy OS, Peppermint, Elementary OS, Deepin and Linux Lite systems is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the wine1.7 and winetricks packages. Like this:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install wine1.7 winetricks

Optional, to remove Wine 1.7.29 and winetricks, do:

$ sudo apt-get remove wine1.7 winetricks

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Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Wine (Wine Is Not An Emulator) is a software for running Windows applications on Linux machines.

The latest version available is Wine 1.7.30, which has been released a while ago, coming with support for fonts in DirectWrite, improved ATL thunk support, regedit import/export fixes and a few more C runtime functions. For information about this release, see the changelog.

In this article I will show you how to install Wine 1.7.30 on Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, LXLE 14.04, Pinguy OS 14.04, Peppermint Five, Linux Lite 2.0, Deepin 2014 and other Ubuntu derivative systems.

Because it will be soon available via PPA, installing Wine 1.7.30 on the listed Ubuntu, Linux Mint, LXLE, Pinguy OS, Peppermint, Elementary OS, Deepin and Linux Lite systems is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the wine1.7 and winetricks packages. Like this:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install wine1.7 winetricks

Optional, to remove Wine 1.7.30 and winetricks, do:

$ sudo apt-get remove wine1.7 winetricks

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Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Wine (Wine Is Not An Emulator) is a software for running Windows applications on Linux machines. The latest version available is Wine 1.7.31, which has been recently released, coming with a new Gecko web layout engine based on Firefox 34, official support for Microsoft Visual Studio 2013, support for more Direct2D work and 58 bug-fixes.

For information about this release, see the changelog.

In this article I will show you how to install Wine 1.7.31 on Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, LXLE 14.04, Pinguy OS 14.04, Peppermint Five, Linux Lite 2.0, Deepin 2014 and other Ubuntu derivative systems.

Because it will be soon available via PPA, installing Wine 1.7.31 on Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04 and derivative systems is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the wine1.7 and winetricks packages. Like this:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install wine1.7 winetricks

Optional, to remove Wine 1.7.30 and winetricks, do:

$ sudo apt-get remove wine1.7 winetricks

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Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Wine (Wine Is Not An Emulator) is a software for running Windows applications on Linux machines. The latest version available is Wine 1.7.32, which has been recently released, coming with the below changes:

• New version of the Mono engine.
• A few more functions implemented in MSHTML.
• Improved support for restoring display mode.
• Font metrics improvements in DirectWrite.
• Various bug fixes.

For information about this release, see the changelog.

In this article I will show you how to install Wine 1.7.32 on Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, LXLE 14.04, Pinguy OS 14.04, Peppermint Five, Linux Lite 2.0, Deepin 2014 and other Ubuntu derivative systems.

Because it will be soon available via PPA, installing Wine 1.7.32 on Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04 and derivative systems is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the wine1.7 and winetricks packages. Like this:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install wine1.7 winetricks

Optional, to remove Wine 1.7.32 and winetricks, do:

$ sudo apt-get remove wine1.7 winetricks

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Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Wine (Wine Is Not An Emulator) is a software for running Windows applications on Linux machines. The latest version available is Wine 1.7.33, which has been recently released, coming with the below changes:

• Support for copy/paste commands in MSHTML.
• Some more font support in DirectWrite.
• Better handling for loss of focus in Direct3D windows.
• Several more API Sets DLLs.
• Various bug fixes.

In this article I will show you how to install Wine 1.7.33 on Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, LXLE 14.04, Pinguy OS 14.04, Peppermint Five, Linux Lite 2.0, Deepin 2014 and other Ubuntu derivative systems.

Because it will be soon available via PPA, installing Wine 1.7.33 on Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04 and derivative systems is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the wine1.7 and winetricks packages. Like this:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install wine1.7 winetricks

Optional, to remove Wine 1.7.32 and winetricks, do:

$ sudo apt-get remove wine1.7 winetricks

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Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Wine (Wine Is Not An Emulator) is a software for running Windows applications on Linux machines. The latest version available is Wine 1.7.34, which has been recently released, coming with the below changes:

• Better text run support in DirectWrite.
• Many HTML engine fixes.
• More support for WBEM objects.
• A few more C/C++ runtime functions.
• Over 63 bug-fixes.

In this article I will show you how to install Wine 1.7.34 on Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, LXLE 14.04, Pinguy OS 14.04, Peppermint Five, Linux Lite 2.0, Deepin 2014 and other Ubuntu derivative systems.

Because it will be soon available via PPA, installing Wine 1.7.34 on Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04 and derivative systems is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the wine1.7 and winetricks packages. Like this:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install wine1.7 winetricks

Optional, to remove Wine 1.7.34 and winetricks, do:

$ sudo apt-get remove wine1.7 winetricks

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Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Wine (Wine Is Not An Emulator) is a software for running Windows applications on Linux machines. The latest version available is Wine 1.7.35, which has been recently released, coming with the below changes:

• Beginnings of support for OpenGL core contexts.
• Initial support for glyph placement in DirectWrite.
• Some more WBEM objects.
• Various bug fixes.

In this article I will show you how to install Wine 1.7.35 on Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, LXLE 14.04, Pinguy OS 14.04, Peppermint Five, Linux Lite 2.0, Deepin 2014 and other Ubuntu derivative systems.

Because it will be soon available via PPA, installing Wine 1.7.35 on Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04 and derivative systems is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the wine1.7 and winetricks packages. Like this:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install wine1.7 winetricks

Optional, to remove Wine 1.7.34 and winetricks, do:

$ sudo apt-get remove wine1.7 winetricks

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Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Wine (Wine Is Not An Emulator) is a software for running Windows applications on Linux machines.

The latest version available is Wine 1.7.36, which has been recently released, coming with support for new apps and games, including: Youtube Downloader, Adobe Reader 8.1, Office 2003/2007, EA Origin, Imperial Glory, Windows 8 consumer preview setup, Windows Live Essentials 2012, Uru Complete Chronicles, Evernote, CheatEngine 6.4, PostgreSQL 9.3 VBScript, ASUS PC Link and Medieval 2: Total War.

In this article I will show you how to install Wine 1.7.36 on Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, LXLE 14.04, Pinguy OS 14.04, Peppermint Five, Linux Lite 2.0, Deepin 2014 and other Ubuntu derivative systems.

Because it will be soon available via PPA, installing Wine 1.7.36 on Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04 and derivative systems is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the wine1.7 and winetricks packages. Like this:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install wine1.7 winetricks

Optional, to remove Wine 1.7.36 and winetricks, do:

$ sudo apt-get remove wine1.7 winetricks

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Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Wine (Wine Is Not An Emulator) is a software for running Windows applications on Linux machines.

The latest version available is Wine 1.7.37, which has been recently released, coming with the below changes:

• Interface change notifications.
• Support for the UTF-7 encoding.
• A number of graphical fixes for themed controls
• Wininet now implemented on top of Win32 sockets.
• Various bug fixes.

In this article I will show you how to install Wine 1.7.37 on Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, LXLE 14.04, Pinguy OS 14.04, Peppermint Five, Linux Lite 2.0, Deepin 2014 and other Ubuntu derivative systems.

Because it will be soon available via PPA, installing Wine 1.7.37 on Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04 and derivative systems is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the wine1.7 and winetricks packages. Like this:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install wine1.7 winetricks

Optional, to remove Wine 1.7.37 and winetricks, do:

$ sudo apt-get remove wine1.7 winetricks

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Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Wine (Wine Is Not An Emulator) is a software for running Windows applications on Linux machines.

The latest version available is Wine 1.7.38, which has been recently released, coming with the below changes:

• New version of the Gecko engine based on Firefox 36.
• Support for themed scrollbars.
• Updated version of the Mono engine.
• More compatible RPC interface for service control.
• Support for X Drag & Drop version 5.
• Threading fixes in IME support.
• Various bug fixes.

In this article I will show you how to install Wine 1.7.38 on Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, LXLE 14.04, Pinguy OS 14.04, Peppermint Five, Linux Lite 2, Deepin 2014 and other Ubuntu derivative systems.

Because it will be soon available via PPA, installing Wine 1.7.38 on Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04 and derivative systems is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the wine1.7 and winetricks packages. Like this:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install wine1.7 winetricks

Optional, to remove Wine 1.7.37 and winetricks, do:

$ sudo apt-get remove wine1.7 winetricks

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Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Wine (Wine Is Not An Emulator) is a software for running Windows applications on Linux machines.

The latest version available is Wine 1.7.39, which has been recently released, coming with the below changes:

• Kerning support in DirectWrite.
• Support for DirectX Media Objects filters.
• Better support for animated GIFs in GdiPlus.
• Improved support for Known Folders in Shell32.
• Various bug fixes.

In this article I will show you how to install Wine 1.7.39 on Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, LXLE 14.04, Pinguy OS 14.04, Peppermint Five, Linux Lite 2, Deepin 2014 and other Ubuntu derivative systems.

Because it will be soon available via PPA, installing Wine 1.7.39 on Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04 and derivative systems is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the wine1.7 and winetricks packages. Like this:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install wine1.7 winetricks

Optional, to remove Wine 1.7.37 and winetricks, do:

$ sudo apt-get remove wine1.7 winetricks

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Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Wine (Wine Is Not An Emulator) is a software for running Windows applications on Linux machines.

The latest version available is Wine 1.7.40, which has been recently released, coming with the below changes:

• Support for kernel job objects.
• Various fixes to the ListView control.
• Better support for OOB data in Windows Sockets.
• Support for DIB images in the OLE data cache.
• Improved support for MSI patches.
• Some fixes for ACL file permissions.
• Various bug fixes.

In this article I will show you how to install Wine 1.7.40 on Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, LXLE 14.04, Pinguy OS 14.04, Peppermint Five, Linux Lite 2, Deepin 2014 and other Ubuntu derivative systems.

Because it will be soon available via PPA, installing Wine 1.7.40 on Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04 and derivative systems is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the wine1.7 and winetricks packages. Like this:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install wine1.7 winetricks

Optional, to remove Wine 1.7.40 and winetricks, do:

$ sudo apt-get remove wine1.7 winetricks

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Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Wine (Wine Is Not An Emulator) is a software for running Windows applications on Linux machines.

The latest version available is Wine 1.7.41, which has been recently released, coming with the below changes:

• More Known Folders supported in the shell.
• Some more support for kernel job objects.
• More MSI patches improvements.
• Some theming fixes.
• Various bug fixes.

In this article I will show you how to install Wine 1.7.41 on Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, LXLE 14.04, Pinguy OS 14.04, Peppermint Five, Linux Lite 2, Deepin 2014 and other Ubuntu derivative systems.

Because it will be soon available via PPA, installing Wine 1.7.41 on Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04 and derivative systems is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the wine1.7 and winetricks packages. Like this:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install wine1.7 winetricks

Optional, to remove Wine 1.7.40 and winetricks, do:

$ sudo apt-get remove wine1.7 winetricks

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Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Wine (Wine Is Not An Emulator) is a software for running Windows applications on Linux machines.

The latest version available is Wine 1.7.42, which has been recently released, coming with the below changes:

• Support for dynamic timezone information.
• Initial desktop shell window support.
• Some more Direct2D support.
• Various bug fixes.

In this article I will show you how to install Wine 1.7.42 on Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet, Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, LXLE 14.04, Pinguy OS 14.04, Peppermint Five, Linux Lite 2, Deepin 2014 and other Ubuntu derivative systems.

Because it will be soon available via PPA, installing Wine 1.7.42 on Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04 and derivative systems is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the wine1.7 and winetricks packages. Like this:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install wine1.7 winetricks

Optional, to remove Wine 1.7.42 and winetricks, do:

$ sudo apt-get remove wine1.7 winetricks

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Wine (Wine Is Not An Emulator) is an open-source compatibility layer software app that enables the Linux and Unix users to run Windows software on their systems, via the Winelib software library.

At first, Wine was an acronym for WINdows Emulator, but later, the name developers have shifted to the recursive backronym, “Wine is not an emulator”, to highlight that no emulation occurs when running Windows software.

The latest version available is Wine 1.8, being under development of 17 months and receiving around 13.000 changes. For more information, see the release notes.

Installation instructions:

The latest version for Wine are available via party PPA, created to help the users get the latest updates as soon as they are released.

The below instructions should work on all the supported Ubuntu systems and derivatives: Ubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf, Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa, Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Deepin 2014, Peppermint Five, LXLE 14.04, Linux Lite 2.

Just add the PPA to your OS, refresh the repositories and install the required packages:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install wine1.8 winetricks

Optional, to remove Wine, do:

$ sudo apt-get install wine1.8 winetricks

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Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Wine (Wine Is Not An Emulator) is a software for running Windows applications on Linux machines.

The latest version available is Wine 1.7.38, which has been recently released, coming with the below changes:

• New version of the Gecko engine based on Firefox 36.
• Support for themed scrollbars.
• Updated version of the Mono engine.
• More compatible RPC interface for service control.
• Support for X Drag & Drop version 5.
• Threading fixes in IME support.
• Various bug fixes.

In this article I will show you how to install Wine 1.7.38 on Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, LXLE 14.04, Pinguy OS 14.04, Peppermint Five, Linux Lite 2, Deepin 2014 and other Ubuntu derivative systems.

Because it will be soon available via PPA, installing Wine 1.7.38 on Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04 and derivative systems is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the wine1.7 and winetricks packages. Like this:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install wine1.7 winetricks

Optional, to remove Wine 1.7.37 and winetricks, do:

$ sudo apt-get remove wine1.7 winetricks

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