Edit: Due to the fact that this article is old, the installation instructions may not work anymore. In order to successfully install the latest version of Wine, please access the wine tag and open the latest article (the one on top).

The latest installation instructions for Wine

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

The post How To Install Wine 1.7.38 On Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04 And Derivative Systems first appeared on LinuxG.net.

Edit: Due to the fact that this article is old, the installation instructions may not work anymore. In order to successfully install the latest version of Wine, please access the wine tag and open the latest article (the one on top).

The latest installation instructions for Wine

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 1.7.39 and winetricks, do:

$ sudo apt-get remove wine1.7 winetricks

The post How To Install Wine 1.7.39 On Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04 And Derivative Systems first appeared on LinuxG.net.

Edit: Due to the fact that this article is old, the installation instructions may not work anymore. In order to successfully install the latest version of Wine, please access the wine tag and open the latest article (the one on top).

The latest installation instructions for Wine

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

The post How To Install Wine 1.7.40 On Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04 And Derivative Systems first appeared on LinuxG.net.

Edit: Due to the fact that this article is old, the installation instructions may not work anymore. In order to successfully install the latest version of Wine, please access the wine tag and open the latest article (the one on top).

The latest installation instructions for Wine

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 1.7.41 and winetricks, do:

$ sudo apt-get remove wine1.7 winetricks

The post How To Install Wine 1.7.41 On Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04 And Derivative Systems first appeared on LinuxG.net.

Edit: Due to the fact that this article is old, the installation instructions may not work anymore. In order to successfully install the latest version of Wine, please access the wine tag and open the latest article (the one on top).

The latest installation instructions for Wine

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

The post How To Install Wine 1.7.42 On Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04 And Derivative Systems first appeared on LinuxG.net.