How To Install Wine 8 on Ubuntu 18.04 / Linux Mint 19

Did you know that Wine 8 has been released?. This guide will take you through the steps to install Wine 8 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 8 release and new features.

Debian: How To Install Wine on Debian

Install Wine 8 on Ubuntu 18.04 / Linux Mint 19

Since Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu 18.04, the installation of Wine 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 update
sudo apt -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 update

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

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

sudo apt 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-8.0

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
sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-stable

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
VER=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/releases/latest | grep tag_name | cut -d '"' -f 4 | sed 's/v//g')
wget https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/releases/download/v${VER}/npp.${VER}.Installer.exe
wine ./npp.${VER}.Installer.exe

Follow installation prompts like for any other Windows application.

Enjoy running Windows Applications on Wine.

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