Run MS Windows applications and softwares on Linux Ubuntu Systems. Here’s how to install Wine 1.7.45 on Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04 and derivatives.
Wine (Wine Is Not an Emulator) is an open source command-line software that runs Windows Programs on Linux Ubuntu Systems. Wine is capable of translating Windows API calls into POSIX calls on-the-fly for integrating Windows applications into the Linux/UNIX Systems.
Wine 1.7.45
The Wine development release 1.7.45 is now available for download. The Wine 1.7.45 brings DirectWrite improvements and many fixes for Windows Games.
Wine 1.7.45 comes with changes for the following Windows games and tools: Utopia, Gothic 2, Adobe Reader 6, GTA: San Andreas, Bioware games, Street Fighter 4, Outlook Express, Fallout 3, Gridrunner Revolution, StarCraft 2, Guild Wars, Ancient Gems, PES2015, Waldorf Spectre, and more.
What’s new in this release (see below for details):
– Better debugging support on 64-bit Mac OS X.
– Some more progress on DirectWrite implementation.
– A number of RichEdit control fixes.
– Beginning implementation of the old MSVCIRT C++ runtime.
– Various bug fixes.
Install Wine 1.7.45
Here’s how to install Wine (Wine Is Not an Emulator) via PPA in Ubuntu/Linux Mint and run Windows applications on Ubuntu/Linux Mint systems.
Open Terminal and run the following commands to add the Wine PPA:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install wine1.7 winetricks
If you are not happy using Wine, run the following command to uninstall and remove Wine and winetricks:
$ sudo apt-get remove wine1.7 winetricks
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