Update Wine 1.9.7 on Ubuntu, via PPA. How to install Wine 1.9.7 on Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 15.10 and Ubuntu 14.10 Systems. Wine (Wine Is Not An Emulator) lets run Windows apps and games on Linux.
WINE is an open-source compatibility layer software app that enables to run Windows software and games on Linux and Unix systems.
Wine 1.9.7 is the latest version of WINE software and has been released with various changes and fixes.
- More work towards the WineD3D command stream.
- More support for Shader Model 5 shaders.
- C++ exception handling on x86-64.
- Support for Windows-style static import libraries.
- Performance fixes in the XML writer.
- Various bug fixes.
Install WINE 1.9.7 on Ubuntu
Run the following command to install WINE 1.9.7 on Ubuntu Systems:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wine/wine-builds
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install --install-recommends wine-staging
$ sudo apt-get install winehq-staging
Once installed you can use the WINE to run Windows app and games on Linux System.
If you want to uninstall and remove WINE from Linux Ubuntu Systems, run the command given below:
$ sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
$ sudo ppa-purge ppa:wine/wine-builds