Archives For Wine 1.8

Wine Stable

While Ubuntu Wine Team PPA does no longer update since Wine 1.8.0 release, there lacks a PPA for those sticking to Wine 1.8.x stable series.

Now J Fernyhough is maintaining a PPA with latest Wine 1.8 packages for Ubuntu 16.04 and Ubuntu 14.04, though ricotz’s unstable PPA also contains Wine 1.8 along with other applications.

So far, its Wine 1.8.5 and you can follow the steps below to install it in the current two Ubuntu LTS releases:

wine185-stable

1. Remove old Wine packages if installed via command (press Ctrl+Alt+T to open terminal):

sudo apt remove wine wine1.* && sudo apt autoremove

2. Add the new Wine PPA via command:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jonathonf/wine && sudo apt update

jonathonf wine ppa

3. Finally install wine-stable package to get the latest Wine 1.8 packages from the PPA:

sudo apt install wine-stable

That’s it. To remove the Wine packages, simply run the step 1 and remove PPA via Software & Updates -> Other Software tab.

Wine Stable

Here’s how to install the latest Wine Stable 1.8.2 in all current Ubuntu releases, while Wine Team PPA still provides the initial 1.8 release.

The Wine Team PPA has not been updated for almost 6 months. For those who want the latest updates and fixes for the stable 1.8 Wine series, you may temporarily use another PPA packaged by Rico Tzschichholz.

Wine 1.8.2

1. Add the PPA.

The PPA is named ‘unstable’, don’t use it on production machines and wait the Wine Team PPA if you want a more stable build.

Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and paste the command below and hit Enter:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ricotz/unstable

Type in your password (no visual feedback) when it asks and hit Enter to adding the PPA.

ricotz-unstable

2. If you have the 1.8.0 installed, launch Software Updater and upgrade it after checking for updates.

Or run the commands below one by one in terminal to update and install Wine 1.8.2:

sudo apt update

sudo apt install wine1.8

So far, works for Ubuntu 16.10, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 12.04, and also Ubuntu 15.10.

3. (Optional) To remove it, use apt command with remove flag:

sudo apt remove wine1.8

The PPA can be remove via System Settings -> Software & Updates -> Other Software.

Wine 1.8 PPA

The Wine Team finally announced the new stable Wine 1.8 release. The new Wine PPA maintained by WinHQ.org has built the packages for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 12.04, and their derivatives.

This release represents 17 months of development effort and around 13,000 individual changes. The main highlights are the implementation of DirectWrite and Direct2D, and the new Pulse Audio driver.

It also contains a lot of improvements across the board, as well as support for many new applications and games. See the release notes for a summary of the major changes.

I must apologize that the new PPA contains the latest dev release (so far it’s wine 1.9.0) packaged by official wine website WineHQ. Please read the bottom link about this built.

To get Wine 1.8 stable release, use the Ubuntu Wine Team PPA managed by Scott Ritchie and Maarten Lankhorst.

Select use only one of these PPAs, you may remove a PPA via Software & Updates -> Other Software tab or by running command:

sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:name/name

Install Wine 1.8 Stable from Ubuntu Wine Team PPA:

Open terminal from Unity Dash, App Launcher, or via Ctrl+Alt+T shortcut key. When it opens, paste below commands and run one by one.

1. Add the PPA via command:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa

Type in your password when it asks, no visual feedback so type in mind and hit Enter to continue.

add-wine-ppa

2. Update package cache and install wine1.8:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install wine1.8 winetricks

Install latest Wine Dev release from the Official WineHQ PPA:

Open terminal from Unity Dash, App Launcher, or via Ctrl+Alt+T shortcut key. When it opens, paste below commands and run one by one.

1. For 64-bit system, rum command to enable 32 bit architecture:

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386

Type in your password when it asks, no visual feedback so type in mind and hit Enter to continue.

2. Add the wine PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wine/wine-builds

Official Wine PPA

3. Once you have the PPA added in your system, run below commands one by one to refresh package caches and install Wine 1.8:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install --install-recommends winehq-devel

The installation automatically replaces old wine releases installed on your system.

4. Finally you may run below command to initialize your wine configuration.

winecfg

Wine 1.8 Configuration Editor

For more, read the wiki page.