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Quick installation of wine64:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: wine64
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install wine64
Package Details | |
| Package: | wine64 |
| Version: | 1.8.5-1ubuntu1 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | http://www.winehq.org/ |
| Description: | Windows API implementation - 64-bit binary loader Wine is a free MS-Windows API implementation. This is still a work in progress and many applications may still not work. . This package provides the binary loader for 64-bit Windows applications. |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 17.04 |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | universe/otherosfs |
How to install wine64 on Ubuntu 17.04?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
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Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 17.04 on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If wine64 is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L wine64' will give followin error.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L wine64 dpkg-query: package 'wine64' is not installed Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$
Installing wine64:
After system update use the following command to install wine64:
sudo apt-get install wine64
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 17.04 Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
How to uninstall/remove wine64 from Ubuntu 17.04?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the wine64 from Ubuntu 17.04. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the wine64 following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove wine64
Following command is used to remove the wine64 package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove wine64
This will remove wine64 and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing wine64 with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge wine64
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove wine64
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with wine64 package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.
