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How to install Wine under Ubuntu

I'm using Xubuntu for this guide, but it should work on any Ubuntu based distribution. After much head scratching, I hammered out this script to do it:

#/bin/bash
# Get current processor architecture
tarc=$(dpkg --print-architecture);
echo $tarc;
# Get Codename of whatever version of Ubuntu we are running
trels=$(awk -v var=$(lsb_release -rs) '$3~var {print $4" "$5;exit;}' /usr/share/python-apt/templates/Ubuntu.info | cut -d"'" -f2);
echo $trels;
# shorten to the first word only
treps=$(echo $trels  | head -n1 | cut -d " " -f1);
# make lowercase
treps=$(echo "$treps" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]');
# string composure
tstr=$(echo "sudo dpkg --add-architecture "${tarc});
# run add-architecture string above as command
eval $tstr;
# (this part lifted from WineHQ website)
wget -nc https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key
sudo apt-key add winehq.key
# more string composure
trepos=$(echo "sudo add-apt-repository 'deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ "$treps" main'");
# run add-repository string above as command
eval $trepos;
sudo apt update
# installing the stable version. You could use 'wine-devel' or 'wine-staging' if you wanted instead of 'wine-stable'
sudo apt install --install-recommends wine-stable
# run wine config to make sure wine engine is configured. Hand over to GUI prompts.
winecfg

You can copy and paste into a new document, or download the script if you want. Whichever is easiest. Don't forget to right-click > Properties > Permissions and Allow to run as a program.
install-wine.sh

 

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