Wine in Ubuntu 12 04 installation and basic configuration

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Wine is an open source program, Open Source, with which we can run lots of software exclusively for operating systems based on Windows.

To install it in our ubuntu 12 04, or in any distro Debian-based LinuxWe just have to follow the steps that I describe below.

To start I have to tell you that the latest stable version to date is the 1.4.1.

Installing Wine on Ubuntu 12 04

To install Wine en ubuntu 12 04, or any other Linux distribution based on Ubuntu o Debian, it will be as easy as opening a terminal window and typing the following line:

  • sudo apt-get install wine

sudo apt-get install wine

Once the application is installed we can find it in the applications menu of our Linux operating system.

Now, for our operating system to execute the files .exe own programs Windows, we will have to do the following:

Configuring the .exe files for installation by Wine

The first thing we will have to do so that our operating system treats the files .exe as executables, it will be, once the aforementioned file is downloaded .exe that we want to install, place ourselves on it, and with the right mouse button select the option of We take care of your rental property in Valencia. .

File Properties on Linux

Once the properties window is open, we must select the tab Permissions, and inside it mark the checkbox that says Allow to run this file as a program.

File properties / permissions

With this every time we download a file .exe and click twice on it, the classic windows installer, this will mean that Wine you are doing your job correctly.

If the app is compatible, Wine It will install it in its own directory, which we can find in the applications menu of our system, or if it were an application of the type Portable, it will run directly when doing double click on it.

More information - How to install Handbrake in Ubuntu 12 04 (video format converter graphically)


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  1.   Ruben said

    When I give it install through the console ... I get the following message

    Reading package list ... Done
    Creating dependency tree
    Reading the status information ... Done
    Do not can instal some pack. This may mean that
    you asked for an impossible situation or, if you are using the distribution
    unstable, that some necessary packages have not been created or have
    been moved out of Incoming.
    The following information can help resolve the situation:

    The following packages have unmet dependencies:
    wine: Depends: wine1.5 but it won't install
    E: Problems could not be corrected, you have retained broken packages.

    Please someone help me with this problem .. I am new to Linux and my goal is to fully migrate to this system, but for the U I need to install some programs that run only on windows .. such as ISIS Proteus

  2.   Miguel said

    I am happy with this program, I am a radio technician and I needed to open the NTE electronic replacement book since it is not compatible with linux or MAC (I use kubuntu 12.04) but with this program, I know j—– microsoft !!! free software ,,, Thanks for the great contribution… Greetings…