Wine 2.19 Released with better Android Support

Wine running Windows apps on Linux

The Wine development 2.19 was released earlier today. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu via its official repository.

Wine 2.19 features supporting for 32-bit float audio on Android, named pipes now fully handled by the Wine server. supporting for a new Microsoft root certificate. more transform fixes in GdiPlus. some heap allocation optimizations, as well as a total of 16 bug-fixes.

How to Install Wine 2.19 in Ubuntu:

The official Wine repository offers the latest packages for Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 17.04, and their derivatives.

1. Open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T or by searching for it from app launcher, when it opens, run command:

sudo apt-add-repository https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/

Input your password (no visual feedback while typing) when it prompts and hit Enter.

winehq-repo

For Linux Mint 18.x, use following command instead to add the wine repository:

sudo apt-add-repository 'deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ xenial main'

2. Download and install the repository key via command:

wget -nc https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/Release.key; sudo apt-key add Release.key

wine-repos-key

3. Finally install Wine development release via command:

sudo apt-get update

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

For more details, see the official documentation.

Uninstall:

To remove the latest Wine development 2.x, open terminal and run command:

sudo apt-get remove --autoremove winehq-devel

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ml is a part time stay-at-home dad who've been using Ubuntu Desktop for a few years. He writes in the free time and wishes to share some useful tips with Ubuntu beginners and lovers.