Once the installation has completed, use the Wine File Browser to navigate to the program and double-click it.The installation Wizard will launch, and the setup continues as it would in Windows.In the example below I’ll be installing Homesite+, the only HTML editor that I’ve ever loved – and it’s not available for OS X or Linux (natively). Navigate to the Windows program or program installer, and double-click it.And then the Wine File Browser will open.
After you’ve successfully installed Wine, launch it by selecting Wine File ….If you don’t use Synaptic, there are up to date Wine packages available here for many operating systems. For help using the Synaptic Package Manger, please see this tutorial. If you have the Synaptic Package Manger installed, use it to install Wine.But don’t worry, it’s not just games that are supported. Some of the more common/popular programs that are known to work include: Diablo II, Rollercoaster Tycoon 2, World of Warcraft 2.0.x, Day of Defeat, Counter-Strike, Call of Duty 2, Prey (do you see a common theme here? Lots of games!). Visit the Wine Application Database for a list of all the programs known to work in Wine, and at what level (fully supported, needs some tweaking, etc). Wine is not a Windows emulator (hence the name, Wine Is Not an Emulator).īefore you get started, you may want to check and confirm that the Windows program you want to install is in fact supported by Wine. Wine does not require Microsoft Windows, as it is a completely free alternative implementation of the Windows API consisting of 100% non-Microsoft code. Background: Think of Wine as a compatibility layer for running Windows programs. Though the steps and screenshots are specific to Ubuntu Linux, they will be very similar for most Linux/*nix distributions. This somewhat brief tutorial will guide you in installing Wine, and then using it to install Windows applications.
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