Wine Installation on Ubuntu 8.10

[Dr. V]

Installing Wine on Ubuntu 8.10

What is Wine?

Wine is a free and open source implementation of the Windows API which allows you to run Windows applications on any Linux distros. In this post you will see how to install the latest version of Wine.

Before installation, get the PGP key for the WineHQ APT repository. This key will be used by your system as a mean to authenticate the repository. You can get the PGP key from HERE.

Then go to System -> Administration -> Software Sources. Enter your password and select the “Third-Party Software” tab. Click Add and add in the following code :

deb http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt intrepid main #WineHQ - Ubuntu 8.10 “Intrepid Ibex”

After the repository has been added, select the “Authentication” tab, click on the Import Key File button and select the PGP file that you downloaded earlier. Then press the Close button.

[Dr. V]

Now you can install Wine by opening a new Terminal window and executing the following command:

sudo apt-get install wine

Alternative, if you don’t want to use wine, you can use Add/Remove. Go to Applications -> Add/Remove, and search for Wine. After you find it, select it and click the Apply Changes button. This will begin the installation.


Once the installation is complete, you can install and run Windows applications on Ubuntu. You can find Wine in the Applications menu.


The newest versions of Wine available are usually in beta stages, but they do work fine. If you want to install an older but 100% stable version, you can download the .deb files from here and install by double-clicking on them.

[rupak]

Hey i was searching the same over the net for this.
I have Ubuntu installed along with windows XP on different partitions of the same hdd.
I wanted to install so0me of my windows application programs on linux distro.
Thanks for this topic I will try this & let you know how well this works for me.