Install Wine1.7 on a RedHat or Debian-Based System

Wine, the most popular and powerful software in Linux, can smoothly run Windows programs and games on the Linux platform. This article teaches you how to install the latest Wine1.7 on RedHat and Debian systems like CentOS, Fedora, Ubuntu, and LinuxMint. Ubuntu12.04 install the latest Wine1.5.10 tutorial see http://www.linuxidc.com/L

Wine, the most popular and powerful software in Linux, can smoothly run Windows programs and games on the Linux platform.

This article teaches you how to useRed HatAndDebianInstall the latestWine 1.7.

Ubuntu 12.04 install the latest Wine 1.5.10 tutorial see http://www.linuxidc.com/Linux/2012-08/67434.htm

How to install and upgrade Wine 1.7.20 for Ubuntu or Linux MintHttp://www.linuxidc.com/Linux/2014-08/105091.htm

Ubuntu 13.10 compiled and installed Wine 1.7 http://www.linuxidc.com/Linux/2013-10/91667.htm

Install Wine 1.7 in Linux

UnfortunatelyRed HatThere is no official Wine repository on the system, so the only installation method is to compile from the source code. You need to install some dependent packages such as gcc, flex, bison, libX11-devel freetype-devel and Development Tools, which are used to compile Wine from source code. We can useYumCommand to install them.

On RedHat, Fedora, and CentOS

1. # Yum-y groupinstall 'development tool'
2. # Yum-y install flex bison libX11-devel freetype-devel

Next, download the latest development version (such1.7.21) Decompress the package with the following command.

1. $ Cd/tmp
2. $ Wget http://citylan.dl.sourceforge.net/project/wine/Source/wine-1.7.21.tar.bz2
3. $ Tar-xvf wine-1.7.21.tar.bz2-C/tmp/

Now, you need to compile and build the Wine installation program as a normal user. (Note:: Depending on the machine performance and network speed, the installation process needs15-20Minutes. input is required during installation.RootPassword .)

On a 32-bit System

1. $ Cd wine-1.7.21/
2. $./Tools/wineinstall

64-bit System

1. $ Cd wine-1.7.21/
2. $./Configure -- enable-win64
3. $ Make
4. # Make install

On Ubuntu, Debian, and Linux Mint

InUbuntuYou can use the officialPPATo install the latest Wine easily. Open a new terminal and run the following command with sudo.

1. $ Sudo add-apt-repository ppa: ubuntu-wine/ppa
2. $ Sudo apt-get update
3. $ Sudo apt-get install wine 1.7 winetricks

Once installed, you can run Windows-based software and games as follows.

1. $ Wine notepad
2. $ Wine notepad.exe
3. $ Wine c :\\ windows \ notepad.exe

Note:: Do not use the development version in the production environment. We recommend that you use it only for testing purposes.

If you want to install the latest stable version of Wine, please refer to the following article, which describes how to install Wine in almost all Linux systems.

• Install Wine 1.6.2 (Stable) in RHEL, CentOS and Fedora
• Install Wine 1.6.2 (Stable) in Debian, Ubuntu and Mint

Reference

• WineHQ Homepage

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