Use below commands to install Wine packages from the apt repository. # On Ubuntu 16.04 sudo apt-add-repository 'deb xenial main' Sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cybermax-dexter/sdl2-backport # On Ubuntu 18.04 sudo apt-add-repository 'deb bionic main' # On Ubuntu 19.10 sudo apt-add-repository 'deb eoan main' Use one of the following commands to enable the Wine apt repository in your system based on your operating system and version. Also, install the key which was used to sign packages of wine. Step 1 – Setup PPAįirst of all, If you are running with a 64-bit system enable 32-bit architecture. This tutorial described you to how to install Wine on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Linux systems. You just need to enable the PPA in your Ubuntu system and install latest Wine packages using apt-get. Approximately half of the source code is written by its volunteers, and remaining effort sponsored by commercial interests, especially CodeWeavers.Īn official PPA is available to install Wine on Ubuntu systems. Wine is an Open Source implementation of the Windows API and will always be free software. You may also use the package manager to install wine. Its source code is available for download from its official site. Wine team has announced the latest stable release 5.0 on Jan 21, 2020.