install and configure Wine for linux Ubuntu 11.10

Introduce

There are two more days left in the release of Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot and eagerness of users is increasing and i’m sure most of them would have installed its beta version.

Wine is one of the best applications in Ubuntu.It is free software which allow to run applications or programs which are made for Windows  in Ubuntu or Linux like OS. It helps many users to enjoy apps and games which are available for Windows but not for Ubuntu/Linux and for those who just migrated from Windows and addicted to its apps.

When you run these applications with wine,they performs slow as compared to in Windows.So you are not going to have very good experience from these apps.But still something is better than nothing.

Installing Wine

Wine can be installed directly from Ubuntu repositories and there are multiple ways of installing Wine like installing from Software Center or from terminal. So here we’ll be installing from Terminal

Step 1:Open Terminal(press Alt+Ctrl+T)(This shortcut for Linux startup terminal and input command) or access it from applications.

Step 2: Type the command followed by your system password.

sudo apt-get install wine

Step 3:Wait for  some time and you are done with the installation.

Configuring Wine 

You are going to install and then run that Windows application but first you need a “C Drive” where your all application softwares will be installed.So for creating a fake C Drive open Terminal(press Alt+Ctrl+T) and type the following command

winecfg 

Installing and running Window Apps with Wine

Step 1: Place an executable/ setup file of Windows application to any desired location.

Step 2: Open Terminal and navigate to that folder(where file is present) using “cd” command.

Step 3: Now execute the following command.(type name of your app which you downloaded in place of “application_name”)

wine application_name.exe

Step 4: Installation process is same as that of Windows, follow the instructions and complete installation.

recommend setup directory is c:\windows\system32 if it is you can use wine app_name.exe run you window application for any directory.

Step 5: When installation gets complete,you can run this application from the command

wine app_name.exe

Uninstall Window Apps with Wine

wine uninstaller

Step 1: Place an uninstall  Windows application to uninstall window Apps.

You’ll notice that the performance of that application is not too good but satisfactory.