How to Add WineHQ Repository on Debian Guide

GNU/Linux Debian Adding Latest Wine Repository

Hi! This Tip shows you How to Add Latest Wine Debian Apt Repository.

And Wine for Debian (originally an acronym for “Wine Is Not an Emulator”) is a Compatibility Layer capable of Running Windows Apps on several POSIX-compliant OSes systems, such as Linux, Mac OSX, & BSD.

Especially relevant is how Wine dispose of 3 Branches for the Releases: Stable, Staging, and Development.

So this Guide is Valid for All the Debian Linux Based Distros:

• Debian
• Kali Linux
• Deepin Linux
• MX Linux
• antiX Linux
• Parrot Linux
• SparkyLinux
• MakuluLinux
• Elive Linux
• LMDE Linux
• CrunchBang Linux
• Parsix Linux

It’s enough to find the Corresponding Debian parent Release…

1. 1. Launching Terminal

   Open a Terminal window
   Ctrl+Alt+t on Desktop
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands).

   
   In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
   

2. 2. Enabling 32-bit Arch

   First, Enable 32-bit Arch
   With:

   sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386

3. 3. Adding Wine GPG Key

   Next Add Wine GPG Key
   First, access the Downloads directory:

   cd && cd Downloads

   Then Grab the Key with:

   wget -nc https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key

   And finally, Setup it:

   sudo apt-key add winehq.key

4. 4. Setting Up Repository

   And to Setup Latest Wine Debian Repo
   For the Rolling Debian-based Distros like Kali then follow Instructions for the actual Debian Stable/Testing releases:

   So on Sid/Unstable do:

   su -c 'echo "deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/debian/ sid main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list'

   Again for Testing/Bullseye:

   su -c 'echo "deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/debian/ bullseye main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list'

   And for Buster:

   su -c 'echo "deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/debian/ buster main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list'

   For Kali Use instead “sudo su -c“;

   Likewise for Stretch:

   su -c 'echo "deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/debian/ stretch main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list'

   Again for Jessie:

   su -c 'echo "deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/debian/ jessie main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list'

   Finally, for Wheezy:

   su -c 'echo "deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/debian/ wheezy main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list'

5. 5. Updating Debian Repositories

   So to Update Debian Apt Repos.

   sudo apt-get update

So Now I’m truly Happy if My Guide could Help you to Add Latest Wine Debian Repository!