GNU/Linux Ubuntu 20.04 Installing Wine – Step by step Guide
How to Install Wine in Ubuntu 20.04 Focal LTS GNU/Linux desktop – Step by step Tutorial.
Especially relevant, this is the Recommended way to Install Wine on Ubuntu 20.04 because the Software is quickly evolving with 3 main Branches: Stable, Staging, and Development.
Because Wine (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.
Instead, of Simulating internal Windows Logic like a Virtual Machine or Emulator, Wine translates Windows API calls into POSIX calls On-the-Fly, eliminating the Performance and Memory Penalties of other Methods and allowing you to Cleanly Integrate Windows Apps into your desktop.
🍷 You may try Bottles—Wine is included and preconfigured to run Windows apps on Linux.
Finally, this guide includes detailed instructions on Getting Started with Wine Installing Windows Software on Ubuntu.
1. Launching Terminal App
Open a Terminal Shell Emulator Window:
Ctrl+Alt+t on desktop
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
2. Setting Up Wine Repo
How to Add Wine Ubuntu Repository
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