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How to install and completely remove Wine? If you are following Ubuntu, you must be Wine familiar with Wine. Wine is an application that allows you to run Windows-based programs in Ubuntu. You install Wine by executing the following command in the Terminal (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal). sudo apt-get install wine Now, you need to install the Windows-only application that you wish to use. Go to Appliactions -> Wine -> Configure Wine, and install the application. Completely removing Wine: In case you want to completely remove Wine, the ususal uninstall command would leave you wondering what went wrong. Sudo apt-get remove winerm -rf $HOME/.winerm -f $HOME/.config/menus/applications-merged/wine*rm -rf $HOME/.local/share/applications/winerm -f $HOME/.local/share/desktop-directories/wine*rm -f $HOME/.local/share/icons/????

PS: This is the sixth in a series on switching to Ubuntu from Windows, for non-geeks. Install PDF-XChange Viewer on Ubuntu « Harbor of Soul. Install PDF-XChange Viewer on Ubuntu I download ZiZhiTongJian in PDF format. It turns out that the default PDF viewer can’t display the contents. In internet, somebody introduced how to install PDF-XChange Viewer on Ubuntu through Wine. I have never heard about it before. It, however, is said a number of advanced functionalities are supported, such as adding comments. I tried it. In comments, Chinese is not support although Chinese can be displayed correctly in contentIn bookmarks, Chinese don’t show correctly.

Generally speaking, it is good enough for me. Download PDF-XChange View from P.S. If you can’t download the script, please drop me an email. Like this: Like Loading... Installing the latest Wine on Ubuntu. Translations of this page: 简体中文 Installing WineHQ packages The WineHQ repository key was changed on 2018-12-19. If you downloaded and added the key before that time, you will need to download and add the new key and run sudo apt update to accept the repository changes.

Ubuntu 18.04/Linux Mint 19.x do not provide FAudio, which is a dependency of current Wine. If you have previously installed a Wine package from another repository, please remove it and any packages that depend on it (e.g., wine-mono, wine-gecko, winetricks) before attempting to install the WineHQ packages, as they may cause dependency conflicts. If your system is 64 bit, enable 32 bit architecture (if you haven't already): sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 Download and add the repository key: wget -nc sudo apt-key add winehq.key Add the repository: Update packages: sudo apt update Then install one of the following packages: and answering yes to the three questions. Compiling WoW64 See Also. Install Office 2007 On Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx With Wine » Help Desk Screeds. Ubuntu 10.04 comes with OpenOffice.org 3.2, which should be more than adequate for all your office needs; it even reads Microsoft’s new OpenXML format. However, if you absolutely must have Microsoft Office, it’s possible to install Office 2007 on your Ubuntu system using the Wine compatibility layer.

Even better, it’s really quite simple to do. Here’s how to do it. (Note that depending upon your system configuration and edition of Office, these directions might not actually work.) First, you’ll need to install Wine itself to your Ubuntu system. Read this post for directions and a quick introduction to Wine. Next, navigate to the location of your Office 2007 installation files. Wine . The Setup program for Office 2007 will then run. [9.04] Winetricks? Help! Wine Winetricks Cabextract & AutoCAD for Noobs.