Is wine hq available or simple instructions on how to install it.
Thanks
I recently installed Wine in a UM18.04 VirtualBox with 3 GB of RAM using: Getting Wine from the Official Builds PPA
wget https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/Release.key
sudo apt-key add Release.key
sudo apt-add-repository 'https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/'
rm Release.key
sudo apt install winehq-stable
Worked fine.
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another way to get the wine you want is to install playonlinux
sudo apt install playonlinux
once installed you can go to tools tab and manage wine version and install any version you need to run your program. Good luck.
I have heard people say, and it's been my own experience, that the Bionic PlayOnLinux is inferior to the earlier versions. I don' know why.
Why would installing playonlinux be a better approach than just installing Wine? I have seen that mentioned often, but no reason provided. I have never tried playonlinux, so just asking.
Hi Jaybo,
I don't know that better is the right statement. Playonlinux makes it easy to install other versions of wine that sometimes help with running windows programs, some of them will run on older versions of wine while others on newer versions. It also allows easy install of some libs needed by certain windows programs, It installs each windows program in a virtual folder that separates them from each other and from the operating system also. If a program becomes problematic it can be deleted easily.
All that being said if the system install of wine works with your program and your comfortable using wine and configuring it, then there is no real reason to use playonlinux. But it is one more tool and is helpful to those who may not be used to working with wine. Choice is good.
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Thanks for the detailed explanation.