A new major version of Wine was released. With Wine 5.0, the experience of running Windows applications and games on Linux is further improved.

With some effort, you can use Wine to run Windows applications on Linux. Wine is a tool to try when you must use a software that is only available on Windows. It supports many such software.

A new major release of Wine has arrived, Wine 5.0, almost a year after its 4.0 release.

The Wine 5.0 release introduced several major features and many significant changes/improvements. In this article, I’ll focus on what the new features are and also cover installation instructions.

What are the new features in Wine 5.0?

As their official announcement states, this is a key change in release 5.0:

  • PE format built-in module.
  • Supports multiple monitors.
  • XAudio2 has been reimplemented.
  • Support for Vulkan 1.1.
  • Support for Microsoft Installer (MSI) patch files.
  • Performance improvement.

So, with Vulkan 1.1 and support for multiple monitors — the Wine 5.0 release is a big deal.

In addition to the key points highlighted above, you can expect better controller support with the thousands of changes/improvements included in the new release.

It’s worth noting that this release honors Jozef Kucia, the lead developer on the VKD3D project.

They’ve already mentioned this in the release notes:

This release is a special tribute to Jozef Kucia, who died in August 2019 at the age of 30. Jozef was a major contributor to Wine’s Direct3D implementation and was the lead developer on the VKD3D project. We all miss his skill and friendliness very much.

How to install Wine 5.0 on Ubuntu and Linux Mint

Note:

If you have installed Wine before, you should remove it completely to (as you wish) avoid some conflicts. In addition, the key for the WineHQ repository has recently been changed, and you can refer to its download page for more instructions for your Linux distribution.

The source code for Wine 5.0 is available on its official website. To make it work, you can read more about building Wine. Arch-based users should get it soon.

Here, I’ll show you the steps for installing Wine 5.0 on Ubuntu and other Ubuntu-based distributions. Please be patient and follow the steps step by step to install and use Wine. There are several steps involved.

Keep in mind that Wine has too many packages installed. You’ll see a large list of packages, with a download size of about 1.3 GB.

Installing Wine 5.0 on Ubuntu (not available on Linux Mint)

First, use this command to remove the existing Wine:

Sudo apt Remove Winehq - Stable Wine - Stable Wine1.6 wine- Mono wine- Geco WinetricksCopy the code

Then make sure to add 32-bit architecture support:

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
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Download and add the official Wine repository key:

wget -qO - https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key | sudo apt-key add -
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Now, the next step is to add the repository, and to do that, you need to know your Ubuntu version first.

For Ubuntu 18.04 and 19.04, add the FAudio dependency with this PPA, which is not required for Ubuntu 19.10:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cybermax-dexter/sdl2-backport
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Now add the repository using this command:

sudo apt-add-repository "deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) main"
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Now that you have added the correct repository, you can install Wine 5.0 using the following command:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-stable
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Note that although Wine 5 is listed as stable in the package list, you may still see Wine 4.0.3 in Winehq-Stable. Maybe it won’t spread to all geographical locations. I can see Wine 5.0 starting this morning.

Install Wine 5.0 in Linux Mint 19.1, 19.2, and 19.3

As some readers have informed me, the apt-add repository command does not work with the Linux Mint 19.x series.

This is another way to add custom repositories. You must perform the same steps as Ubuntu. Delete an existing Wine package:

Sudo apt Remove Winehq - Stable Wine - Stable Wine1.6 wine- Mono wine- Geco WinetricksCopy the code

Add 32-bit support:

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
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Then add the GPG key:

wget -qO - https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key | sudo apt-key add -
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Add FAudio dependencies:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cybermax-dexter/sdl2-backport
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Now create a new entry for the Wine repository:

sudo sh -c "echo 'deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ bionic main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list"
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Update the package list and install Wine:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-stable
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conclusion

Have you tried the latest Wine 5.0 release? If so, what improvements have you seen in operation?

Let me know what you think of the new release in the comment area below.

Via: itsfoss.com/wine-5-rele…

By Ankush Das (lujun9972

This article is originally compiled by LCTT and released in Linux China