Today we are looking at how to install Wine 4.0 on Ubuntu 18.04.  The method, as seen in the video, will install the latest stable version of Wine on your system and when a newer version is released then you will receive it via your normal system updates.  Enjoy!

Since making this video, Wine 5.0 has arrived and the installation method has changed, look here.

Commands Used:
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 

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

sudo apt-key add winehq.key

sudo apt-add-repository 'deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ bionic main'


sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-stable

Commands are based on this:
https://wiki.winehq.org/Ubuntu

Release Notes:
https://www.winehq.org/announce/4.0

Official Site:
https://www.winehq.org/  

Helpful commands:
wine --version (shows the version of wine which is installed on your system)
winecfg (opens wine settings)

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