Run windows programmes on linux


Linux (Wine)

Wine is a free software application which helps in running computer programs written for Windows to run on other operating system such as Linux / Unix. Wine also provides its users with a software library, Winelib with which developers can compile Windows applications to help them to run in Unix-like systems.

How to install it in Linux / Unix ?

1) Open your terminal (press Ctrl+Alt+T)

2) Copy paste or type following codes one by one, that means first let the first line undergo execution, after that copy and paste the second line and then again wait until its executed, after that copy paste the last line in the terminal and then wait for it to get executed.


sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install wine1.3

3) Once the last mentioned code is successfully executed and the Wine software is successfully installed, you can run all the mentioned Windows software and games in your Linux / Unix.

Also for more info you can directly visit Wine site.
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