How to Install and Uninstall wine.x86_64 Package on Rocky Linux 8

Last updated: February 28,2025

1. Install "wine.x86_64" package

This is a short guide on how to install wine.x86_64 on Rocky Linux 8


    
        
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                sudo dnf update
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
                wine.x86_64
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "wine.x86_64" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall wine.x86_64 on Rocky Linux 8:


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
                wine.x86_64
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the wine.x86_64 package on Rocky Linux 8

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Available Packages
Name : wine
Version : 6.0.2
Release : 1.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 7.9 k
Source : wine-6.0.2-1.el8.src.rpm
Repository : epel
Summary : A compatibility layer for windows applications
URL : https://www.winehq.org/
License : LGPLv2+
Description : Wine as a compatibility layer for UNIX to run Windows applications. This
: package includes a program loader, which allows unmodified Windows
: 3.x/9x/NT binaries to run on x86 and x86_64 Unixes. Wine can use native system
: .dll files if they are available.
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: In Fedora wine is a meta-package which will install everything needed for wine
: to work smoothly. Smaller setups can be achieved by installing some of the
: wine-* sub packages.