How to Install and Uninstall wine-binfmt Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "wine-binfmt" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install wine-binfmt on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "wine-binfmt" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall wine-binfmt on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                wine-binfmt
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the wine-binfmt package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: wine-binfmt
Architecture: all
Version: 5.0-3ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/otherosfs
Source: wine
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Wine Party
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 104
Depends: wine, binfmt-support
Filename: pool/universe/w/wine/wine-binfmt_5.0-3ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 10280
MD5sum: d19ee075f0b1bea2d888879e0e380e61
SHA1: 3b1c69fe0bfea5e01c2591583b3ba6d09674b081
SHA256: 938e3f357541fdfb6ad2c4e9e684fd60a5244d5c3e0ab46cd9a842339d4295f1
SHA512: 8842793229ddfa2f5a1859c70be3499ccf3ce3676f2a400830d763cc638275ceb79caa6a205073cb7acc8c5afa54b7101e6d5dbdf2b7d4d32a0a218caab72932
Homepage: https://www.winehq.org
Description-en: Register Wine as the interpreter for Windows executables
Wine is a free MS-Windows API implementation.
This is still a work in progress and many applications may still not work.
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This package registers Wine as an interpreter for Windows executables, using
the kernel binfmt_misc module. This causes Wine to be invoked automatically
whenever a Windows PE (Portable Executable) file is to be launched.
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WARNING: This increases the risk of inadvertently launching Windows
malware, so please make sure that you understand the security risks before
blindly installing this package.
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This feature is probably most interesting for automatic software testing.
Desktop users usually don't need it, so don't install wine-binfmt unless you
know that you need it. Refer to Wine's README.debian for more information.
Description-md5: 4bba22bb33c88475063baee9894f3f54