How to Install and Uninstall wine-binfmt Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "wine-binfmt" package

This guide let you learn how to install wine-binfmt on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Learn how to uninstall wine-binfmt on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: wine-binfmt
Architecture: all
Version: 5.0.3-3ubuntu2
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_5.0.3-3ubuntu2_all.deb
Size: 5312
MD5sum: 882574fa25856e40fad2848d31d873da
SHA1: 589cfd704a168d06b8cc40edabaa0437db23c1a1
SHA256: 2e444e679580f6487abfa4006597de0ab9edf13a40a4a4b978cb4ac6de91a92d
SHA512: 3bd74de005887a19dbe38dba4404dcc4709557eec10b239a986cee6b66c7176a633b061b3a489459f65b5b9d1a2b72193f786204e6d46fd5895d2180f02276f7
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