How to Install and Uninstall wine Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "wine" package

This tutorial shows how to install wine on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall wine on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                wine
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the wine package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: wine
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:1.6.2-0ubuntu14.2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: extra
Section: universe/otherosfs
Source: wine1.6
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Scott Ritchie
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 6
Depends: wine1.6
Filename: pool/universe/w/wine1.6/wine_1.6.2-0ubuntu14.2_amd64.deb
Size: 976
MD5sum: c9d67cc5e90b511546bfadf8832b0fdd
SHA1: 267119c3584bf7e3db505fe5279cf4b8b8011a9d
SHA256: 0292f5e9fd089904eecbf09c9c911734a9d20bbe79a615c99970a3369154c091
SHA512: 0077cbc1a5c42179c07f75d0af6eeb063ad1a83683480f6ec1a55e97afa7b50fdb5a499e2b2a355906ab23705797fd13411b37052cf07e39659c84c307c92276
Homepage: http://www.winehq.org/
Description-en: Microsoft Windows Compatibility Layer (meta-package)
Wine is a compatibility layer for running Windows applications on Linux.
Applications are run at full speed without the need of cpu emulation. Wine
does not require Microsoft Windows, however it can use native system dll
files in place of its own if they are available.
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This meta-package always depends on the default version of Wine.
Description-md5: 6474b3e541944944e61aec502ceb28f2

Package: wine
Priority: extra
Section: universe/otherosfs
Installed-Size: 6
Maintainer: Scott Ritchie
Architecture: amd64
Source: wine1.6
Version: 1:1.6.2-0ubuntu14
Depends: wine1.6
Filename: pool/universe/w/wine1.6/wine_1.6.2-0ubuntu14_amd64.deb
Size: 974
MD5sum: bea5bed393084b4406fcda336325bc71
SHA1: 12cb87640d0cb8a707ce2e89ebd872e5e32c8c9b
SHA256: ab68e0b0f6122e5d189171242a3fc706cd8689ed45feb25b3140530f17c81188
Description-en: Microsoft Windows Compatibility Layer (meta-package)
Wine is a compatibility layer for running Windows applications on Linux.
Applications are run at full speed without the need of cpu emulation. Wine
does not require Microsoft Windows, however it can use native system dll
files in place of its own if they are available.
.
This meta-package always depends on the default version of Wine.
Description-md5: 6474b3e541944944e61aec502ceb28f2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.winehq.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu