How to Install and Uninstall wine1.6 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "wine1.6" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install wine1.6 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                wine1.6
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "wine1.6" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall wine1.6 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                wine1.6
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the wine1.6 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: wine1.6
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:1.6.2-0ubuntu14.2
Multi-Arch: allowed
Priority: optional
Section: universe/otherosfs
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Scott Ritchie
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3001
Provides: wine
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.7.2~)
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.17), wine1.6-amd64 (= 1:1.6.2-0ubuntu14.2), binfmt-support (>= 1.1.2), procps, wine1.6-i386 (= 1:1.6.2-0ubuntu14.2)
Recommends: cups-bsd, gnome-exe-thumbnailer | kde-runtime, fonts-droid, fonts-liberation, ttf-mscorefonts-installer, fonts-horai-umefont, fonts-unfonts-core, ttf-wqy-microhei, winetricks, xdg-utils
Suggests: dosbox:any, winbind
Conflicts: wine1.0, wine1.2, wine1.3
Replaces: wine, wine1.0, wine1.2, wine1.3, wine1.4, wine1.5
Filename: pool/universe/w/wine1.6/wine1.6_1.6.2-0ubuntu14.2_amd64.deb
Size: 863608
MD5sum: 85773ce6b88a8249dbc6adaddb881551
SHA1: cfa67e7e005fcb744a2a40045778d38a1bd1f40c
SHA256: ea09d5d0c4b4657517a921118d14bba50ad7173e2ee0f5ea4537a96fa273e59c
SHA512: c5357943dcb4025ca7517545316e401f91c5e56ff2fe0bf263ed781189d00cb824a873ac6ca535176f928d42c3bb9f170212446d2595881f7b73acb25c3604da
Homepage: http://www.winehq.org/
Description-en: Microsoft Windows Compatibility Layer (Binary Emulator and Library)
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 package includes a program loader for running unmodified Windows
executables as well as the Wine project's free version of the Windows API for
running programs ported from Windows.
Description-md5: 06ea04f761f0f961a93a88bc585f4ba8

Package: wine1.6
Priority: optional
Section: universe/otherosfs
Installed-Size: 2996
Maintainer: Scott Ritchie
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:1.6.2-0ubuntu14
Replaces: wine, wine1.0, wine1.2, wine1.3, wine1.4, wine1.5
Provides: wine
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.17), wine1.6-amd64 (= 1:1.6.2-0ubuntu14), binfmt-support (>= 1.1.2), procps, wine1.6-i386 (= 1:1.6.2-0ubuntu14)
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.7.2~)
Recommends: cups-bsd, gnome-exe-thumbnailer | kde-runtime, fonts-droid, fonts-liberation, ttf-mscorefonts-installer, fonts-horai-umefont, fonts-unfonts-core, ttf-wqy-microhei, winetricks, xdg-utils
Suggests: dosbox:any, winbind
Conflicts: wine1.0, wine1.2, wine1.3
Filename: pool/universe/w/wine1.6/wine1.6_1.6.2-0ubuntu14_amd64.deb
Size: 864090
MD5sum: 7b1047b8678cd0a5e1ba382d2e26b6cf
SHA1: 305d77542b21be17621aa657d2e8c8e275897d34
SHA256: 9a81f55e883662ed92c36143255947d5382b2c5b3b5c20b5721b4074cd34f077
Description-en: Microsoft Windows Compatibility Layer (Binary Emulator and Library)
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 package includes a program loader for running unmodified Windows
executables as well as the Wine project's free version of the Windows API for
running programs ported from Windows.
Description-md5: 06ea04f761f0f961a93a88bc585f4ba8
Multi-Arch: allowed
Homepage: http://www.winehq.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu