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The latest installation instructions for Wine
WineHQ (Wine is Not an Emulator) is a compatibility layer for running Windows apps on Linux and Unix systems. Wine translates Windows API calls to POSIX calls eliminating the performance and memory penalties, and offers a clear integration of Windows apps into your desktop.
Installing Wine 1.5.28 on Ubuntu and Linux Mint is easy, since this app is provided in a PPA, for the two systems.
So, this is what you have to do:
How to Install the latest Wine on Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 12.04, Linux Mint 14 and Linux Mint 13:
Add the WineHQ PPA:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
Update the repo index:
$ sudo apt-get update
Install wine:
$ sudo apt-get install wine1.5 winetricks