This should automatically install all other required packages if you already have enabled multiarch (step 1). You always need to install the wine (or wine-development) package.
Enable it with the following command: sudo dpkg -add-architecture i386 & sudo apt update for amd64 (which most users have) you need i386. You can identify your architecture with the following command: dpkg -print-architectureĮ.g. This is needed for running 32-bit Windows applications (many modern apps are still 32-bit), but also for large parts of the Windows subsystem itself. On 64-bit systems you should enable a 32-bit architecture for multiarch. If you install both sets, 'wine' will take precedence unless you configure your system otherwise, see 'Usage' below. You can either install both sets at the same time, or only one of them. Do not mix this up with the *-dev packages which contain the header files and development libraries. version 5.12).ĭespite its name wine-development is also intended to be used by regular users. version 5.0.1), and wine-development the development releases (e.g. Wine tracks the stable releases from (e.g. Since Debian Jessie you can choose between two sets of Wine packages: wine and wine-development.