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can someone please tell me how to download wine so that I can open exe. files.

Many Thanks, Dave.

Dave Alexander
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You can use the below command to install the wine via terminal.

sudo apt-get install wine
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Install using sudo apt-get install wine

The website is at https://www.winehq.org/ with more information and hints on how to get individual windows programs working correctly under wine.

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  • Hi! thank you for your very helpful responses. I have downloaded using the "sudo apt-get install wine" command. Towards the end of the installation a Microsoft message popped up asking me to acknowledge the end user agreement.This I tried but the message kept running. I tried to close but I was informed the download was still in progress. I waited a further 60 minutes and tried again. Still the same message? I eventually logged out. I searched under Dash home but could not see a download. I think it is downloaded but how can I check to see if it is please? Regards, Dave. – Dave Alexander Nov 18 '14 at 09:24
  • Hi Ubuntu, I again tried to download wine. This time the first thing that happens is EULA pops up. At the top in red it says a reconfiguration is taking place. Unfortunately this seems to last a very long time before I eventually bomb out. – Dave Alexander Nov 19 '14 at 06:52
  • Whats the EULA for? .net? – David Jackson Nov 19 '14 at 11:15
  • David, the EULA is the "End user licencing agreement" by windows saying that if I use a windows program I am limited to the use of it? It seems to be stopping me downloading wine? I do not know how to by bass this? – Dave Alexander Nov 20 '14 at 07:29
  • I can attach screen print to show what I get. I am not sure how to do it? While the EULA is on screen the message at top says "configuring ttf-mscorefonts installer" While this is happening there is no movement on the hard drive and it goes on and on until I move from the page even though it says thing are being downloaded. – Dave Alexander Nov 20 '14 at 07:54
  • Those are the Microsoft core fonts that wine needs to emulate Windows programs. For somereason your system isn't downloading them properly. Try reinstalling them from the terminal: sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer --reinstall then doing wine again. Mind you, are you able to accept the EULA? It's not stuck because you haven't accepted it? – David Jackson Nov 21 '14 at 08:34
  • Thank you David. I will try when I next get back to my wifi. I am most grateful for your explanation. – Dave Alexander Nov 23 '14 at 11:52
  • Got back to civilisation at last. Carried out the above instructions. All went well and the download carried through to the end. I looked under recently downloaded files but could not see Wine. How can I be sure it is downloaded please? Thank you. – Dave Alexander Dec 02 '14 at 06:20
  • If you ran this from the terminal, it should be installed. You should be able to see the wine command interface by opening the ubuntu program launcher and typing wine. See https://appdb.winehq.org/ for instructions on how to get your win application running with wine – David Jackson Dec 03 '14 at 08:57
  • David, you have been an unbelievable help to me. I want to thank you and the others who tried to help. I now have wine at long last. I do hope your kind instructions will be of help to others as well. – Dave Alexander Dec 04 '14 at 08:23