How To Install wine on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install wine on Kali Linux. wine is Windows API implementation - standard suite

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wine on Kali Linux.

What is wine

wine is:

Wine is a free MS-Windows API implementation. This is still a work in progress and many applications may still not work.

This package provides essential wrappers and convenience tools for the standard Wine components. It also employs the Debian alternatives system to provide the usual command names, e.g. “wine” instead of “wine-stable”.

There are three methods to install wine on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install wine Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install wine using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install wine

Install wine Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install wine using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install wine

Install wine Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install wine using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wine

How To Uninstall wine on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the wine package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove wine

Uninstall wine And Its Dependencies

To uninstall wine and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wine

Remove wine Configurations and Data

To remove wine configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge wine

Remove wine configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove wine configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wine

Dependencies

wine have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wine package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.