How To Install wine1.6-amd64 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wine1.6-amd64 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is wine1.6-amd64
wine1.6-amd64 is:
This is a transitional dummy package to ease the migration to the newer Debian wine packages. It can be safely removed.
There are three methods to install wine1.6-amd64 on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install wine1.6-amd64 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wine1.6-amd64 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wine1.6-amd64
Install wine1.6-amd64 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wine1.6-amd64 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wine1.6-amd64
Install wine1.6-amd64 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install wine1.6-amd64 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wine1.6-amd64
How To Uninstall wine1.6-amd64 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the wine1.6-amd64 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wine1.6-amd64
Uninstall wine1.6-amd64 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wine1.6-amd64 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wine1.6-amd64
Remove wine1.6-amd64 Configurations and Data
To remove wine1.6-amd64 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wine1.6-amd64
Remove wine1.6-amd64 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wine1.6-amd64 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wine1.6-amd64
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wine1.6-amd64 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.