How To Install wine1.6-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install wine1.6-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. wine1.6-dev is Windows API implementation (transitional package development tools)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wine1.6-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is wine1.6-dev

wine1.6-dev 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-dev 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-dev 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-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install wine1.6-dev

Install wine1.6-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install wine1.6-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install wine1.6-dev

Install wine1.6-dev 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-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wine1.6-dev

How To Uninstall wine1.6-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the wine1.6-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove wine1.6-dev

Uninstall wine1.6-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall wine1.6-dev 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-dev

Remove wine1.6-dev Configurations and Data

To remove wine1.6-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge wine1.6-dev

Remove wine1.6-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove wine1.6-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wine1.6-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wine1.6-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.