How To Install wine64 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install wine64 on Kali Linux. wine64 is Windows API implementation - 64-bit binary loader

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wine64 on Kali Linux.

What is wine64

wine64 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 the binary loader for 64-bit Windows applications.

There are three methods to install wine64 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 wine64 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install wine64 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install wine64

Install wine64 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install wine64 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install wine64

Install wine64 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 wine64 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wine64

How To Uninstall wine64 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the wine64 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove wine64

Uninstall wine64 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall wine64 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wine64

Remove wine64 Configurations and Data

To remove wine64 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge wine64

Remove wine64 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove wine64 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wine64

Dependencies

wine64 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wine64 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.