How to Install and Use Wine to Run Windows Applications on Linux

In this Video, I show you how to install and use wine to run windows applications on Linux. I go over the following topics for wine:

Install any dependencies via your package manager (wine and winetricks are a must)
Configure the Bottle
Setup any custom environment variables
Install exe
Modify shortcut
Profit! .

[javabeanz]

for those re-watching this video, like I am, skip to 2:14 if you don't want to watch the intro portion again ;o)

[lanceeilers]

Very Cool Chris, you really know how to simply things, I enjoyed it so much have a great one and keep up the good work :-) ....

[theodoros_]

Thank you so much, this is going to be really useful for me! Great video, as always.

[mikebain]

A straight-forward and very well-explained video from you once again. Thanks much!

[brendananderson]

thanks for making this. It helped me get a tricky to run app to start. I created a bash script with the wine commands and added it to my desktop for easy startup.

[bufordmaddogtannen]

Hi, I have enjoyed your challenge videos, thanks for taking the time to make them. As you mentioned you have issues with running apps under wine, you may want to run winecfg and set the environment to Windows xp, then stick to 32 bit apps.
This - together with mapping function call to native libs installed within the bottle - may fix your Adobe acrobat woes.

[zouyu]

It's really useful tutorial! Thank you so much!

[basicelement]

I am very new to linux and you have been very helpful to me with wine and everything so thank you. I did subscribe of course..

[ricardo]

This is awesome, thank you so much :D

[st]

Can you please tell me how you are getting the file explorer to display the equivalent terminal commands?

[ckelin]

Great Chris, thanks for sharing your knowledge. I've only just replaced all my Windows PC's with Linux Mint and am very happy with it. I left one that dual boots with Win 10 as I still want to use Lumix Tether for my G9 camera. I followed your instructions to use Wine to install Tether on my laptop, it installed straight away and runs up to the stage where the banner shows on my desktop 'connect Lumix camera' but when I plug the camera in with my camera set to tether mode, nothing ever happens so It looks lie my first attempt will require more research. All other USB drives work with Mint so it's not that.

[paulseldn]

Great video Chris...Many thanks..this is the first of several attempts I have managed to get wine working, thanks to you. :)...Do we create a new wine bottle for every program we install??

[peterjensen]

Linux noob here. This video really helped me installing Advanced renamer ... Thanks

[Weton]

what are you typing to get the listings to appear that you did in the beginning of the video

[Ruddy]

This vital info, thanks for this video. I have a bit more complicated issue with a piece of windows software that crashes during startup because I think its looking for a component I don't have installed. I have to take a close look of the crash errors to try to determine what it needs. Something to do with a symbol library, not sure yet.

[warhorse]

Is there a way to install the Windows Live Essentials in Mint 19.1, I have the disk and all I'd like off of it is, Live Movie Maker, and Live Photo.

[MobileDecay]

I haven't had any luck getting a program working in Wine.

[schischanonne]

Can maybe anybody explain me, how I find the "runtimes" of a application?

Greet's from Germany :)

[eyeofcthulhu]

Hey so I downloaded and ran the binding of isaac through wine and normally tye save files are saved in documents in windows so where will they be stored on linux cause they are not in documents

[david.kalbermatten]

Looks way smoother now :D
Did you record it with 1/60 shutterspeed and 30 FPS?