Wine is a software application that enables users to run Microsoft Windows applications on Unix-like operating systems. Programs running in Wine act as native programs would, without the performance/memory penalties of an emulator. In this guide I’ll show you how to install Wine 10 on Linux Mint 22. As of this article update, the latest stable release of Wine is version 10.0 with the following areas of changes:
- Optional EGL backend in the X11 driver.
- Support for Bluetooth Low Energy services.
- More support for generating Windows Runtime metadata in WIDL.
- ARM64 builds enabled in Gitlab CI.
- Various bug fixes.
Check official document on new features in Wine 10.
Install Wine 10.0 on Linux Mint 22
As Linux Mint 22 is based on Ubuntu 24.04 the packages for Wine that are used will be for Ubuntu 24.04 Linux.
$ cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Linux Mint"
VERSION="22.1 (Xia)"
ID=linuxmint
ID_LIKE="ubuntu debian"
PRETTY_NAME="Linux Mint 22.1"
VERSION_ID="22.1"
HOME_URL="https://www.linuxmint.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://forums.linuxmint.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="http://linuxmint-troubleshooting-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.linuxmint.com/"
VERSION_CODENAME=xia
UBUNTU_CODENAME=nobleBelow are the simple steps that you’ll follow to install and run Wine on Linux Mint 22.
Step 1: Update System
Our rule of thumb before any installation is ensuring the system is updated:
sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade -y
[ -f /var/run/reboot-required ] && sudo reboot -fStep 2: Enable 32 bit architecture
If you’re running a 64-bit system, enable support for 32-bit applications.
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 Once the command has been executed proceed to add the repository for Wine.
Step 3: Add Wine repository
Ensure wget command line tool is installed.
sudo apt update
sudo apt install software-properties-common wget curlImport repository GPG key:
sudo mkdir -pm755 /etc/apt/keyrings
sudo wget -O /etc/apt/keyrings/winehq-archive.key https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.keyAdd Wine repository to Linux Mint 22.
wget -nc https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/dists/noble/winehq-noble.sources
sudo mv winehq-noble.sources /etc/apt/sources.list.d/Update APT cache and install Wine on Linux Mint 22.
### Installing Dev release of Wine ###
sudo apt update
sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-devel
### Installing Stable release of Wine ###
sudo apt update
sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-stableAgree to installation prompt:
.....
libx264-155:i386 libx265-179:i386 libxau6:i386 libxcb-dri2-0:i386
libxcb-dri3-0:i386 libxcb-glx0:i386 libxcb-present0:i386 libxcb-randr0:i386
libxcb-render0:i386 libxcb-shm0:i386 libxcb-sync1:i386 libxcb-xfixes0:i386
libxcb1:i386 libxcomposite1:i386 libxcursor1:i386 libxdamage1:i386
libxdmcp6:i386 libxext6:i386 libxfixes3:i386 libxi6:i386 libxinerama1:i386
libxkbcommon0:i386 libxml2:i386 libxpm4:i386 libxrandr2:i386
libxrender1:i386 libxshmfence1:i386 libxslt1.1:i386 libxss1:i386
libxvidcore4:i386 libxxf86vm1:i386 libzstd1:i386 libzvbi0:i386
mesa-va-drivers:i386 mesa-vdpau-drivers:i386 mesa-vulkan-drivers:i386
ocl-icd-libopencl1:i386 va-driver-all:i386 vdpau-driver-all:i386 wine-stable
wine-stable-amd64 wine-stable-i386:i386 winehq-stable zlib1g:i386
0 upgraded, 237 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 245 MB of archives.
After this operation, 1,668 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] yWait for the installation to complete, then check the actual version number of Wine installed on Linux Mint 22.
$ wine --version
wine-10.0Wine needs to be configured before you can start using it. To configure Wine, run:
winecfgThen Wine will ask you to install Mono package.
Click on Install and then OK to apply:
Let’s try install a Windows applications on Linux Mint 22 with Wine. Download Notepad exe file from GitHub:
VER=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/releases/latest | grep tag_name | cut -d '"' -f 4 | sed 's/v//g')
wget https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/releases/download/v${VER}/npp.${VER}.Installer.exeRun installer:
$ wine npp.${VER}.Installer.exeStart installation by pressing OK key.
Follow the next prompts to finish your first Windows application installation on Linux Mint 22.
Finish your installation by clicking on Finish:
Launch the application when done with the installation and confirm it can run smoothly.
You have successfully installed and tested Wine 10 on Linux Mint 22 Linux system. Check other Linux Mint articles available in our website.
