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To use a current version of wine we do not want to go though the Software Manager in Mint.  A current version of wine is available from the wine repository.   
To use a current version of wine we do not want to go though the Software Manager in Mint.  A current version of wine is available from the wine repository.   
# <s>open the "Software Sources" control panel and click "Authentication Keys"</s>
# open the "Software Sources" control panel <s>and click "Authentication Keys"</s>
# <s>At the bottom click "Download a key" and enter:  <nowiki>https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/Release.key</nowiki></s> (** If this fails, see "add key via console below") JUST USE CONSOLE
# <s>At the bottom click "Download a key" and enter:  <nowiki>https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/Release.key</nowiki></s> (** If this fails, see "add key via console below") JUST USE CONSOLE
# Click "Additional repositories" choose <nowiki>"+Add a new repository" and enter: deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ xenial main</nowiki>
# Click "Additional repositories" choose <nowiki>"+Add a new repository" and enter: deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ xenial main</nowiki>

Revision as of 10:05, 9 November 2019

To use a current version of wine we do not want to go though the Software Manager in Mint. A current version of wine is available from the wine repository.

  1. open the "Software Sources" control panel and click "Authentication Keys"
  2. At the bottom click "Download a key" and enter: https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/Release.key (** If this fails, see "add key via console below") JUST USE CONSOLE
  3. Click "Additional repositories" choose "+Add a new repository" and enter: deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ xenial main
  4. Click the "Update cache" button
  5. From console type: sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-stable -y
  6. Configure: winecfg

note ***: Add key via console, goto terminal and enter (instructions for step 2)

sudo wget https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/Release.key
sudo apt-key add Release.key