Question about WINE

[Raven_Stands_Alone]

Where do I find the Wine plugin to emulate Win platform to run .exe?

Thanks,

Raven

ps I am NOT a coder. Keep it as simple as possible, please.

[karlchen]

Hello, Raven.

Wine is available through Software Manager.
In the Software Manager home screen, type "wine" (without the double quotes) into the little edit box in the upper right hand corner and click on the looking glass icon.
Wine should be listed as the very first item in the result list.
Select it and install it.
Once it has been installed there will be a new category in the Mint Application menu named Wine.

Regards,
Karl

[Raven_Stands_Alone]

Thank you so much, Karl.

R

[kc1di]

You may also want to look at Playonlinux it's also in the repository and is a gui front end for wine that makes installing program a bit easier. It also has the ability to install other versions of wine up to the most current 3.0. Which can be helpful for some programs.
good Luck

[jimallyn]

I second the motion on PlayOnLinux. Some programs run on one Wine version but not others, and POL will allow you to have multiple versions installed at the same time.

[Hoser Rob]

I agree on PLayOnLinux. It's a Wine GUI, and all it really does that's special is juggle different Wine versions. But that can make a difference.

DOn't expect miracles though. Wine isn't that reliable. Search "linux wine <app name>" to find the entry in the Wine app database first, and anything with less than a Gold rating is going to be crap.