The new Wine development release 2.11 was announced days ago. Available for install in all current Ubuntu releases via its official repository.
According to the announcement, Wine 2.11 features:
- OpenGL support in the Android driver.
- Support for security labels.
- Relay debugging on ARM64.
- More dictionary support in WebServices.
- New registry file parser in RegEdit.
- A total of 16 bug-fixes.
How to Install Wine 2.11 in Ubuntu / Linux Mint:
For Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10, Ubuntu 17.04, Linux Mint 17.x and 18.x, open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T and run following commands one by one:
1. Add the official wine repository via command:
sudo apt-add-repository https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/
For Linux Mint 18.x, use following command to add the repository:
sudo apt-add-repository 'deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ xenial main'
For Linux Mint 17.x, replace xenial in the code with trusty.
2. Install the repo GPG key to be able to receive software updates:
wget -nc https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/Release.key && sudo apt-key add Release.key
3. Finally update and install the latest Wine development release:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install --install-recommends winehq-devel
Uninstall:
To remove wine dev release, simply run command in terminal:
sudo apt-get remove --autoremove winehq-devel
And you can manage the repository via Software & Updates utility under Other Software tab.