How to run Windows application in Ubuntu

Ubuntu is better than windows, but there is some softwares which are created for windows. Such as Adobe Photoshop, Picasa, Internet Explorer etc. But we are able to run windows applications in Ubuntu very easily. To run windows applications in Ubuntu we need to install Wine & Winetricks. There are two ways to install these applications.

Way 1 ->

Start Ubuntu Software Center and search for Wine. When you find wine install it.

Install wine

When you are done with wine search for Winetricks. When you find winetricks install it.

Install winetricks

Way 2 ->

I recommend this way. Because I think it's better than way 1 though it's a little bit complicated than the first way. Start you terminal by pressing "Ctrl+Altr+T". In the terminal write the following code and hit enter.

sudo apt-get install wine

Wait untill the installation finishes. Grab a cup of coffee if feeling bore. It should not 

take much time to finish. During installation if it shows any License Agreement press 

the right arrow and then press enter to accept the EULA. When the installation is done

go to Dash and search for Wine. If you find it then wine is installed properly. Now you 

can run windows softwares setup files.After installing wine simply write click on your

windows installation exe files or msi files and select Open With Wine Windows
Program Loader. But it doesn't always work. No problem we have another way. 

Start our very friendly terminal using Ctrl+Altr+T keys and run following commands.

For exe installation files :

wine /path/to/application.exe
 

For msi installation files :
 

wine msiexec /i /path/to/installer.msi

Go to  www.winehq.org to know which softwares will work in wine.

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