Installing a package on a fresh system is remarkably straightforward.
Simply download and install the package using whatever utility your
distribution provides. There is usually no need to explicitly
remove old packages before installing, as modern Linux distributions
should upgrade and replace them automatically. If you installed
Wine from source code, however, you should remove it before
installing a Wine package. See the section on uninstalling Wine from source
for proper instructions.
Wine works on a huge amount of different Linux distributions, as well
other Unix-like systems such as Solaris and FreeBSD, each with their
own specific way of installing and managing packages. Fortunately,
however, the same general ideas apply to all of them, and installing
Wine should be no more difficult than installing any other software,
no matter what distribution you use. Uninstalling Wine packages is
simple as well, and in modern Linux distributions is usually done
through the same easy interface as package installation.
We won't cover the specifics of installing or uninstalling Wine
packages among the various systems' methods of packaging and package
management in this guide, however, up to date installation notes for
particular distributions can be found at the WineHQ website in the
HowTo.
If you need further help figuring
out how to simply install a Wine package, we suggest consulting your
distribution's documentation, support forums, or IRC channels.
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