Q4Wine --- packages for Debian GNU/Linux and Ubuntu

Q4Wine — packages for Debian GNU/Linux and Ubuntu

Created: 2009-10-09

Updated: 2012-06-13

Description:

This is a free translation of my notes and it may differ from original.

Q4Wine is remarkable graphic utility for automation and simplification of work with WINE.

General q4wine features:
* Can export QT color theme into wine colors settings
* Can easy work with different wine versions at same time
* Easy creating, deleting and managing prefixes (WINEPREFIX)
* Easy controlling for wine process
* Easy installer wizard for wine applications.
* Autostart icons support
* Easy cd-image use
* You can extract icons from PE files (.exe .dll)
* Easy backup and restore for managed prefixes
* Winetricks support
* And more...

Last stable release version: 0.121 (2011-06-13), see changelog for more details.

deb packages:
Packages can be downloaded here. They are suitable for Debian GNU/Linux version >= 6.0 (Squeeze) and for Ubuntu version >= 10.04 (Lucid Lynx). Sources are also available ibid.

To add my packages archive in Debian GNU/Linux Squeeze:

echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tehnick/q4wine/ubuntu lucid main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/q4wine.list

To add my packages archive in Debian GNU/Linux Wheezy or Sid:

echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tehnick/q4wine/ubuntu precise main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/q4wine.list

Import the key:

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 437276613F6729E2

Users of Ubuntu >= 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) can add my PPA using a standard utility add-apt-repository:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tehnick/q4wine

Updating the list of available packages:

sudo apt-get update

Installing q4wine:

sudo apt-get install q4wine

Or you can install q4wine-unstable (daily builds):

sudo apt-get install q4wine-unstable

q4wine-unstable package is updated automatically from git repository of program. Script for update is something like that.

Bug reports in the deb-packages you can send to me. Bug reports and feature request to the program you may leave here.

Now q4wine package is available in official Debian >= 6.0 (Squeeze) and Ubuntu >= 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) repositories.

Thanks to Alex_P unofficial builds of q4wine packages are now available for Debian (squeeze, wheezy, sid) and Ubuntu (lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric).

Documentation:
Q4Wine – Documentation

License: Public Domain (en)
Note: All materials presented here can be used in part or in whole without reference to the author (me) and the original page.