Looking up guides on how to install wine can vary. Some say, “sudo apt install wine” and others have you install the 32 and 64bit versions. My machine is 64 bit, but some guides tell you to enable 32bit.

Do I need to install both 64 and 32bit versions? Or is just using “install wine” sufficient?

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    Based on your history, I’ll assume you’re on Linux Mint; note that this is crucial information that influences the required instructions. Therefore, consider mentioning the distro you’re using next time 😉.

    From Linux Mint’s release notes, we find the following:

    apt install wine-installer

    In case this doesn’t do it, add sudo and it should work. So, instead we get:

    sudo apt install wine-installer.

    Tip: consider sticking to documentation and resources provided by the maintainers of your distro.

    On a final note, I don’t know exactly what your intentions are, but software like Bottles, Conty and/or Lutris are worth mentioning here as they’re ‘wrappers etc’ for Wine.

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      I’ve been bouncing between live versions of ubuntu and mint. I’m still learning, so thank you for educating a linux ignoramus like myself.

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        I’ve been bouncing between live versions of ubuntu and mint

        Ah okay, is this problem on Ubuntu or on Mint (or are you going to tackle it on both 😜)?

        I’m still learning, so thank you for educating a linux ignoramus like myself.

        It has been my pleasure fam!

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          I actually don’t think I need to use wine anymore. I was trying to use it to get some music vsts, but I think I can do that through different means. But now I realize that it didn’t work in mint because I installed the wrong one from the software store