Wine 1.8 RC4 is released, you can update and install on Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu, Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya and Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana derivative system

Wine stands for “Wine is not an emulator” and it is an open source command-line software that’s capable of translating Windows API calls into POSIX calls on-the-fly for integrating Windows applications into your Linux/UNIX desktop. For regular Linux users, the above means that the Wine software will allow them to run applications which are designed to be installed only on Microsoft Windows operating systems.

It’s not a virtual machine or an emulator

However, Wine should not be confused with a virtual machine or an emulator. It provides binary compatibility, support for graphics, sound interaction, as well as support for modems, networks, scanners, tablets, keyboards, and other devices. The software’s API allows developers to integrate Wine in their projects, and as a result, numerous graphical user interfaces, both free and commercial, appeared on the Internet over the years.
The Wine development release 1.8-rc4 is now available.

What’s new in this release:

• Bug fixes only, we are in code freeze.

How to Upgrade to Wine 1.8 RC4 on Ubuntu / Linux Mint / Elementary OS

To Install/Update and upgrade Wine 1.8 RC4 on  Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu, Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya and Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana derivative system, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:

Install Depedencies :

sudo apt-get install flex bison

Download :

wget https://dl.winehq.org/wine/source/1.8/wine-1.8-rc4.tar.bz2

Extract Source code 

bzip2 -cd wine-1.8-rc4.tar.bz2 | tar xvf –

cd wine-1.8-rc4

Configure and make :

./configure –without-x –without-freetype

sudo su

make

make install 

The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.