

Because the older version of wine even 1.7.43 may not support latest version of IDM.Īfter you are finished with installing wine, you need to install IDM. Note:- Make sure the Wine version installed is atleast 1.7.44. Sudo apt-get update & sudo apt-get install wine1.7 winetricks To install wine run following commands: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa Wine (Wine is not an emulator) is a free and open source compatibility layer software application that aims to allow applications designed for Microsoft Windows to run on Unix-like operating systems. So to run IDM on linux we need something that supports Windows apps in linux. So I have divided this Post in 3 parts: Installing "Internet Download Manager"Īs you know IDM is a window's application. So just follow this step by step guide to get your IDM working.

Till wine 1.7.4x, it only supported an older version of IDM which was IDM 5.05, It was functional but *** version when we look at newer versions of IDM with added new features. I'm going to show you how to use latest version of IDM in any linux OS, yes you heard it right "latest version of IDM".
