Wine Finally supports Winamp with Enhancer. The latest version of Wine, the Windows Emulator was launched a couple of days back and now u can run Winamp with Enhancer without any problems with installation or configuring. Ofcourse there are a few problems. The Media Library doesnt work, Modern skins dont work and a few other minor problems as can be seen from the screenshot below.

If you’re running Ubuntu or any other Debian based OS like Debian itself, here’s how you can install Wine 0.9.45:

• Goto System -> Administration -> Software Sources and choose the Third-Party Software tab.

• Now click the Add… button near the bottom left corner.

• Enter the following in the Apt-Line text box and click Add Source

deb http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt feisty main

• Click Add… once again, type the following and click Add Source

deb-src http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt feisty main

• Click Close to close the Software Sources dialog box and a dialog asking you to reload the software list appears. Click Reload.

• Goto System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager, search for Wine from the software list, and Mark it for installation by right-clicking the item. This installation will remove any previous versions of Wine that you might have.

• Now click Apply at the top of the SPM window to complete the installation.

• Once Wine is installed, you can install Winamp by double clicking on the Winamp installer .exe file.

• Make sure you deselect Modern skin support and Winamp Agent before starting the installation.

• When done, you can start winamp with the launcher on the desktop or by choosing Applications -> Wine -> Programs -> Winamp -> Winamp

• If, for some reason the launchers dont appear, you can create a launcher from the installed executable.
  • Goto your Home folder and press Ctrl+H to display hidden folders.
  • Open the .wine directory and follow this path: ~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Winamp
  • In here, open winamp.exe to start. You can create a shortcut by right-clicking winamp.exe and choosing Make Link. You can copy the link to the desktop or to a panel.

Phew. That’s a long procedure. If only XMMS, Audacious, Beep or any of the Linux music players have a DSP plugin as good as Enhancer0.17, life would have been much easier!

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Tags: Wine0.9.45, Winamp, Linux, Ubuntu, Enhancer 0.17