How to install and completely remove Wine?

If you are following Ubuntu, you must be Wine familiar with Wine. Wine is an application that allows you to run Windows-based programs in Ubuntu. You install Wine by executing the following command in the Terminal (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal).
sudo apt-get install wine
Now, you need to install the Windows-only application that you wish to use. Go to Appliactions -> Wine -> Configure Wine, and install the application. A simpler approach will be to just click on the Windows installer of the application. It will be installed inside Wine and a can be accessed under Applications -> Wine. To uninstall, use the Uninstall Wine Software option or do it from Configure Wine option.
Completely removing Wine: In case you want to completely remove Wine, the ususal uninstall command would leave you wondering what went wrong. It will uninstall Wine but leave the folders under the Applications menu. If you want a complete uninstall, execute the following commands in Terminal in the following order.
sudo apt-get remove wine
rm -rf $HOME/.wine
rm -f $HOME/.config/menus/applications-merged/wine*
rm -rf $HOME/.local/share/applications/wine
rm -f $HOME/.local/share/desktop-directories/wine*
rm -f $HOME/.local/share/icons/????_*.xpm
rm -rf $HOME/.wine
rm -f $HOME/.config/menus/applications-merged/wine*
rm -rf $HOME/.local/share/applications/wine
rm -f $HOME/.local/share/desktop-directories/wine*
rm -f $HOME/.local/share/icons/????_*.xpm
PS: This is the sixth in a series on switching to Ubuntu from Windows, for non-geeks. At the end of the Ubuntu series, you will be a proud owner of a fantastic Linux system.
Ubuntu series:
Part1: Easy guide to getting started with Ubuntu
Part2: Dual-boot Ubuntu and Windows with common storage drives
Part3: Make Ubuntu mount partitions and drives automatically at startup
Part4: Activating restricted music formats, Java and Flash on Ubuntu
Part5: Installing some basic applications on your Ubuntu system
Part6: How to install and completely remove Wine?
Part7: Easily tweak Ubuntu with Ubuntu Tweak
Part8: Tasque manages to-do list locally or integrates with Remember The Milk
Part9: AllTray: Dock every application in tray
Part10: Install a Web server on Ubuntu home computer
89 Responses to "How to install and completely remove Wine?"
Do you have an idea why is this happened and/or if I'm missing something else? BTW, the reason I wanted to remove wine completely is because QuickTimes kept reappearing after the 'normal' removal and another post suggested that it was QuickTimes what created that problem. Thanks in advance. Gustavo
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When I reinstalled wine, I get no Programs item in the menu. I can browse to the folder when browsing the c drive.
I started to uninstall BF1942 to try again and had a power cut during the process.
Is there any way to completely remove wine and all its files and foilders so I can start again?
Thanks in advance from a complete n00b!
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