GuitarPro 8 on Ubuntu Studio 24.02

This tutorial is derived from this tutorial: Install Wine on Ubuntu 22.04

Check The Installed Architecture(s)

I did not have any luck running 64bit Wine and GuitarPro. Wine32 is required. Check the current installed architecture. Run the following command:

$ dpkg --print-architecture

If the response is i368 skip to "". Otherwise complete the following steps.

See if 32-bit architecture is also installed. The following command should respond with "i386":

$ dpkg --print-foreign-architectures

If "i386" is not displayed, execute the following:

$ sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386

Verify that the new architecture has been added.

$ dpkg --print-foreign-architectures

Install Wine32

Download and add the WineHQ repository key:

$ sudo mkdir -pm755 /etc/apt/keyrings
$ sudo wget -O /etc/apt/keyrings/winehq-archive.key https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key

Download the WineHQ sources file:

$ sudo wget -NP /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/dists/jammy/winehq-jammy.sources

Update the package database:

$ sudo apt update

The next command installs Wine Stable.

$ sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-stable

Verify the Wine installation:

$ wine --version

The two Wine commands XXXX

$ wine64 --version

$ sudo apt install winetricks

Install the Microsoft Fonts - Optional

If you prefer the Microsoft fonts or are working on GuitarPro files on both Windows and Linux you will want to install the Microsoft fonts to keep your projects looking the same.

$ sudo apt install ttf-mscorefonts-installer

There will be several user agreements that you will need to accept before the installation starts.

Install GuitarPro

Download GuitarPro 32bit for Windows from: GuitarPro Downloads