10-16-2019, 12:25 AM
This is a quick tutorial on how to install PlayOnLinux. PlayOnLinux is a sort of bootleg game installer which will allow you access to all kinds of titles fo' freeeee.
This is going to be a specific tutorial for Ubuntu, as all my Linux posts are, comment with questions about another distro or and questions regarding the tutorial.
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If you do not have Wine already you will need to get it. For those of you who don't know what that is, it is a sort of a layer which will allow you to run Windows .exe files.
Open a terminal and run these commands to install the key:
wget https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/Release.key
Then:
sudo apt-key add Release.key
Then add the Wine repository:
sudo apt-add-repository https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/
If your system is 64 bit, be sure 32 bit architecture is enabled via command:
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
Then install Wine via:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --install-recommends wine-devel
Done!
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Now to install PlayOnLinux
You will need to install for the Ubuntu version you are using, here is a list of supported versions:
Cosmic
wget -q "http://deb.playonlinux.com/public.gpg" -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo wget http://deb.playonlinux.com/playonlinux_cosmic.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install playonlinux
Bionic
wget -q "http://deb.playonlinux.com/public.gpg" -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo wget http://deb.playonlinux.com/playonlinux_bionic.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install playonlinux
Xenial
wget -q "http://deb.playonlinux.com/public.gpg" -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo wget http://deb.playonlinux.com/playonlinux_xenial.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install playonlinux
Trusty
wget -q "http://deb.playonlinux.com/public.gpg" -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo wget http://deb.playonlinux.com/playonlinux_trusty.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install playonlinux
Saucy
wget -q "http://deb.playonlinux.com/public.gpg" -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo wget http://deb.playonlinux.com/playonlinux_saucy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install playonlinux
Precise
wget -q "http://deb.playonlinux.com/public.gpg" -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo wget http://deb.playonlinux.com/playonlinux_precise.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install playonlinux
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Yay! you can play many games illegally now, only a matter of time before the feds are knocking at your door bucko, keep it up!
Jokes aside, The interface is pretty straight forward but comment any questions.
Good luck!
This is going to be a specific tutorial for Ubuntu, as all my Linux posts are, comment with questions about another distro or and questions regarding the tutorial.
-
-
If you do not have Wine already you will need to get it. For those of you who don't know what that is, it is a sort of a layer which will allow you to run Windows .exe files.
Open a terminal and run these commands to install the key:
wget https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/Release.key
Then:
sudo apt-key add Release.key
Then add the Wine repository:
sudo apt-add-repository https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/
If your system is 64 bit, be sure 32 bit architecture is enabled via command:
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
Then install Wine via:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --install-recommends wine-devel
Done!
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Now to install PlayOnLinux
You will need to install for the Ubuntu version you are using, here is a list of supported versions:
- 18.10+ Cosmic Cuttlefish
- 18.04 Bionic Beaver
- 16.04 Xenial Xerus
- 14.04 Trusty Tahr
- 13.10 Saucy Salamander
- 12.04 Precise Pangolin
Cosmic
wget -q "http://deb.playonlinux.com/public.gpg" -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo wget http://deb.playonlinux.com/playonlinux_cosmic.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install playonlinux
Bionic
wget -q "http://deb.playonlinux.com/public.gpg" -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo wget http://deb.playonlinux.com/playonlinux_bionic.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install playonlinux
Xenial
wget -q "http://deb.playonlinux.com/public.gpg" -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo wget http://deb.playonlinux.com/playonlinux_xenial.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install playonlinux
Trusty
wget -q "http://deb.playonlinux.com/public.gpg" -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo wget http://deb.playonlinux.com/playonlinux_trusty.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install playonlinux
Saucy
wget -q "http://deb.playonlinux.com/public.gpg" -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo wget http://deb.playonlinux.com/playonlinux_saucy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install playonlinux
Precise
wget -q "http://deb.playonlinux.com/public.gpg" -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo wget http://deb.playonlinux.com/playonlinux_precise.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install playonlinux
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Yay! you can play many games illegally now, only a matter of time before the feds are knocking at your door bucko, keep it up!
Jokes aside, The interface is pretty straight forward but comment any questions.
Good luck!