Monday, January 6, 2014

How To Install Playonlinux 4.2.2 in Ubuntu & Other Ubuntu Based Distros

How To Install Playonlinux 4.2.2 in Ubuntu & Other Ubuntu Based Distros

PlayOnLinux is a piece of software which allows you to easily install and use numerous apps and games designed to run with Microsoft Windows. Few apps and games are compatible with GNU/Linux at the moment and it certainly is a factor preventing the migration to this system. PlayOnLinux brings a cost-free, accessible and efficient solution to this problem.

PlayOnLinux's features: You don't have to own a Windows license to use PlayOnLinux. PlayOnLinux is based on Wine, and so profits from all its features yet it keeps the user from having to deal with its complexity. PlayOnLinux is free software. PlayOnLinux uses Bash and Python.

Nevertheless, PlayOnLinux has some bugs: Occasional performance decrease (image may be less fluid and graphics less detailed). Not all apps/games are supported. Nevertheless, you can use our manual installation module.

To Install PoL, you require WineHQ too:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install wine1.7 winetricks

Now to install Playonlinux:

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

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