How to install playonlinux on Ubuntu

To Install PlayOnLinux

Update the repositories before installing any kind of packages.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get update
Get:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily InRelease [218 kB]
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security InRelease [65.9 kB]
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/main Sources [53.2 kB]
Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/restricted Sources [2,854 B]    
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Get:64 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/multiverse i386 Packages [28 B]
Get:65 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/main Translation-en [496 B]
Get:66 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/multiverse Translation-en [28 B]
Get:67 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/restricted Translation-en [28 B]
Get:68 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/universe Translation-en [1,390 B]
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Reading package lists... Done

Run the following command to install PlayOnLinux.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install playonlinux -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
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Setting up unixodbc (2.3.1-3) ...
Setting up odbcinst (2.3.1-3) ...
Setting up wine1.6 (1:1.6.2-0ubuntu10) ...
Setting up wine (1:1.6.2-0ubuntu10) ...
Setting up playonlinux (4.2.6-1) ...
Setting up wine1.6-amd64 (1:1.6.2-0ubuntu10) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-0ubuntu4) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (225-1ubuntu9.1) ...

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After installation, execute the following command to open PlayOnLinux or search it in unity dashboard.

root@linuxhelp:~# playonlinux
Looking for python... 2.7.10 - selected
PlayOnLinux is not supposed to be run as root. Sorry

The above error occurs, if you execute as root user.

To fix this issue, move to /usr/share/playonlinux/lib directory and edit the “ sources” file.

root@linuxhelp:~# cd /usr/share/playonlinux/lib
root@linuxhelp:/usr/share/playonlinux/lib# ls
debug.lib       playonlinux.lib  setupwindow.lib  website.lib
deprecated.lib  plugins.lib      sources          wine.lib
dosbox.lib      scripts.lib      variables

root@linuxhelp:/usr/share/playonlinux/lib# vim sources

Comment the following lines in the file.

#if [ " $(id -u)"  = " 0"  ]
#then
#       echo " PlayOnLinux is not supposed to be run as root. Sorry" 
#       exit
#fi

Move to the " python" directory and edit “ mainwindow.py” file

root@linuxhelp:/usr/share/playonlinux/lib# cd /usr/share/playonlinux/python
root@linuxhelp:/usr/share/playonlinux/python# ls
configure.py   gui_server.pyc  lib             sp.py              wrapper.pyc
configure.pyc  guiv3.py        mainwindow.py   sp.pyc
debug.py       guiv3.pyc       mainwindow.pyc  wine_versions.py
debug.pyc      install.py      options.py      wine_versions.pyc
gui_server.py  install.pyc     options.pyc     wrapper.py
root@linuxhelp:/usr/share/playonlinux/python# vim mainwindow.py

Comment the following lines in that file.

# if(os.popen(" id -u" ).read() == " 0
"  or os.popen(" id -u" ).read() == " 0" ):
# wx.MessageBox(_(" {0} is not supposed to be run as root. Sorry" ).format(os.environ[" APPLICATION_TITLE" ]),_(" Error" ))
# os._exit(0)

Execute the following command to open PlayOnLinux.

root@linuxhelp:~# playonlinux
Looking for python... 2.7.10 - selected
[main] Message: PlayOnLinux (4.2.6) is starting
[clean_tmp] Message: Cleaning temp directory