PlayOnLinux 4.2.1

[booman]

Mint has included PlayOnLinux 4.2.1 in the recent updates.

Or, install it yourself with the .deb file

Or, follow the instructions:

For the Precise version

Type the following commands:

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

For the Oneiric version

Type the following commands:

wget -q "http://deb.playonlinux.com/public.gpg" -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo wget http://deb.playonlinux.com/playonlinux_oneiric.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install playonlinux

For the Natty version

Type the following commands:

wget -q "http://deb.playonlinux.com/public.gpg" -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo wget http://deb.playonlinux.com/playonlinux_natty.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install playonlinux

For the Maverick version

Type the following commands:

wget -q "http://deb.playonlinux.com/public.gpg" -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo wget http://deb.playonlinux.com/playonlinux_maverick.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install playonlinux

For the Lucid version

Type the following commands:

wget -q "http://deb.playonlinux.com/public.gpg" -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo wget http://deb.playonlinux.com/playonlinux_lucid.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install playonlinux

 

[Daniel~]

For anyone who may not know Mint uses the Precise version, the first one on the list. Also as I'm I'm feeling chatty, Wine just updated to 1.2.27 to better wander in the fields of Mint.

 

[booman]

Ah Precise huh?
How did you figure that out?
I was installing Natty because it sounded cool... I had no idea what all of these versions meant.

I saw that too about Wine on PlayOnLinux website

 

[Daniel~]

To be honest I no longer remember, but I'm 99% sure I'm got this right...at lest it always works great. I had no idea other versions would work! ":O}

 

[booman]

I"m speculating that all the versions work....

 

[Daniel~]

Look around on the download site there must be something there on this or where would I have gotten it from!? ":O}

 

[booman]

I went ahead and posted in their forum asking what all the different versions mean.
I bet it has something to do with desktop managers

 

[Daniel~]

BTW...Mint update just added Nvidia 319.12 drivers to the list.

 

[booman]

Here is our conversation about the Ubuntu PlayOnLinux versions

 

[Daniel~]

Here is our conversation about the Ubuntu PlayOnLinux versions

My you do carry on! LOL

Very informative discussion... new friends! ":O}

 

[booman]

Now we know...
I've been running the wrong PlayOnLinux this whole time!
Ironically its been running really well, so from now on I'm going to install PlayOnLinux from my Mint updates or by downloading the .deb file.

 

[Daniel~]

Wait...I missed that! How wrong POL?

I thought POL was POL, POL specializes it's Apt to match destros?

 

[booman]

guess so, thats way too much work if you ask me.
Just do a PlayOnLinux for each major distribution... nuff said
But apparently they want it to run on all the unique Ubuntu releases

 

[Daniel~]

I may be doing it all wrong but it keeps turning out all right! LOL

 

[booman]

yeah me too!
PlayOnLinux runs fine for me!