This tutorial is going to show you how to install PlayOnLinux 4.2.2 on OpenSUSE 13.1. PlayOnLinux is a special software that lets us to install many Windows programs on Linux. Installing PlayOnLinux on OpenSUSE 13.1 is not hard. But first, we need to have Python installed on OpenSUSE 13.1. Check if you have Python installed using this command
python –version
If nothing printed, you will need to install it first
zypper in python
Next we need to download PlayOnLinux package.
wget http://www.playonlinux.com/script_files/PlayOnLinux/4.2.2/PlayOnLinux_4.2.2.tar.gz
Now extract it
tar -xzvf PlayOnLinux_4.2.2.tar.gz
Now cd to the new directory called playonlinux
cd playonlinux
./playonlinux
The installation wizard will be opened and follow the instruction shown.
Hello, thanks for the tutorial. Its the same for de opensuse 13.2? I am train but don’t work.
Hello Manuel, I went throught the same trouble but after hours of searching and trying this what worked for me.
http://software.opensuse.org/package/PlayOnLinux?search_term=playonlinux
Hope it work for you.
WOW. Thanks, Bro.
After entering ./playonlinux this error is displayed :-
PlayOnLinux is not supposed to be run as root. Sorry
Do not run as root