The default '32 bits windows installation' is the right choice.įinally, we click on Browse and select the Origin setup application. We won't need any of the options on the next screen. Just make sure it doesn't contain spaces. In our case, we chose 'origin' but feel free to select another one. We select 'Install a program in a new virtual drive'. On the Manual installation screen, we again click 'Next.' Optionally, we can check the 'Don't remind me anymore' checkbox. We click on 'Install a non-listed program' in the lower left-hand corner.

If it is the first time we run PlayOnLinux, it will take a few seconds to refresh. To install PlayOnLinux, we just type: sudo apt-get install playonlinux -yĪfter the installation, on Linux Mint we will find PlayOnLinux in the Games section of the main menu.įor the next step, we need to download the legacy Origin Thin client, from While it downloads, we start PlayOnLinux and click on 'Install.' PlayOnLinux is a GUI front-end for Wine, which makes it easier to install and manage Windows applications. How to install Origin on Linux Mint / Ubuntu with PlayOnLinux

To install Origin on Linux, we don't need to change any settings at the Wine configuration window. We will get the Gecko prompt twice, which is normal. Wine will ask us to install a couple of packages for better compatibility, namely Mono and Gecko. The version we used in this guide is 2.9.Īfter a successful installation, it's a good idea to configure Wine, with the command: winecfg sudo apt-get updateįinally, we install the latest development version of Wine with: sudo apt-get install -install-recommends winehq-devel -yĪt the end of the installation, we can check the Wine version with: wine -version Īfter we have successfully added the repository - it won't give any confirmation message, so we consider the lack of error messages a success - we do an update. If the commands above don't work, you will find the latest commands on. Remember, you must type the command in a single line.

For the latest as of this writing version of Linux Mint, 18.1, the command is: sudo apt-add-repository 'deb xenial main'