PlayOnLinux

inukaze · Post by **inukaze** » 7. Feb 2025, 02:21

Well is already solved but i just want add the information here in the forum.

Notice : When you copy "code" beware because sometimes the quotes or double quotes you paste are diferent from the original text for reasons i never had understand from internet and web browsers and that can gave you some kind of error

1 - i had installed slpkg and i had enable just the follow repositories :

sbo
alien
multi
salix

2 - i had update slapt-get and slpkg for solve some dependencies of playonlinux 4.3.4

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slapt-get -u
slpkg update

First the packages to pre-resolve dependencies

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slapt-get -i php #required by php-imagick package, near the end of compilation from SlackBuild [SBo] package need /usr/bin/phpize

If you are using 64 Bits distro download Wine for that arquitecture

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cd "$HOME"
wget -c "https://netactuate.dl.sourceforge.net/project/wine/Slackware%20Packages/10.0/x86_64/wine-10.0-x86_64-1sg.txz?viasf=1" -O "wine-10.0-x86_64-1sg.txz"
su -c "installpkg wine-10.0-x86_64-1sg.txz ; ldconfig" root

If you are using 32 Bits distro download Wine for that arquitecture

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cd "$HOME"
wget -c "https://cfhcable.dl.sourceforge.net/project/wine/Slackware%20Packages/10.0/i686/wine-10.0-i686-1sg.txz?viasf=1" -O "wine-10.0-i686-1sg.txz"
su -c "installpkg wine-10.0-i686-1sg.txz ; ldconfig" root

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su -c "echo -ne ‘y\n’ | slpkg -s sbo cabextract jq  wxPython icoutils php-imagick p7zip ; ldconfig" root

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sudo su
cd /opt
wget -c 'https://www.playonlinux.com/script_files/PlayOnLinux/4.3.4/PlayOnLinux_4.3.4.tar.gz'
tar xf PlayOnLinux_4.3.4.tar.gz
cd playonlinux
make
make install ; ldconfig
exit

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playonlinux

Ready i ever install both arquitectures the follow wines
1.2 -> For me the most compatible with Abandonware for Windows 95, run very nice with nGlide and/or DgVoodoo2 games
1.8.6 -> For me the most compatible with the mayority of Games for Windows XP [ a lot if you think it ]
2.1 -> Works some games via DxWnd like : Star Wars Shadows Of Empires, Moto Racer 1, Blood Omen, Sega Panzer Dragoon
3.4 -> i just use for Play nicely Star Wars Rogue Squadron 3D

The rest i skip use wine from System, just for not have a dirty and useless wine at the system level, i prefer just use "Bottles" / Virtual Drive" / "Wine Prefix" for that. well i hope this help another users too.

If you saw an Error like :

Wine cannot find the FreeType font library. To enable Wine to
use TrueType fonts please install a version of FreeType greater than
or equal to 2.0.5.
http://www.freetype.org

From the wine are you using from playonlinux, just enter in "~/.PlayOnLinux/wine"
if Wine of 32 Bits enter in sub-folder -> linux-x86
If Wine of 64 Bits enter in sub-folder -> linux-amd64
Inside enter in the sub-folder of the Wine version Number, like "1.2", after inside "lib" there just create a folder i ever call "Exclude"
Take the files "libz.so.1.2.3.4" "libz.so.1" "libz.so" and move it to the Exclude folder
and Try again from the PlayOnLinux GUI run that version

Just for if you think it, never do that at system level, libz, is very important for GNU operating system you can break a lot of thing just for move it.
You can try it inside a virtual machine just to see what happend.