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Install Microsoft Fonts with Play on Linux

Refer: https://gist.github.com/ibrahimtuzlak0295/2a66981f99f25e08cb2039df53391b05

The Play on Linux Way

Normally the Microsoft Core Fonts can be installed like this:

  • Click Configure
  • Select the prefix where you want the fonts installed
  • Tab Install components
  • Select Microsoft Core Fonts from the list and click Install

Manually

However, if for some reason this doesn't install the fonts, it's still possible to do that manually. First install the ttf-mscorefonts-installer package:

sudo apt install ttf-mscorefonts-installer

Note the prefix name: ls ~/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix

And replace yourprefix in the command with the one you want:

cp /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/* ~/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/yourprefix/drive_c/windows/Fonts

Now we have the core fonts in place. We can remove the package:

sudo apt purge ttf-mscorefonts-installer
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Install Wine on Ubuntu 18.04 with PlayOnLinux

Refer: http://tipsonubuntu.com/2019/02/01/install-wine-4-0-ubuntu-18-10-16-04-14-04/

The official wine repository offers Ubuntu packages for all current Ubuntu releases, so you can easily install it via following steps:

1. Open terminal from application menu, then run command to enable 32 bit architecture:

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386

Type user password (no visual feedback) when it prompts and hit Enter.

2. Run command to download and add the repository key:

wget -nc https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key

sudo apt-key add winehq.key

3. For Ubuntu 18.04, Linux Mint 19.x, run command to add the repository:

sudo apt-add-repository 'deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ bionic main'

For other releases, replace bionic in the code with:

cosmic for Ubuntu 18.10.
xenial for Ubuntu 16.04, and Linux Mint 18.x.
trusty for Ubuntu 14.04.

4. Finally check system package cache and install Wine 4.0:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install --install-recommends winehq-stable

For Ubuntu 18.04 and higher, you can skip apt-get update as it’s done after adding PPA.

How to Use Wine in Ubuntu:

Once installed, you need to generate configuration file by running command:

winecfg

It prompts you to install some libraries and finally launches the configuration dialog.

To run a .exe file, right-click on file, select “Open with Other Application”, and choose “Wine Windows Program Loader”.

Uninstall:

To remove Wine repository, go to Software & Updates -> Other Software, highlight the repository line and remove it.

Now you can install PlayOnLinux with the software store...