How to play/run Wine games

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How to play/run Wine games

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DL wine, more luck than judgement, installed a game. How do I now get it to play?
I tried asking the question on FAQs but it limits me to 5 words.
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Re: How to play/run Wine games

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give us a little more information. How did you install wine?
It may be easier if you install playonlinux

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sudo apt install playonlinux

That normally produces an icon on the desktop that you start your program with.
Easy tips : https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.com/ Pjotr's Great Linux projects page.
Linux Mint Installation Guide: http://linuxmint-installation-guide.rea ... en/latest/
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Re: How to play/run Wine games

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Minty16 wrote: Mon Jul 26, 2021 8:27 am DL wine, more luck than judgement, installed a game. How do I now get it to play?
I tried asking the question on FAQs but it limits me to 5 words.

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wine game-name.exe
Please edit your original post title to include [SOLVED] if/when it is solved!
Your data and OS are backed up....right?
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