How To Install PlayOnLinux On Ubuntu 18.10, Ubuntu 18.04 And Derivative Systems

As you may know, PlayOnLinux is a frontend for Wine, the popular software for running Windows applications on Linux and Mac OS X.

The latest PlayOnLinux version available is PlayOnLinux 4.3.3, which has been recently released, coming with a bunch of changes.

Installation instructions:

The official website of PlayOnLinux provides a repository for Ubuntu 18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish, Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver, Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus, so the software can be easily installed.

Follow the instructions for your system exactly, in order to successfully install playonlinux on your system:

How to install PlayOnLinux on Ubuntu 18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish:

$ wget -q "http://deb.playonlinux.com/public.gpg" -O- | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo wget http://deb.playonlinux.com/playonlinux_cosmic.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install playonlinux

How to install PlayOnLinux on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver:

$ wget -q "http://deb.playonlinux.com/public.gpg" -O- | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo wget http://deb.playonlinux.com/playonlinux_bionic.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install playonlinux

How to install PlayOnLinux on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus:

$ wget -q "http://deb.playonlinux.com/public.gpg" -O- | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo wget http://deb.playonlinux.com/playonlinux_xenial.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install playonlinux

Optional, to remove playonlinux, do:

$ sudo apt-get remove playonlinux