You can run winetricks from the Dash or from the terminal like winetricks -gui. If you try to run the games with Wine, first try to download, any needed libraries and additional packages the game needs. You can also install it via the terminal with sudo apt-get install wine.ĭownload PlayOnLinux from their website and install it.Įxecute PlayOnLinux at least once so it can download the needed Fonts and configures itself for use. If you use Wine PPA or PlaOnLinux the game should work with no problem.įollow this guide to install the latest Wine: Īfter that go to Software Center and look for Wine with version 1.5.x. It also downloads specific Wine versions even if you have Wine install for some specific cases (Some games in PoL depend on specific Wine versions).

PlayOnLinux can work without the need of having Wine installed since it will eventually download its own version of Wine if it detects you do not have one (Including addons which are similar in use as winetricks). So first install the Wine PPA (Does not matter if you already have PlayOnLinux installed). To play both, HL and HL2 (Not through steam) you first need the Wine PPA (It is much better than the actual version that comes with Ubuntu). Also know that Half-Life is natively supported in Ubuntu.

This one only apply to games outside the Steam environment or not yet on steam. If you came here to play HL, HL2 or any other Steam for Linux released game see How can I install Steam? for the answer which is a lot simpler than this.

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