![]() This will allow us to manually select which version of WINE we want to use. Go ahead and check “Use another version of WINE” and hit Next. I called mine “DragonNaturallySpeaking12”. You can name your drive whatever you want. Select “Install a new program in a new virtual drive.” Next, you’ll want to press the Install button in the PlayOnLinux window, to start installing a new Windows program. Once it’s installed, it will appear to the right.Ĭlose out of the WINE installation screen. PlayOnLinux will download and install WINE 1.4 for you. Select WINE 1.4, and press the Right Arrow to install the version. Go to the Tools menu, and select Manage WINE Versions. Now, let’s install PlayOnLinux! sudo apt-get install playonlinux This step is optional, but if you ignore it, you might not get the version of PlayOnLinux described in this procedure, and you might be missing new bugfixes and improvements. It will be to your benefit to grab the latest version of PlayOnLinux from their repository, as this will probably be more recent than the version in your distro’s repository. You could install WINE yourself and obtain this version, but for the scope of this tutorial, we will be using PlayOnLinux to manage the installation. ![]() Obviously, PlayOnLinux is not a requirement for having WINE 1.4 installed on your machine. I found that Dragon Naturally Speaking had a Platinum rating for WINE 1.4, so I decided to give that version of WINE a try with PlayOnLinux, which I believe is a very effective tool for managing different WINE versions and profiles. After having very much difficulty installing Dragon Naturally Speaking 12 on Ubuntu 12.04 with the latest version of WINE (WINE 1.5.20) I decided to look again at the AppDB.
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