WOW Installation Problems

mako308 · #1 10th May 2011, 06:12 AM

i just moved over to the linux os, i have been reading through and searching the web for help but im not getting anywere now

i went here wowwiki.com/World_of_Warcraft_functionality_on_Wine and did what it said in the preperation and everything turn out good.

i installed wine through the get and remove software feature.

i even found this topic and followed instructions for F14 which i have installed

and when i type in: wine /media/cat4.0.0/launcher.exe this is what i get

"No installer data could be found. If this problem persists, please contact Blizzard Technical Support."

i went to that cedega site but i dont see anyoptions for downloading it. or is that one of those site you need to register on first?

mako308 · #2 10th May 2011, 06:41 AM

im trying to install this to try and play wow

http://rpm.playonlinux.com/

i have the PlayOnLinux_yum-3.3.rpm" file saved to my desktop right now i clicked on it and it asked to install it and it sits there then when i click on hide it says its done installing?

bonedome · #3 10th May 2011, 07:48 AM

Hello
you have installed the repo, so you can now install playonlinux using yum or add/remove software

Code:

su -
password
yum install playonlinux

installing it myself right now

***bob*** · #4 10th May 2011, 12:12 PM

Threads merged. As stated in the Posting Rules, please use one thread per topic. Also, it might help others to solve your issue if you posted which Fedora version; whether you're using 32bit or 64bit, and your graphics card. There's some discussion on other threads about setting up Nvidia drivers, for instance.

One more suggestion: If you're doing searches, try the middle search engine (Fedora-Google); it will handle short searches like "WOW" where the standard search engine doesn't return a result.

mako308 · #5 10th May 2011, 03:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bonedome

Hello
you have installed the repo, so you can now install playonlinux using yum or add/remove software

Code:

su -
password
yum install playonlinux

installing it myself right now

were would i put the repo file or how would i install that?

i typed that in but i typed in the whole thing "PlayOnLinux_yum-3.3.rpm"

I am running F14 kde 64 bit with
ATI Radeon HD 5450
8 gig ram
AMD Phenom II x2 3.2 Ghz

bonedome · #6 10th May 2011, 05:32 PM

Hello
if you look in /etc/yum.repos.d/ you'll see all the repostories you have on your system, you should see in there playonlinux.repo that means all the software contained in that repo can be installed using yum, yum will download and install all the required packages needed to run playonlinux.
so if you do

Code:

su -
password
yum install playonlinux

you should see

Code:

================================================================================
 Package        Arch      Version                          Repository      Size
================================================================================
Installing:
 playonlinux    noarch    3.8.12-fedora0                   playonlinux    2.4 M
Installing for dependencies:
 cabextract     i686      1.3-1.fc14.1                     fedora          39 k
 libmspack      i686      0.2-0.1.20100723alpha.fc14       fedora          51 k
 wine           i686      1.3.18-1.fc14                    updates         33 k
 wxGTK-gl       i686      2.8.11-3.fc14                    updates         31 k
 wxGTK-media    i686      2.8.11-3.fc14                    updates         38 k
 wxPython       i686      2.8.11.0-4.fc14                  fedora         8.9 M
 xterm          i686      261-2.fc14                       fedora         363 k

Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Install       8 Package(s)

Total download size: 12 M
Installed size: 45 M
Is this ok [y/N]:

press y then enter and yum will do the rest.
playonlinux should then be in your menu

mako308 · #7 10th May 2011, 05:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bonedome

Hello
if you look in /etc/yum.repos.d/ you'll see all the repostories you have on your system, you should see in there playonlinux.repo that means all the software contained in that repo can be installed using yum, yum will download and install all the required packages needed to run playonlinux.
so if you do

Code:

su -
password
yum install playonlinux

you should see

Code:

================================================================================
 Package        Arch      Version                          Repository      Size
================================================================================
Installing:
 playonlinux    noarch    3.8.12-fedora0                   playonlinux    2.4 M
Installing for dependencies:
 cabextract     i686      1.3-1.fc14.1                     fedora          39 k
 libmspack      i686      0.2-0.1.20100723alpha.fc14       fedora          51 k
 wine           i686      1.3.18-1.fc14                    updates         33 k
 wxGTK-gl       i686      2.8.11-3.fc14                    updates         31 k
 wxGTK-media    i686      2.8.11-3.fc14                    updates         38 k
 wxPython       i686      2.8.11.0-4.fc14                  fedora         8.9 M
 xterm          i686      261-2.fc14                       fedora         363 k

Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Install       8 Package(s)

Total download size: 12 M
Installed size: 45 M
Is this ok [y/N]:

press y then enter and yum will do the rest.
playonlinux should then be in your menu

this is what i got when i ran "yum install playonlinux"

Code:

[Mako@Mako ~]$ su
Password: 
[root@Mako Mako]# yum install playonlinux
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
Adding en_US to language list
Setting up Install Process
No package playonlinux available.
Error: Nothing to do
[root@Mako Mako]#

how do i get the repo file in that location because i looked and its not in there. i tried to save it to there but it says i dont have write access. not sure where im supposed to put the file "PlayOnLinux_yum-3.3.rpm" but i have it on my desktop right now

**edit**
also wondering should i install from a downloaded exe for wow or should i still be able to use dvd.

bonedome · #8 10th May 2011, 10:31 PM

Hi
could you post the result of

Code:

yum repolist

if playonlinux is not there right click on the yum-rpm and choose open with "package installer" it should then ask if you want to install and prompt for your root password, when that's complete do the yum install bit.
Note: use su - (note the dash/minus sign)

mako308 · #9 10th May 2011, 11:18 PM

ok, well i figured out how to get playonlinux.rpm installed and the playonlinux.repo in the /etc/yum.repos.d/ locations but when i run the actual program it says

Quote:

one ore more pragram(s) are missing. please
install them and run the script again.

program: ar.package: binutils
Program: gpg.package: gnupg

any ideas?

---------- Post added at 09:38 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:31 PM ----------

Quote:

Originally Posted by bonedome

Hi
could you post the result of

Code:

yum repolist

if playonlinux is not there right click on the yum-rpm and choose open with "package installer" it should then ask if you want to install and prompt for your root password, when that's complete do the yum install bit.
Note: use su - (note the dash/minus sign)

we must of posted at the same time lol but here is what you asked for

Code:

[Mako@Mako ~]$ su-
bash: su-: command not found
[Mako@Mako ~]$ su -
Password: 
[root@Mako ~]# yum repolist
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
Adding en_US to language list
repo id                                                          repo name                                                                            status
fedora                                                           Fedora 14 - x86_64                                                                   22,161
playonlinux                                                      PlayOnLinux Official repository                                                           8
rpmfusion-free                                                   RPM Fusion for Fedora 14 - Free                                                         411
rpmfusion-free-updates                                           RPM Fusion for Fedora 14 - Free - Updates                                               404
rpmfusion-nonfree                                                RPM Fusion for Fedora 14 - Nonfree                                                      181
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates                                        RPM Fusion for Fedora 14 - Nonfree - Updates                                            179
updates                                                          Fedora 14 - x86_64 - Updates                                                          8,136
repolist: 31,480
[root@Mako ~]#

like i said b4 i finaly figured out to create a repo file and got it saved with exactly what was on the one on the website.

**edit
could it be that i forgot to do something with the "public.gpg" file?

---------- Post added at 10:06 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:38 PM ----------

well i got it working but i dont see were it will let me install WoW: Cata. the only games it has for WoW is either WoW or WoW Burning crusade

---------- Post added at 10:18 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:06 PM ----------

im wondering if its gona be this hard if i should just install windows7 on a seperate partition and use it only for playing wow.

bonedome · #10 12th May 2011, 01:29 PM

Hi
at the bottom of the gui is something like "manually install programs or .pol files", give that a go

sea · #11 1st June 2011, 12:03 AM

Heya

I'm a bit confused about using PlayOnLinux...

As someone in "http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=252861" stated, use the guide for ubuntu (which uses "playonlinux" among "padsp") may cause a ban, while the other 2 refrences (according to his statemend) wont (guess: as they didnt refer to any other program than wine itself).

Hmm, hope you get me, its late here and i'm pretty new to linux, while english isnt native lang.

Its more a question than anything else...