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I'm using Chromium and i'm trying to download Playonlinux but the website wont load. Also should I download wine before I download Playonlinux?

EDIT: The problem is my current DNS nameserver. An nslookup with another nameserver (8.8.4.4) gave positive results. How to change it?

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You mean http://www.playonlinux.com ? I can access it. Try again, maybe the server was just temporarily not available. And yes, you need wine, as playonlinux is just more or less a frontend to simplify handling wine.


ANSWER 2 - Setting a custom DNS nameserver:

Please follow those steps:

  • sudo cp /etc/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.backup to create a backup of the DNS configuration file.
  • sudo cp /etc/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.default to create another copy of the DNS configuration file.
  • sudo sed /nameserver/s/\b69.89.215.3\b/8.8.4.4/g /etc/resolv.default
    sudo nano /etc/resolv.default opens an editor. Replace the old nameserver addresses (69.89.215.3,...) with the line nameserver 8.8.4.4.
    To save, press [Ctrl]+[o] and hit enter. Exit with [Ctrl]+[x].
  • sudo echo "#!/bin/sh cp /etc/resolv.default /etc/resolv.conf" > /etc/network/if-up.d/setnameserver.sh
    sudo nano /etc/network/if-up.d/setnameserver.sh opens an editor on a new file. Please type the following:

    #!/bin/sh
    cp /etc/resolv.default /etc/resolv.conf

    To save, press [Ctrl]+[o] and hit enter. Exit with [Ctrl]+[x].
    This is to create a bash script that automatically replaces the current config file with our prepared default-copy on every network startup.

  • sudo chmod +x /etc/network/if-up.d/setnameserver.sh to make the script executable.

Maybe you have to do a reboot or at least reconnect to your network. After this, try again to browse the playonlinux.com site or test it with ping, traceroute or nslookup.

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    – Seth
    Feb 11, 2015 at 5:04
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You don't need to even visit the PlayOnLinux web site to install POL; it's in the Ubuntu default repositories. Now, if you want a newer version than what Canonical considers "stable", that's another story.

No, you won't need to have Wine installed before installing POL, at least from the repos -- it'll pull in Wine 1.6 as a dependency, and can internally install ("manage") any other Wine version from (at least) 1.4 through current beta builds. You can even change the Wine version serving an already-installed app (handy if you have an app that runs, but could be better; I went through half a dozen versions before finding one that would run There without crashing during login 5 times out of 6).

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