Left 4 Dead 2 on Ubuntu

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I have a Left 4 Dead 2 Windows installer in exe. My other games were installed by "PlayOnLinux" app, but there is no L4D2 version, or any sign that it will be avaliable in the future. I also didn't find any ubuntu or even linux distribution of this game, although i know the tests were made.

So how to install it on Ubuntu with exe installer? Will Wine be just fine?

Possible duplicate of How can I install Windows software or games? — David Foerster, Apr 22 '16 at 14:33
L4D2 has a native Linux version that I encourage you to try instead of going through Wine. — David Foerster, Apr 22 '16 at 14:34

Alex · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-22T13:18:08.467

Will Wine be just fine?

Depending on the software you want to run, sometimes you as well need the package winetricks

Check the wine documentation for the game: https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=10546

There seem to be two basic ways of getting things to work. With steam and without steam. For the steam-version there is a Gold and a Platinum Test for Ubuntu, so it should run fine.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 22 '16 at 13:41

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Left 4 Dead 2 is out for Linux on steam? The native version performs really well, and is far easier to use than to try to use the windows version in wine.

answered Apr 22 '16 at 13:41

Valentin

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Left 4 Dead 2 on Ubuntu

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