A bash script to install Future Pinball on Ubuntu and derivatives like Elementary OS and Linux Mint.Information and further discussion here: http://r3dux.org/2012/02/how-to-configure-future-pinball-to-play-in-linux-through-wine/#comment-7630

install_future_pinball.sh

#!/bin/bash

# install wine beta, as of 2015-07-13
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install wine1.7

# install extra libraries needed for FP
winetricks corefonts vcrun6 wsh56

cd $HOME

# ensure 7zip is installed
sudo apt-get install p7zip-full
wget http://r3dux.org/files/FuturePinball-PlayOnLinux.7z
wget http://r3dux.org/files/DLLs/oleaut32.dll
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Ugotsta/Ugotsta.github.io/master/images/projects/chrome-ball.png

# extract the archive then remove it
7za x FuturePinball-PlayOnLinux.7z
rm FuturePinball-PlayOnLinux.7z

# setup new WINEPREFIX
WINEPREFIX=~/FuturePinball winecfg

# create executable script to start FP
echo "#!/bin/bash" > future-pinball.sh
echo "WINEPREFIX=~/FuturePinball wine ~/FuturePinball/drive_c/Games/Future\ Pinball/Future\ Pinball.exe" >> future-pinball.sh
chmod +x future-pinball.sh

# copy needed dll to new FP folder
cp oleaut32.dll ~/FuturePinball/drive_c/Games/Future\ Pinball/
# copy newly created launch script and icon to FuturePinball folder
cp future-pinball.sh chrome-ball.png ~/FuturePinball/

# create menu item to easily launch FP
echo "[Desktop Entry]" > futurepinball.desktop
echo "Version=1.0" >> futurepinball.desktop
echo "Name=Future Pinball" >> futurepinball.desktop
echo "Exec=$HOME/FuturePinball/future-pinball.sh" >> futurepinball.desktop
echo "StartupNotify=true" >> futurepinball.desktop
echo "Terminal=false" >> futurepinball.desktop
echo "Type=Application" >> futurepinball.desktop
echo "Categories=Game;" >> futurepinball.desktop
echo "Icon=$HOME/FuturePinball/chrome-ball.png" >> futurepinball.desktop
sudo cp futurepinball.desktop /usr/share/applications/

# download Stern's 1977 Pinball table: http://www.martin-brunker.de/index.php/future-pinball/nachbauten.html
wget http://www.martin-brunker.de/images/fp_spieltische/spieltische/pinball_v1.0.zip

# extract to /tables/ folder
7za e pinball_v1.0.zip -o$HOME/FuturePinball/drive_c/Games/Future\ Pinball/Tables/

# cleanup files
rm pinball_v1.0.zip future-pinball.sh oleaut32.dll chrome-ball.png futurepinball.desktop