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How-To install Adobe Digital Editions 4.5 on Ubuntu 18.04
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install_adobe_digital_editions.sh
#!/bin/sh
# Preliminary conditions:
# Ubuntu 18.04
# sudo apt install winbind playonlinux
# Add wine 4.21 32 bit to PlayOnLinux through the GUI.
# Download ADE_4.5_Installer.exe to /tmp.
WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/AdobeDigitalEditions45
WINEARCH=win32
WINE=$HOME/.PlayOnLinux/wine/linux-x86/4.21/bin/wine
INSTALLER=/tmp/ADE_4.5_Installer.exe
echo 0 | sudo tee /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope
mkdir -p $WINEPREFIX
winecfg
winetricks -q dotnet40 corefonts
$WINE /tmp/ADE_4.5_Installer.exe
# You can then launch with:
$WINE "$HOME/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/AdobeDigitalEditions45/drive_c/Program Files/Adobe/Adobe Digital Editions 4.5/DigitalEditions.exe"
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leonkis commented Sep 17, 2020

Thank you so much for this! I'd just like to add, for my own benefit, that winetricks needs to be installed, i.e. sudo apt install winetricks, and a 32-bit installation at that. Also, if the program prompts you to install gecko, do so.

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