Sunday, December 7, 2014

Office 2010 with playonlinux on ubuntu

sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer # from command line - select OK
install playonlinux # from software center
run installer from wine and during office install don't select components - just proceed
after installation create ~/.local/share/applications/PlayOnLinux.desktop with the following content:

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=PlayOnLinux
GenericName=PlayOnLinux
Type=Application
Exec=playonlinux %U
Icon=playonlinux
MimeType=application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet;application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document;application/vnd.ms-excel;application/vnd.ms-word
#Categories=Office;
OnlyShowIn=NEVER; # this is a trick to hide it from all the menus

Then set file associations for double click: right-click on files with all extension types (doc, docx, xls, xlsx, ...) and select "open with application..." -> playonlinux -> enable "always use for this type of file"

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