PlayOnBSD (run Windows software)

by | Mar 11, 2016 | Software, Tutorial, Windows, Wine / Bordeaux | 2 comments

PlayOnBSD has recently been added to the FreshPorts repository. See the full description of the port in the links below.

PlayOnBSD

This is a port of PlayOnLinux to FreeBSD. It allows you to easily install and use numerous games and apps designed to run with Microsoft Windows. The Windows emulation is provided by Wine. WWW: http://www.playonlinux.com/

SVNWeb : Homepage : Distfiles Availability : PortsMon

To install the port: cd /usr/ports/emulators/playonbsd/ && make install clean
To add the package: pkg install playonbsd
PKGNAME: playonbsd

Wine Reviews: http://www.wine-reviews.net/2016/03/playonbsd-easily-install-and-run.html

FreshPorts PlayonBSD: http://www.freshports.org/emulators/playonbsd


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2 Comments

  1. ???????
    ??????? on March 18, 2016 at 12:22 pm

    # pkg install playonbsd
    Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue…
    FreeBSD repository is up-to-date.
    All repositories are up-to-date.
    pkg: No packages available to install matching ‘playonbsd’ have been found in the repositories

  2. Nice but
    Nice but on November 22, 2016 at 12:58 am

    I’d rather fancy kvm/qemu for windows gaming, does FreeBSD support that yet?

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