So I have been trying a hell of a lot of things to get it to work. I started with your guide using xfce and I ran into trouble somewhere along the way. I also have tried in Unity and KDE but the most success I have had was in xfce and installing WINE and winetricks. Without winetricks I hadnt been able to fully install the game. With winetricks i get the game installed but after updating and pressing launch my computer shuts off and restarts. When it comes to installing WINE, the problem looks to be occuring in the repository step. Whenever I try to add repositories it says command not found. I think I need to properly install WINE before I can say if anything else is the issue. If you happen to have a link to an updated WINE installation guide i’d love to have it! Also, I may have to try installing a more recent version of Ubuntu as I have tried exclusively 16.04 so far.

Hey WillyT,

Sorry about the delay. Been swamped with work lately!

No worries about the questions- we all have to start somewhere =]. After you get Linux up and running, you install WINE/Lutris using the command prompt within your specific Linux installation (I think). It’s been a while since I messed around with Chrome and Linux and things may have changed. I’ll have to set up a copy this weekend or something.

Also, I thought of something the other day- are you by chance using Xfce? Or KDE? Or something else entirely? This may or may not have anything to do with the error you’re getting. Forum posts have been unsuccessful lately, so I’m guessing it’s likely a Lutris problem.

If you happen to find out a way (or any new discoveries for that matter), I’d be glad to read them (plus other readers who may be having the same issue)!

Thanks again.

So looks like either the problem is Lutris or I have downloaded WINE incorrectly, which I have been suspecting anyways. I tried League of Legends as well and that failed too. I will try to find a newer guide on installing WINE while I wait for updates on this Lutris situation. This may seem like a super stupid question but once I install Linux am I supposed to immediately switch the the command terminal on the Linux system or Install WINE and Lutris on the Chrome OS console? I have been doing it in the Linux one but I figured I would risk looking stupid in order to know that my problem wasn’t that. Thanks again!

Well League of Legends failed as well. I may have to start fresh with all my downloads of WINE and winetricks. While i think my winetricks install went well for some reason i think the WINE install is where i failed. But may just be Lutris as you suggest. Hope this all gets resolved and I’ll keep checking up here. At this point I’ve spent enough time over the past few days trying to figure this out that I absolutely must succeed.

Hey again WillyT,

No problem =]. You deserve some praise for taking the initiative and getting it installed! You’ll get the hang of it after a while- and you’ll probably end up liking it and never have to worry about buying expensive software or major security bugs forever.

It does seem like an update broke something at this point. If this is the case, Lutris should release an update soon to patch it. But I’ll keep my eyes on this to see if any new developments take place.

Have you tried installing other games from Lutris and seeing if they run? Or is it specific to a single game? If WINE and winetricks are installed and running, the problem likely lies with Lutris. You could try updating all your repositories to see if it makes a difference. It’s very easy to do:

Launch the command prompt (“CTRL + ALT + T).

Run the following command:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Then reboot and try again.

If it doesn’t work, we’ll have to keep hanging on and see what Lutris has to say about it. Let me know if you find anything out!

And thanks for the kind words =].

Thank you for replying! I’m very new to linux so I may be screwing up somewhere but at some point I did manage to supposedly get the game properly installed after installing Wine (maybe incorrectly) and winetricks (I think i did this right). The problem then is that it wouldn’t launch from lutris. It says game being played whenever I attempt to open it but a window never appears. Again thank you for sticking with this. Im super excited at the prospect of playing from my chromebook and hope to not have to buy a PC. You are doing awesome work.

Hey WillyT,

It seems that this is a common error message a lot of Lutris users are getting right now based on posts from their forum.

The error: “Installation Failed! Specified executable not found.” seems to have to do with a recent Linux or Lutris update. Let me check it out and see if I can find a solution. Sit tight.

Thanks.

I am getting linux installed easily enough and i think lutris is working fine. the problem lies in downloading the actual game. The download go until a point that it gives me the error “Installation Failed! Specified executable not found. Help!

Hey there,

Sorry about the issues you’re having. Xfce with Ubuntu is usually my go-to stack on a Chromebook because it’s fast and minimalistic. You may be getting some bugs here and there because the version could possibly be outdated. Regardless, you can always try something with a little more punch like KDE or something if Xfce doesn’t work out for you.

If you get it working with PoL over Lutris, that’s taking initiative =]! I’m going to go over this guide again when I have some time to make sure it’s not outdated. Thanks for bringing this up!

Let me know if you have any other questions. And thanks for the kind words.