Sonos with Linux detailed Howto

[ianmacd]

Originally Posted by Anden100

Since version 3.7, it seems that the Sonos Desktop Controller is relying on a new version of the .NET framework (the errors i get seems to state this reason, i am no pro), and this has caused it to not work under Wine no more

This may be of some use to you guys.

[velocity303]

Hello All,

Not sure if anyone is still looking to get the controller working in Linux, but I was able to get it going by using PlayOnLinux to create a virtual drive. The rough instructions are as follows.

1. Download PlayOnLinux from http://www.playonlinux.com/en/
2. Click on Install
3. At the bottom click on the area to install non listed applications.
4. Install a program in a new virtual drive.
5. Name your virtual drive "Sonos" or whatever you would like.
6. Click on use another version of wine, configure wine, and install some libraries.
7. Click on the newest version of Wine you have listed. The working version for me is 1.5.24.
8. When the next window opens change the Windows version to Windows 8 and then click apply then ok.
9. On the next window select POL_Install_dotnet40
(You may see a crash after this step, just click next and continue, the dot net framework should continue to install)
10. After a bit that should complete and you will be prompted to select a program to run. Select the sonos installer and procede as normal.

That should be it, the program should install just fine. The first thing I notice is the fonts don't look all to great, but messing with any of the font settings so far seem to crash the application. Let me know if anyone has any different results. Hopefully this helps someone else. Please ignore any typos or errors in grammar. I just quickly jotted this down as I went through the process.

[ianmacd]

Originally Posted by velocity303

Hello All,

Not sure if anyone is still looking to get the controller working in Linux, but I was able to get it going by using PlayOnLinux to create a virtual drive.

I see that PlayOnLinux uses WINE, but what does PlayOnLinux add to the mix? I can't tell from the project's site what it actually does.

All of which makes me wonder whether it is, perhaps, merely the newest and latest version of WINE that enables the new breed of DCR to work on Linux. Have you tried the DCR under vanilla WINE 1.5.24?

[laurent_]

Hello,

I try this evening install wine1.5 on ubuntu
and add dotnet support

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install wine1.5
winetricks dotnet40

and client controller 4.0 work fine, with some crash, but it's working enough to use it

[ianmacd]

Originally Posted by laurent_

Hello,

I try this evening install wine1.5 on ubuntu
and add dotnet support

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install wine1.5
winetricks dotnet40

and client controller 4.0 work fine, with some crash, but it's working enough to use it

That's interesting to know.

Which version of WINE are you running? I'm using 1.5.3 here.

I tried this quite some time ago, when the new-look DCR was still in beta. I might have tried again after it was released, but I haven't tried again recently.

When I tried this, I installed .net on my own (i.e. without winetricks) and then the DCR, but it crashed on start.

The DCR has certainly undergone minor changes since then, but I'm wondering whether you're using a newer WINE, too.

The new-look DCR is still classed as garbage on WINE's site, so you might want to update that entry.

[laurent_]

It's look like to be 1.5.25-0ubuntu1

I use
http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/ppa/wine?dist=precise

After one day, there's some not working tool like adding a samba directory, but as I've also an android phone I can avoid this problem.

It just need a restart after installing dotnet40