How to run Roon on Wine with Ubuntu 24.10

  • Installing Wine 9.0 On Ubuntu 24.10 #ubuntu

  • sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
    sudo mkdir -pm755 /etc/apt/keyrings
    wget -O - https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/winehq-archive.key -
    sudo wget -NP /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/dists/oracular/winehq-oracular.sources
    sudo apt update
    sudo apt install --install-recommends wine-stable --yes
    sudo apt install wine32:i386 --yes
    
  • Installing Roon on Wine

  • Download archive from GitHub - RoPieee/roon-on-wine: Running Roon with Wine on Linux.
  • Extract the archive.
  • sudo apt install winetricks wget --yes
    cd ~/Downloads/roon-on-wine-master/
    ./install.sh
    ./start_my_roon_instance.sh
    
  • The desktop icons do not work, so use the menu shortcut.
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  • Add the icon

  • cp ~/Downloads/roon-on-wine-master/icons/256x256/roon-on-wine.png ~/.local/share/icons
    nano ~/.local/share/applications/roon-on-wine.desktop
    
    [Desktop Entry]
    Name=Roon
    # Substitute <username> with your Ubuntu user ID, i.e. echo $USER
    Exec=/home/<username>/start_my_roon_instance.sh
    Terminal=false
    Type=Application
    StartupNotify=true
    Icon=roon-on-wine.png
    StartupWMClass=roon.exe
    Categories=Music
    Keywords=roon;music;player
    
  • Icon better suited to GNOME.

roon-on-wine

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