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Instruction for running Origin on Linux.

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Project Origin on Linux

a (hopefully) beginner friendly guide for running Origin on Linux.
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This guide is target for casual users and gamers.

This Instruction helps you installing all important things for running origin on a linux machine. It provides also scripts for installing the required software. Additionally there is a script for installing OBS-Studio.

If you are familiar with linux you don't really need this guide. Just install lutris and then origin following this guide or use the commands on this section.

Requirements

  • a place (on your ssd / hd) where you want to install linux
  • a usb stick (for installing linux)

Before you start

Before you start, take a step back and ask yourself,

"is this game also on steam ?"

If so, use steam proton for your games. Most Games will work out of the box ! :)

Take also a look on Proton DB and search your game for getting more information.

Little Story Time - My Journey on this project

Info

If you want to skip the bla bla go straight to Getting a USB Stick or The Steps for running Origin on Linux

Story

I tried several ways to get a nice little linux usb stick, but in the end it was not possible, but here are some quick "mile stones" on this journey:

  • Puppy OS - no Lutris

  • Manjaro on USB - to Slow on a USB Drive

  • Slax - no nvidia driver (have to compile it lol)

  • LiveCDs :

    • Ubuntu : hard to customize
      • Cubic - Dependencies of NVidia, Lutris and OBS are a mess on live cd isos
      • LiveCDs with Casper: could not install OBS, Lutris and the system takes very long with nvidia drivers

So if you can avoid nvidia so far ... it's quite easy getting a running usb stick with linux.

But with Nvidia Driver it's not that easy.

I recommend using a little partition space on your windows machine (gparted, shrink that partition) and put a linux on it. Then dual boot into this linux.

For that approach I recommend PopOs, Ubuntu or Manjaro

Getting a USB Stick

Recommended Distros:

if you are unsure what to choose, use popOs :)

Flashing USB Stick

Windows

Download the Software Etcher and use it. It's pretty straight forward.

For more advanced user I recommend Rufus or Universal-USB-Installer.

Linux

sudo dd if=/your/iso of=/your/usb status=progress

Getting Nvidia Driver

on Ubuntu

  1. (Connect to the Internet)
  2. Nvidia Driver
    1. Call Software and Update Center
    2. Go to Additional Drivers
    3. Instrall NVidia Drivers (proprietary, tested)
    4. Click on Apply Changes

on PopOs

  1. Download the version that has the nvidia drivers

on Manjaro(Version 21)

sudo mhwd -a pci nonfree 0300

The Steps for running Origin on Linux

  1. install wine

    1. sudo apt install wine

  2. install origin relevant drivers

    1. Using Origin Guide for Lutris

      Ubuntu:

      sudo apt install libgnutls30:i386 libldap-dev libgpg-error0:i386 libxml2:i386 libasound2-plugins:i386 libsdl2-2.0-0:i386 libfreetype6:i386 libdbus-1-3:i386

  3. install lutris

    Ubuntu

      sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lutris-team/lutris

  sudo apt update

  sudo apt install lutris

  4. open lutris, search for origin on "lutris" tab and "community" (right tab)

  5. install it on a ext4 partition (or your linux partition you installed your linux)

  6. After Origin is installed, start it. It will fail the update, don't worry!
    Stop it and start it again and it will work :)

  7. login as usual.

  8. Download a game of your choice (e.g Sims 4 ( working! :) )

  9. Have fun! :D

Scripts (not tested yet)

  1. Run whole installation for Ubuntu based Distros

    1. sudo bash ./run.sh

  2. Run additional OBS installation for Ubuntu based Distros

    1. sudo bash ./install_OBS.sh

Additional Gaming OS that can be mentioned

  • Garuda (Arch Based)
  • Drauger (Ubuntu Based)

Additional Ressources

  1. https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/lve07i/how_to_install_play_ea_origin_games_on_linux/

License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.

Images are licensed under the License Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

Contact

Blackeye - @BlackeyeM - private_blackeye+linux_origin@posteo.de

Project Link: https://github.com/Blackstareye/linux_origin

Acknowledgements

Support

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Many Thanks ♥