Uploaded December 2016 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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In this video I take you through the Battle.Net install procedure for Arch Linux and Ubuntu 16.10 based distros. Hope you enjoy!

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Show Notes:
Ubuntu 16.10 BattleNet Install Procedure:

1.update and upgrade
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

2.enable 32bit:
dpkg --add-architecture i386

3.sudo apt-get update

4.Install 32 bit libraries
sudo apt-get install libc6:i386 libstdc++6:i386

5.install proprietary video drivers

6.install codecs:
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
note: (ttf-mscorefonts-installer is required but installed via ubuntu-restricted-extras)
sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer (to verify install)

7.sudo apt-get install vlc (pulls in more codecs by default)

8. Install wine-development and winetricks
sudo apt-get install wine-development winetricks

9.winetricks corefonts

10.winetricks vcrun2015

11. Verify libraries
winecfg

add libraries:

api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
ucrtbase.dll
vcruntime140.dll
d3dcompiler_47 (for diablo3)

set to Windows Vista

right click on exe file, then select "wine installer"