I am GregStein, an experienced Age of Empires 2 player and part-time developer. With over 7 years of experience in multiplayer gaming, blogging and technical issues.
Woooooooow!!! This worked out of box on my Ubuntu machine, for the first time I don’t struggle to install aoe2 and voobly and that infinite scroll fix worked too. I want to donate some money to you please send me your email or something.
Thank you so much for taking time and sharing your feedback and I’m glad everything went great for you. You can donate here if you want: https://streamlabs.com/gregstein_/tip And thank you again for showing generosity and support ā¤ļø
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Gino
5 years ago
Hello thanks for this tutorial. Is there any way of uninstalling and reverting all this process?
Just in case I make a mistake or I want to delete the game.
OMG DUDE this worked on my kubuntu I was afraid it wouldn’t but it did work like a charm thank you so much for this ez guide. It’s hard nowadays to find a good one
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Hessed
3 years ago
Hi.. i never get to the part of NETs installation.. this still work on Debian 11? and 64b system also compatible? Regards
Woooooooow!!! This worked out of box on my Ubuntu machine, for the first time I don’t struggle to install aoe2 and voobly and that infinite scroll fix worked too. I want to donate some money to you please send me your email or something.
Thanks a lot!!
Hello Davis,
Thank you so much for taking time and sharing your feedback and I’m glad everything went great for you. You can donate here if you want: https://streamlabs.com/gregstein_/tip And thank you again for showing generosity and support ā¤ļø
Hello thanks for this tutorial. Is there any way of uninstalling and reverting all this process?
Just in case I make a mistake or I want to delete the game.
Thanks!
No problem brother! I added a new section showing how to uninstall everything: https://ageofnotes.com/tutorials/auto-installer-for-age-of-empires-ii-on-wine-linux-ubuntu-mint-debian/#Uninstall_Age_of_Empires_2_Wine_Setup
OMG DUDE this worked on my kubuntu I was afraid it wouldn’t but it did work like a charm thank you so much for this ez guide. It’s hard nowadays to find a good one
Hi.. i never get to the part of NETs installation.. this still work on Debian 11? and 64b system also compatible? Regards
Yes it should work on debian 11
Sorry if this is a stupid question but: Do I need to buy a license or pay for the game or everything free? Thanks
It’s all free. Nothing to pay.
hey but i need to dowdload something? wheres the link? THAKS
The guide has been updated just today and the linux commands are working now.
Hello there.
Not so lucky.
After all the steps it freezes on login to steam account-locked and awaiting access key …forever
Thank you for reporting the issue! I have fixed it and you have three options here:
Option 1: Open AoE2Tools
You should see an update alert, confirm the update. AoE2Tools will restart and enjoy.
Option 2: Download the hotfix: https://ageofnotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/AoE2Tools_Hotfix_3.3.4.0_2025.zip
– Extract those files inside AoE2Tools installation folder
Option 3: Start the installation from the beginning. Now by default all the Linux commands will use the latest release which addresses that bug.
Thank you,
Warm regards,
GregStein
I mean can not success to step 30. System: Kernel: 6.8.0-51-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0 clocksource: tsc Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.2.9 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin v: 6.2.0 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 22 Wilma base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble Machine: API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris platforms: device: 0 drv: iris device: 1 drv: swrast surfaceless: drv: iris x11: drv: iris inactive: gbm,wayland API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 24.0.9-0ubuntu0.3 glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (TGL GT2) device-ID: 8086:9a78 Packages: 2516… Read more »
Yes, I noticed that. The new update fixes that bug as well. Read my response below.
That was a pretty quick answer.
Option 1 didn’t work for me but option 2 killed the fish.
Thank you!
Thank you for reporting the issue at the first place.
Let me know if you encounter other issues.