'How To Install and Play EA App Games On Linux - Complete Guide'

In this video, I cover how to install and use the EA App on Linux using Lutris, a universal launcher that supports many game launcher services.

This video will cover the standalone installation of the EA App on Linux, and not when it is launched separately by a game purchased in Steam.

Step 1. Install Wine.

The installation of Wine will differ slightly depending on your Linux distribution, but in all cases, you will be installing it using a package manager.

Although Lutris does uses its own Wine builds, it is still recommended to install all of Wine dependencies to ensure a working installation.

On the Wine Dependencies page on the Lutris Wiki, scroll down to find your distribution’s family and then follow the instructions.

Step 2. Install Lutris.

To download Lutris, click on the Download link at the top of the main page, and then follow the installation instructions for your distribution.

Again, much like Wine, it is likely you will use your distribution’s package manager to install Lutris.

Once installation is finished, launch Lutris using your application launcher.

Step 3. Install EA App.

To install the EA App using Lutris, click on the + button at the top left corner, and choose the Search the Lutris website for installers option.

In search bar, type in EA App.

You will need to scroll down to find it, but the option you want is the EA App, 2022, Windows entry.

Click on it, and you should be presented by two options, choose the Standard option by clicking the Install button.

From here, specify an installation location, review the files, and click Continue to start the installation process.

If you get asked to install any dependencies, click Yes.

Eventually, you will be presented with the installation wizard for the EA App, so click Let us Go to proceed.

Shortly after, you will be greeted by a blue screen, but you can close this, and the installation process will finish successfully.

Step 4. Launch EA App.

Now that the EA App is installed, double click the entry in Lutris to launch and you will be asked to sign in with your credentials.

Once signed in, the process is identical to Windows, you can browse through all available games to purchase or install ones already in your library.

Once a game is installed, double click to launch.

One final thing to note, I recommend disabling the In-Game overlay as this can prevent older games from launching, something that also happens on Windows.

To do that, click on the hamburger menu at the top left, navigate to Settings, Application, and toggle off the In-Game overlay.

All done.

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[opzc]

Thanks so much, isn't much tutorials out there for this so this came in handy.

[edbeckerich]

I had to install the Beta version to get it to run in Arch, but it's working! Many thanks!!

[abouzarghaffari]

From the very first time I switched to Linux, your videos helped me with games. And thank you.
I think a little bit deeper understanding of wine and it's dependencies, structure of it's directories and how to configure it through Lutris, Game Hub...etc Would be very helpful. It's kind of you if introduce some sources if you have.
I know it is very hard to make videos about. Any help will be appreciated.

[brianwalker]

Thank you, closing that EA login while the thing is trying to install saved my bacon

[IntelligentGaming]

If you found this video helpful or informative, please don't forget to like and share as this helps me with the YouTube algorithm.

[Eredchon]

Are there anyways to get the games Installed through EA App as separate games for steam? As lutris allowed for the Origin App.
Reason for asking: I'm using a steam deck, and for games like Jedi Fallen Order that automatically recognize if ones using a keyboard or Controller, games started through the EA App don't see the Steam deck as a Controller.
While still playable it's not the best experience.

[FenyEro]

THX With steam- ea app didn't work, but with this I could launch it in steam deck

[Tmanws]

Seems great but on linux mint (kernel 6.5) it is giving an error saying it cannot find the EAapp exe, Also tried without lutris and it is saying an error occurred.

[faerings]

For some reason when I actually go in and try to download the sims after I download the EA app, a black screen comes up. I can still interact and click on things but the screen is just completely black.

[davidschneider-hoffmann]

I use Pop!_OS and followed your guide. Now, unfortunately, I receive the following error message: 'The file Files/Electronic Arts/EA Desktop/EA Desktop/EALauncher.exe could not be found.' What did I do wrong?

[matilde]

PLEASE HELP ME
in the first step for installing wine, i put on the terminal what it says i need to put (i use ubuntu). it does all his things but then at the end it says that there are some errors:
nvidia-dkms-390
nvidia-driver-390
what do i do??

[ThraxxMediaOfficial]

Hi there, thank you very much for this video!

I do have a problem however: I'm running POP!_OS 22.04 and installed Lutris, Wine and all dependencies just fine. I can find the EA App no problem.
But once I start the install process, and click past the EA App install window (i.e. the one where you click "Let's go") it throws a bunch of errors:

**wine: Read access denied for device L"\\??\\E:\\", FS volume label and serial are not available**

Then the process just stops and never finishes, the only option I have is to cancel, which deletes the app and throws me back to square one.

Would you happen to know what I'm doing wrong? 😕

/edit: nevermind, I figured it out on my own. What you'll have to do is:

1. Follow this video's steps up until the installation seemingly fails or hangs, like it did for me.
2. Click 'Cancel' or the 'X' icon, doesn't matter.
3. DO NOT SELECT THE OPTION TO DELETE GAME FILES - UNCHECK THIS!
4. Back in Lutris, click the Plus button to add a game, choose "Add locally installed game"
5. Fill out everything; most importantly, select "Wine" as runner. Then point to the EXE that was installed previously, called "EADesktop.exe"
6. Don't forget to also set the working directory to the same folder where the EADesktop.exe is

That's pretty much it. When I clicked "Play" the EA App launched with no issues.
The Wine version I chose (configurable under "Runner options") is "lutris-GE-Proton7-41-x86_64" in case that's important.

[Legokid-wjsz]

I am getting a message saying

" wine: Read access denied for device L"\\??\\Z:\\", FS volume label and serial are not available.
Initial process has exited (return code: 0) "

EA can't install completely due to this.

How do I get around this?

[redemax]

Brother i saw you had RED ALERT 2 YURIS revenge, can you help me to get that going . I am on Linux Mint . I get an error after the game asks me for Administrator privilege. Can you please help ?

[js]

i have a game on epic games that needs the ea app, will it work

[tierabowman]

Thank you so much! I thought i would never be able to play Sims 4 on my chromebook 😅

[sonang]

What if I want to play EA games I got on Epic Store? Can you share a tutorial on that?

[Kaiv]

I want to get ea fc 24 on linux but will it work?

[franklinEditor]

Obrigado pra kct, is this resolve all problem man. thanks so much. I

[Keplerf]

This probably sounds like the strangest application of this-- but I'm currently trying to get EA Launcher to work on ChromeOS, well the Linux emulator within it. Hope it works just been having a fun time with a lot of missing stuff-- feel a lot like an Arch user with how barebones this Terminal is.