Wine 2.0 says it supports Office 2013. How do I actually install it?

I installed office 2013 and I used to get a black window after starting it up. I fixed the black screen by following the solution posted in the WineHQ-Forum.

Here's what I did:

Install Wine and Components

First, install wine 2.1 (might als work with 2.0 'winehq-staging')

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wine/wine-builds
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --install-recommends winehq-devel

Install 'winbind'

sudo apt install winbind

Create Clean 32bit Prefix for Win7

Crete a clean 32 bit prefix and start up winecfg:

WINEPREFIX=~/.wine/Office2013 WINEARCH=win32 winecfg

In the winecfg applications tab select "Windows version: Windows 7" Close wine config and install winetricks

Install Libraries

sudo apt install winetricks

Then start winetricks for your prefix

WINEPREFIX=~/.wine/Office2013 WINEARCH=win32 winetricks

accept "select the default wineprefix" with OK. Now, select "Install Windows DLL components" and go and install msxml6

I also installed the cambria font, but that shouldn't matter.

Don't close winetricks just yet, you most likely want to fix the black screen bug.

Fix Black Window

In order to fix the black window that impedes Office 13 to be used, add the HKCU\Software\Wine\Direct3D\MaxVersionGL new DWORD value 30002 (hexa) to the registry.

Here's how to do this: In Winetricks select Run regedit and wait for the Registry Editor window to open. In the folder tree expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER - Software - Wine and create a new key in the Wine folder. To do so, right click, select new-->key and name it Direct3D. Now create new-->DWORD Value, rename the file to MaxVersionGL and set the value data to 30002 (hexadecimal). Close the Registry Editor window.

It should look like this: Close the Registry Editor window.

Close the winetricks window and run installer:

Install Office 2013

WINEPREFIX=~/.wine/Office2013 WINEARCH=win32 wine ~/PathTo/Office2013Setup.x86.exe

From here, the install runs and completes 100%.

Open one of the Office programs of your choice. They mostly work, but I found that the Word Math Typesetting does not work and Power Point may not start as well due to "not enough memory or system resources". So, still room for improvement.

In addition to Philippe's answer I installed the following from winetricks:

msftedit
riched20
riched30
riched32
vb6run

That solved the PowerPoint "not enough memory or system resources" issue and black fields issue

Install Office 2013 pro 32bit

This solution is tested on Ubuntu 17.10 with wine 2.0.2.

Required Dependencies

We need a clean 32bit wine prefix and some packages.

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt update
sudo apt install cabextract fonts-liberation winbind wine wine32 wine-gecko2.21

• 32bit wine installation
• winbind for some samba functions
• geckofor internet content popups
• cabextract and wget for downloading corefonts through winetricks
• fonts-liberation for the free alternatives to Arial etc.

Note that I also recommend wine-3.0 due to its DirectX11 Support. To install, use

wget https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/Release.key
sudo apt-key add Release.key
sudo apt-add-repository 'https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/'

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install wine-stable winehq-stable 

Installation Process

The recipie is now upstream on winetricks. We need a clean 32bit prefix for it. If you do not have one, prepend WINEPREFIX="${HOME}/.wine-office2013pro" to the wine commands.

First get the newest winetricks:

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Winetricks/winetricks/master/src/winetricks -O ~/Downloads/winetricks
chmod u+x ~/Downloads/winetricks

and then use the recipie on a 32bit wine prefix.

WINEARCH=win32 wine wineboot
~/Downloads/winetricks office2013pro

First start

The installed desktop files are located in

~/.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/Microsoft Office 2013

There should be a welcome messages that connects to the internet (only on wine-3.0) and lets you activate the product.

• Microsoft Word 2013 will start fine. Although, there are certainly some bugs in it.

• Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 has some unresolved issues like the black slides. Sometimes it also refuses to start at first. If so, do not press reboot when asked, as it will exit wine.

Product Activaton

On wine-3.0 activation is possible over the internet.

On wine-2.0the product can be activated via telephone. The phone number is found here. For us, it is 866-421-7141

Okay friends! Here's my answer!

This question was originally asked in 2017-02-03. In 2018-02-17 we already have newer versions of wine.

I posted this answer because I believe it is a solution accessible to more people.

Below is a script for use with PlayOnLinux ( https://www.playonlinux.com/en/ ). It was based on a script created originally by Quentin Pâris (thanks guy! =D ).

To do the installation we need the following resources: wine, winetricks, winbind and playonlinux.

NOTE: winetricks and winbind are usually installed along with wine. To test if they are present use the commands winetricks -V and wbinfo -V respectively!

With contributions from @Naheel and @Philippe .

TO USE THE SCRIPT:

Save the script below to a text file (eg: office2013.bash).

Start PlayOnLinux, open the script file above...

... , run it...

... and follow the on-screen instructions.

PLAYONLINUX SCRIPT:

#!/bin/bash

# CHANGELOG
# [Quentin Pâris and Eduardo Lucio (Questor)] (2018-02-17 15-24)
# Version 1.1.0.0
# Paris/Brazil

# >>>>>>>>>>
# Under BSD License!

# Copyright (c) 2018, Quentin Pâris and Eduardo Lucio
# All rights reserved.

# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
#     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
#       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
#     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
#       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
#       documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
#     * Neither the name of the free software community nor the
#       names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products
#       derived from this software without specific prior written permission.

# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND
# ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
# WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
# DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL Quentin Pâris and Eduardo Lucio BE LIABLE FOR ANY
# DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
# (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
# LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
# ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
# (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
# SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

# <<<<<<<<<<

# NOTE: Complete liste of references! By Questor
# https://github.com/PlayOnLinux/POL-POM-4/blob/master/lib/wine.lib
# https://www.playonlinux.com/en/app-2665-Microsoft_Office_2013.html
# http://wiki.playonlinux.com/index.php/Scripting_-_Chapter_11:_List_of_Functions
# http://wiki.playonlinux.com/index.php/Components_and_Functions
# https://www.playonlinux.com/repository/source.php?script=822
# https://github.com/PlayOnLinux/POL-POM-4/blob/367e50865168b5b931611fa33b0c1d8426143a90/lib/scripts.lib
# https://github.com/PlayOnLinux/POL-POM-4/blob/367e50865168b5b931611fa33b0c1d8426143a90/lib/wine.lib
# https://askubuntu.com/questions/879304/wine-2-0-says-it-supports-office-2013-how-do-i-actually-install-it
# https://github.com/RobertJames/playonlinux/blob/75ef37523f299255a539a89b63dc87d7afc096d4/template.POL

# >>>>>>>>>>
# Initialization!

[ "$PLAYONLINUX" = "" ] && exit 0
source "$PLAYONLINUX/lib/sources"

PREFIX="office2013"

WINEVERSION="3.0"

TITLE="Microsoft Office 2013"

# NOTE: Images to use! By Questor
POL_GetSetupImages "https://i.imgur.com/licFVuF.png" "https://i.imgur.com/ff6PkEZ.png" "$TITLE"

POL_SetupWindow_Init
POL_SetupWindow_SetID 2665

POL_SetupWindow_presentation "$TITLE" "Microsoft" "http://www.microsoft.com" "Quentin Pâris and Eduardo Lucio" "$PREFIX"

POL_Debug_Init

# <<<<<<<<<<

# >>>>>>>>>>
# Perform some validations!

POL_RequiredVersion 4.2.12 || POL_Debug_Fatal "$TITLE won't work with $APPLICATION_TITLE $VERSION!\nPlease update!"

if [ "$POL_OS" = "Linux" ]; then
    wbinfo -V || POL_Debug_Fatal "Please install winbind before installing $TITLE!"
fi

if [ "$POL_OS" = "Mac" ]; then

    # NOTE: Samba support! By Quentin Pâris
    POL_Call POL_GetTool_samba3
    source "$POL_USER_ROOT/tools/samba3/init"

fi

POL_Wine_WaitBefore "$TITLE"
[ "$CDROM" ] && cd "$CDROM"

if [ ! "$(file $SetupIs | grep 'x86-64')" = "" ]; then
    POL_Debug_Fatal "$(eval_gettext "The 64bits version is not compatible! Sorry!")";
fi

# NOTE: Check if "winetricks" is present! By Questor
winetricks -V || POL_Debug_Fatal "Please install winetricks before installing $TITLE!"

POL_System_SetArch "x86"
POL_SetupWindow_InstallMethod "LOCAL,DVD"

if [ "$INSTALL_METHOD" = "DVD" ]; then
    POL_SetupWindow_cdrom
    POL_SetupWindow_check_cdrom "x86/setup.exe" "setup.exe"
    SetupIs="$CDROM_SETUP"
    cd "$CDROM"
else
    POL_SetupWindow_browse "$(eval_gettext 'Please select the setup file to run!')" "$TITLE"
    SetupIs="$APP_ANSWER"
fi

# <<<<<<<<<<

# >>>>>>>>>>
# Prepare resources for installation!

# NOTE: Install wine version if isn't available. This is necessary because 
# even though "POL_Wine_PrefixCreate" solves this, we end up having 
# problems when the required version is not available and it tries to 
# install it! Questor
# [Ref.: https://github.com/PlayOnLinux/POL-POM-4/blob/master/lib/wine.lib]
POL_Wine_InstallVersion "$WINEVERSION"

POL_Wine_SelectPrefix "$PREFIX"
POL_Wine_PrefixCreate "$WINEVERSION"

Set_OS "win7"

# <<<<<<<<<<

# >>>>>>>>>>
# Install!

# NOTE: Installs office! By Questor
POL_Wine "$SetupIs"
POL_Wine_WaitExit "$TITLE"

# <<<<<<<<<<

# >>>>>>>>>>
# Prepare resources for applications!

# NOTE: Uses native special version of "riched20" installed by Office 2013! 
# Fix the "black fields" issue! By Questor
# [Ref.: http://forum.winehq.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=23126&p=95555#p95555]
POL_Wine_OverrideDLL "native,builtin" "riched20"

# NOTE: Fix "move and change the window size (maximize/minimize/restore/resize 
# etc...) bugs"! By Questor
# [Ref.: https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44552]
Set_Managed "Off"

# <<<<<<<<<<

# >>>>>>>>>>
# Create shortcuts, entries to extensions and finalize!

# NOTE: Create shortcuts! By Questor
POL_Shortcut "WINWORD.EXE" "Microsoft Word 2013" "" "" "Office;WordProcessor;"
POL_Shortcut "EXCEL.EXE" "Microsoft Excel 2013" "" "" "Office;Spreadsheet;"
POL_Shortcut "POWERPNT.EXE" "Microsoft Powerpoint 2013" "" "" "Office;Presentation;"

# NOTE: No category for collaborative work? By Quentin Pâris
POL_Shortcut "ONENOTE.EXE" "Microsoft OneNote 2013" "" "" "Network;InstantMessaging;"

# NOTE: "Calendar;ContactManagement;"? By Quentin Pâris
POL_Shortcut "OUTLOOK.EXE" "Microsoft Outlook 2013" "" "" "Network;Email;"

# NOTE: Add an entry to PlayOnLinux's extension file. If the entry already 
# exists, it will replace it! By Questor
# [Ref.: https://github.com/PlayOnLinux/POL-POM-4/blob/master/lib/playonlinux.lib]
POL_Extension_Write doc "Microsoft Word 2013"
POL_Extension_Write docx "Microsoft Word 2013"
POL_Extension_Write xls "Microsoft Excel 2013"
POL_Extension_Write xlsx "Microsoft Excel 2013"
POL_Extension_Write ppt "Microsoft Powerpoint 2013"
POL_Extension_Write pptx "Microsoft Powerpoint 2013"

if [ "$POL_OS" = "Mac" ]; then
    POL_Shortcut_InsertBeforeWine "Microsoft Word 2013" "source \"$POL_USER_ROOT/tools/samba3/init\""
    POL_Shortcut_InsertBeforeWine "Microsoft Excel 2013" "source \"$POL_USER_ROOT/tools/samba3/init\""
    POL_Shortcut_InsertBeforeWine "Microsoft Powerpoint 2013" "source \"$POL_USER_ROOT/tools/samba3/init\""
    POL_Shortcut_InsertBeforeWine "Microsoft OneNote 2013" "source \"$POL_USER_ROOT/tools/samba3/init\""
    POL_Shortcut_InsertBeforeWine "Microsoft Outlook 2013" "source \"$POL_USER_ROOT/tools/samba3/init\""
fi

POL_SetupWindow_message "$(eval_gettext '$TITLE has been installed successfully!\n\nThanks!\nBy Quentin Pâris and Eduardo Lucio')" "$TITLE"
POL_SetupWindow_Close

# <<<<<<<<<<

exit 0

FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS SCRIPT: https://www.playonlinux.com/en/app-2665.html

Using PlayOnLinux is more simpler, just follow this video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HhKWXdCWBM. In video description you'll find :

1. • Download PlayOnLinux
2. • Install winbind
3. • Setup PlayOnLinux
4. • Install Wine 3.1 and 2.20-staging
5. • Create virtual drive Office2013
6. • Copy script from https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/3ukrfh/microsoft_office_2013_on_linux_using_playonlinux/
7. • Modify only one input
8. • Paste script in PlayOnLinux
9. • Setup default Office 2013 install manager
10. • Setup takes abaout 5-10 mins
11. • Setup 2.20-staging version of Wine
12. • Go!
13. • Microsoft Outlook 2013 ! - fail. Microsoft OneNote 2013 too