osu! builds from the Stable release stream.
Stable is the most recent version of osu! that is not on test phase. It currently renders through OpenGL 3.x, that allows Wine to get the same performance as on Windows. It needs .NET Framework 4.5+ to work.
There are also Beta and Cutting edge release streams that allow to test the latest development features. However they change frecuently and older versions of them get rapidly obsolete. Its compatibility level on Wine is currently the same as Stable.
Application Details:
Version: | Stable |
License: | Free to use |
URL: | https://osu.ppy.sh |
Votes: | 5 |
Latest Rating: | Silver |
Latest Wine Version Tested: | 4.0.2 |
Maintainers: About Maintainership
What works
Solo Mode
Multi Mode
Adding beatmap file directly to osu! by clicking .osz file and select run with osu!
Sound
Sign in osu! account
Control Music, Effect, and Master with the arrow keys
Control Music, Effect, and Master with scroll wheel
Select beatmap and select song with the arrow keys in Solo Mode
Delete beatmap from in game
Run osu! updater
What does not
"An occurred! Please check your internet connection" when installing osu!
Workarounds
Install dotnet40
What was not tested
Song Editor
Hardware tested
Graphics:
Additional Comments
Operating system | Test date | Wine version | Installs? | Runs? | Used Workaround? | Rating | Submitter | ||
Show | Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu) | Sep 06 2019 | 4.0.2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Silver | selfisekai.rocks | |
Show | Ubuntu 18.04 "Bionic" amd64 (+variants like Kubuntu) | Aug 02 2019 | 4.0.1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Gold | Yuki Snowy | |
Current | Arch Linux x86_64 | Apr 04 2019 | 4.5 | No, but has workaround | Yes | Yes | Gold | Yudha | |
Show | Solus | May 09 2019 | 4.1 | Yes | Yes | No | Silver | Ivan Pavluk | |
Show | Ubuntu 18.04 "Bionic" amd64 (+variants like Kubuntu) | Oct 20 2018 | 3.18-staging | Yes | Yes | Yes | Gold | Pham Truong Thanh Trung |
Last update: 2019-05-03.
Recommended readings:
This section describes some minimum steps required to run osu! in vanilla Wine. Other sections have additional information to improve user experience. For practical purposes, winetricks is used (it's not mandatory since you can install .NET Framework manually but it requires more steps), so first get the latest version:
$ wget 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Winetricks/winetricks/master/src/winetricks'
$ chmod +x ~/winetricks
1) Create a new 32-bit Wine prefix:
$ env WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.wineosu wineboot --init
If Wine prompts for installing Mono, click Cancel.
2) Install .NET Framework 4.5:
$ env WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.wineosu ~/winetricks dotnet45
3) Download and install osu!:
$ mkdir 'osu!'
$ wget 'http://m1.ppy.sh/r/osu!install.exe' --output-document='osu!/osu!.exe'
$ env WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.wineosu wine 'osu!/osu!.exe'
BUG 44184: If the installer stuck in an endless loop, close it and then:
$ > 'osu!/discord-rpc.dll'
$ env WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.wineosu wine 'osu!/osu!.exe'
This will create a dummy discord-rpc.dll and try to start osu! again.
4) Creating a shortcut:
Create a new plain text file and put the following:
Save this file as osu!.desktop in ~/.local/share/applications and mark it as executable:
$ chmod +x '~/.local/share/applications/osu!.desktop'
Take the path to an osu! logo image and put it in the Icon field if you want to set an icon for the shortcut.
Last update: 2019-08-21.
Arch Linux specific:
osu! doesn't render anything on screen and exits with some X server error message: install lib32-libxcomposite package:
$ sudo pacman -S lib32-libxcomposite
osu! can't connect to internet: install lib32-gnutls package:
$ sudo pacman -S lib32-gnutls
Japanese characters no displaying correctly: install MS Meiryo font:
$ env WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.wineosu ~/winetricks meiryo
Note that korean characters are not shown with this font.
Options menu symbols and audio controls are missing: install GDI+:
$ env WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.wineosu ~/winetricks gdiplus
GDI+ installer is a ~538MB file. If your internet connection is slow or very limited, consider instead taking a copy of gdiplus.dll from a Windows 7 installation and copying it to your Wine prefix, and then add manually a Native override for gdiplus.
Open winecfg:
$ env WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.wineosu winecfg
Go to Libraries tab, add gdiplus and set it to Native Then Builtin. Close all dialogs by clicking OK.
Audio latency is very high!: please check out The Poon's guide and Franc[e]sco's guide.
Other known problems:
$ pkill osu
Press Ctrl+Alt+F7 (or Ctrl+Alt+F1 on some systems) to return to your desktop environment.
Please leave us a comment in Comments section below if you still have problems installing or running osu!.
Last update: 2019-01-07.
When filling a Test Result report, mention at least the exact osu! build number you tested. It can be found inside the game just at the end of the Options menu. It usually looks like b20171106.5 or 2017.1030.0. It can also be found on "osu!.«user».cfg" file (find the LastVersion value).
Remember to follow the Installation guide, step by step, before considering that you've failed to get osu! running. This is important because the guide has been designed to work for any system. Also mention whatever you did in order to get osu! working, regardless it is on the Installation guide or not.
For more information about how to fill a report, see AppDB Test Results Guidelines.
If osu! doesnt't recognize internet connection and you have internet connection, install 32-Bit GNUTLS Package. In Arch Linux,
sudo pacman -S lib32-gnutls
The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. WineHQ is not responsible for what they say.
by Jason on Thursday September 12th 2019, 3:00
by Jason on Thursday September 12th 2019, 2:33
by Invictus Tiberius on Wednesday September 18th 2019, 11:22
$ mkdir 'osu!'
$ wget 'm1.ppy.sh/r/osu!install.exe' --output-document='osu!/osu!.exe'
$ env WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.wineosu wine 'osu!/osu!.exe'
A new folder called "osu!" is created directly in your personal user folder '/home/user/osu!'. Then, 'osu!install.exe' is renamed to 'osu!.exe'; that way it will install its files directly in '/home/user/osu!'.
If you want to install osu! in the usual way, try:
$ wget 'm1.ppy.sh/r/osu!install.exe'
$ env WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.wineosu wine 'osu!install.exe'
Then, if you didn't choice another path, the osu! files will be found in '/home/user/.wineosu/drive_c/user/user/Local Settings/Application Data/osu!'
by Huu Nguyen on Monday August 19th 2019, 22:23
by Invictus Tiberius on Wednesday August 21st 2019, 21:11
by Huu Nguyen on Monday April 29th 2019, 9:36
If you have installed cjkfonts or fakejapanese_vlgothic, you have to use --force flag to install it.
by Invictus Tiberius on Wednesday May 1st 2019, 4:08
by Huu Nguyen on Wednesday May 1st 2019, 10:19
by Gage Johnson on Friday January 4th 2019, 11:44
by Invictus Tiberius on Saturday January 5th 2019, 16:37
by André on Friday November 9th 2018, 11:23
by Robert on Thursday August 2nd 2018, 11:01
by Robert on Thursday August 2nd 2018, 11:22
by Ena on Sunday June 3rd 2018, 12:21
After you click ok, a window will pop up; its called "oh no!" and it will display the error (shown below):
#=z1U64elhN$6ScXutjLe68OMafNiDW: No available GL context found. ---> OpenTK.Graphics.GraphicsContextException: Failed to initialize EGL, error BAD_ALLOC.
at OpenTK.Platform.Egl.EglWindowInfo..ctor(IntPtr handle, IntPtr display, IntPtr surface)
at OpenTK.Platform.Egl.EglAnglePlatformFactory.CreateWindowInfo(IAngleWindowInfoInternal window_info, Int32 major, GraphicsContextFlags flags)
at OpenTK.Platform.Egl.EglAnglePlatformFactory.CreateGLContext(GraphicsMode mode, IWindowInfo window, IGraphicsContext shareContext, Boolean directRendering, Int32 major, Int32 minor, GraphicsContextFlags flags)
at OpenTK.Graphics.GraphicsContext..ctor(GraphicsMode mode, IWindowInfo window, IGraphicsContext shareContext, Int32 major, Int32 minor, GraphicsContextFlags flags)
at #=zN5FEz26lyeeReWfdrjnq99Map8xE.#=zegPSY_c=(Int32 #=zbrLuJSw=, Int32 #=zxzJ1FKg=, GraphicsContextFlags #=zzeNMliw=)
at #=zl1FmSAdVU5XcZFWz2wwT96w=.#=zh4G6cmQDc_G1(GraphicsContextFlags #=zzeNMliw=)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at #=zl1FmSAdVU5XcZFWz2wwT96w=.#=zh4G6cmQDc_G1(GraphicsContextFlags #=zzeNMliw=)
at #=zl1FmSAdVU5XcZFWz2wwT96w=.#=zh4G6cmQDc_G1(GraphicsContextFlags #=zzeNMliw=)
at #=zl1FmSAdVU5XcZFWz2wwT96w=.#=zh4G6cmQDc_G1(GraphicsContextFlags #=zzeNMliw=)
at #=zl1FmSAdVU5XcZFWz2wwT96w=.OnHandleCreated(EventArgs #=z_Pvg3ZA=)
at #=zYTfEQdWXPSgMtNA4bKQNAjWhu_TZ.OnHandleCreated(EventArgs #=z_Pvg3ZA=)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmCreate(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WmCreate(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m)
at #=zekbVG2TReeQyJ70gKx_9C2k=.WndProc(Message& #=z_sw5Hvg=)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
The update log looks like this:
6/3/2018 5:17:47 PM: Running repair (False)
6/3/2018 5:17:48 PM: Force update requested
6/3/2018 5:17:49 PM: CallbackStatus updated to Checking
6/3/2018 5:17:49 PM:
6/3/2018 5:17:49 PM: Beginning update thread
6/3/2018 5:17:49 PM: Stream: Stable40
6/3/2018 5:17:49 PM:
6/3/2018 5:17:49 PM: Running cleanup..
6/3/2018 5:17:49 PM: Cleanup successful!
6/3/2018 5:17:49 PM: Requesting update information...
6/3/2018 5:17:50 PM: discord-rpc.dll: CHANGED (cached)
I have version 3.0.1.
by Invictus Tiberius on Tuesday June 12th 2018, 8:44
by Ian Snyder on Thursday May 3rd 2018, 1:05
I'm using Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Wine 3.0 from ubuntu repository.
Have any idea of this problem?
by osaka-takumi on Wednesday May 2nd 2018, 11:11
wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Microsoft_fonts
Please delete the internal font folder of wine
Otherwise font glitches will not be Fixed.
gdiplus override to Native, graphical glitches & CJK fonts will be fixed
by bbadadadadad bitch on Thursday April 26th 2018, 16:08
by bbadadadadad bitch on Thursday April 26th 2018, 16:06
help;
by osaka-takumi on Thursday February 22nd 2018, 5:44
by Supashake YT on Wednesday February 21st 2018, 23:35
by Howard Zhang on Sunday January 21st 2018, 9:57
by Invictus Tiberius on Sunday January 21st 2018, 11:42
$ env WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.wineosu wine 'C:\«path_to_the_game»\osu!.exe'
Where "$HOME/.wineosu" is the absolute path to your wine-prefix and 'C:\«path_to_the_game»\" is a folder inside the wine-prefix where osu! is installed.
Be sure you followed all the guide to get it properly installed (I checked all steps for Wine 3.0-rc6 and it is working). Please leave us another comment if you are still in trouble.
by Howard Zhang on Monday January 22nd 2018, 20:16
And I didn't quite understand the command line. so do I put env WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.wineosu wine "c:\home/Umbryft/.wineosu/dosdevices/c:/users/Umbryft/Local Settings/Application Data/osu!\osu!.exe
by Howard Zhang on Monday January 22nd 2018, 20:22
P.S. I forgot to add this in my last comment and I don't know how to edit it so I'm just adding It here I hope you don't mind hx.
by Invictus Tiberius on Wednesday January 24th 2018, 11:15
env WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.wineosu
Wine use this part to know what folder on your file system will be used as the "C:\" unit. Remember that Wine needs to "emulate" a Windows-like environment for your applications.
wine 'C:\Umbryft\Local Settings\Application Data\osu!\osu!.exe'
Inside the indicated "C:\" unit folder, Wine will execute the program that match to the indicated path, in this case, "osu!.exe". When using a terminal, you can put that path inside single quotes ' ', but in a ".desktop" shortcut, you need to use double quotes " " and append an additional inverted slash "\" to the existent:
env WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.wineosu wine "C:\\Users\\Umbryft\\Local Settings\\Application Data\\osu!\\osu!.exe"