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+Adwords Editor for Linux
+========================
+
+Even if Google doesn’t distribute a Linux version of their software it
+is usually very easy to get the Windows version to run in Wine because
+they use Wine friendly and well supported libraries to develo WINE
+stands for Wine Is Not an Emulator. It is a complete rewrite of all
+Windows system libraries from scratch. Wine is usually the best and
+fastest option to run a Windows application on Linux (and also on Mac
+when no Mac equivalent exist).
+
+But because it often requires some minor tweaking, mainly to install
+missing Windows libraries, people find it hard to use. So to try to
+replicate the ease of install of a linux package manager, people started
+developing application to script Windows software installs in Wine.
+Currently the best “free” option is PlayOnLinux which as it name states
+is more orientated towards game installation but can as easily install
+other application.
+
+Because [Bid Right](http://www.bid-right.com) has the ability to export
+data to Adwords Editor, and some of our customers are running Linux
+(like most of us here), we had to find a solution to deploy it easily.
+Here is how to install Adwords Editor 9.0.1 (latest version on
+24/06/2011) on a Linux deskto
+
+1. Install PlayOnLinux
+----------------------
+
+Most Linux distribution provides a version of PlayOnLinux in their
+repositories so just use your favourite package manager (Debian’s
+Synaptic, Ubuntu’s Software Center, Fedora’s PackageKit, etc) to find
+and install it.
+
+2. Installing Adwords Editor from PlayOnLinux repositories
+----------------------------------------------------------
+
+The version of the script in PlayOnLinux repositories might be lagging a
+little bit behind the version we develop here (the time for the nice
+admins to test and validate them) but it remains the easiest way to
+install Adwords Editor. For example currently the last script we [sent
+upstream](http://www.playonlinux.com/repository/?script=697) was for
+Adwords Editor 8.0.1 and we just [sent a
+request](http://www.playonlinux.com/repository/?script=851) to get it
+updated to 9.0.1.
+
+So to install the latest version available in the repositories :
+
+-   **Start PlayOnLinux**
+-   **Click on Install**  
+    ![](1.AdwordsEditor_Install.png)
+
+<!-- -->
+
+-   **Then go to the Office Category ->Adwords Editor -&gt;
+    Apply**  
+    ![](2.AdwordsEditor_Repository.png)
+
+<!-- -->
+
+-   **After clicking forward the installation will start. All you have
+    to do is to accept the license for Visual C<span
+    class="underline"></span> 2005 runtime libraries (this cannot be
+    skipped for legal reasons)**  
+    ![](3.AdwordsEditor_VisualStudioLicense.png)
+
+<!-- -->
+
+-   **The script will download all libraries you require (even the
+    Adwords Editor install)**  
+    ![](4.AdwordsEditor_Download.png)
+
+<!-- -->
+
+-   **Click forward a couple more times and that’s it, you are ready to
+    start Adwords Editor.**  
+    ![](5.AdwordsEditor_Run.png)
+
+<!-- -->
+
+-   **If the version in PlayOnLinux is outdated it will propose you
+    straight away to upgrade to the latest version**  
+    ![](6.AdwordsEditor_Update.png)
+
+3. Installing Adwords Editor from our script
+--------------------------------------------
+
+If you want the latest version of Adwords Editor you can use our script
+that we keep up to date. Download the script : export:/AdwordsEditor.pol
+
+-   **Once in PlayOnLinux Go to Tools ->Run a local script**  
+    ![](7.AdwordsEditor_LocalScript.png)
+
+<!-- -->
+
+-   **Click Forward and Navigate to the file you downloaded**  
+    ![](8.AdwordsEditor_FileSelection.png)
+
+<!-- -->
+
+-   **After clicking forward the install will start like above.**
+
+3. Enjoy Adwords Editor on Linux
+--------------------------------
+
+![](9.AdwordsEditor_MainWindow.png)
+