Installation
Before you tackle this task, make sure your machine is fully updated. You can either do this from the update manager or from the command line. If from the command line, do the following:
Open a terminal window
Issue the command sudo apt-get update
Enter your sudo password
Once the update completes, issue the command sudo apt-get upgrade
Accept the updates
If prompted (in case of a kernel upgrade), reboot the machine
Now that your machine is fully prepped, it’s time to install the Netflix Desktop app. Here are the steps:
Open up a terminal window
Issue the command sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ehoover/compholio
Hit Enter
Issue the command sudo apt-get update
Issue the command sudo apt-get install netflix-desktop
At this point you will see quite a large number of dependencies necessary for the installation (129 to be exact). Say OK to this and the installation will begin. Depending upon the speed of your network connection, this could take some time. Once that’s done, do the following:
Open the Unity Dash
Type netflix
Click Install on the Wine Mono Installer (this is necessary for .NET)
Click Install on the Wine Gecko Installer (this is necessary for embedded HTML to work properly)
If you get an error, OK the error (I had this same thing happen on two machines — everything worked fine anyway)
Allow the local installation to complete
At this point the Netflix Desktop application will open in full screen mode. To get out of that mode, hit F11. You will also find a new Firefox icon on your desktop. You can delete that if you like.