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General discussionNEWS: Revamping Linux installers for all GOG.com games(192 posts)(192 posts)
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Posted August 11, 2015
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hedwards: It's an improvement, but the wasteland 2 download is still a single massive 10.3 GB file. I'm not quite sure why they couldn't segment it off into several smaller downloads, tar does support splitting.
It's definitely an issue for me. Just between Witcher 2, Pillars of Eternity & Wasteland 2 I've got ~35GB to re-download. All told, I'm easily north of 50GB, and my internet connection is limited to 70GB of traffic a month.

On the other hand, I know I'm at least one version behind on Wasteland 2 and Pillars of Eternity. Eventually, I'll the big ones re-downloaded, and then reap the rewards of differential updates.

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I don't love the $HOME install location, I put them all in /usr/local/games. Of course, it does't really matter - we can still extract them.
Posted August 11, 2015
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hedwards: It's an improvement, but the wasteland 2 download is still a single massive 10.3 GB file. I'm not quite sure why they couldn't segment it off into several smaller downloads, tar does support splitting.
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hummer010: It's definitely an issue for me. Just between Witcher 2, Pillars of Eternity & Wasteland 2 I've got ~35GB to re-download. All told, I'm easily north of 50GB, and my internet connection is limited to 70GB of traffic a month.

On the other hand, I know I'm at least one version behind on Wasteland 2 and Pillars of Eternity. Eventually, I'll the big ones re-downloaded, and then reap the rewards of differential updates.

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I don't love the $HOME install location, I put them all in /usr/local/games. Of course, it does't really matter - we can still extract them.
I'm fortunate enough to have a connection without any caps, but it's rather slow and downloading a 10gb file takes all day. On top of that, any large files I have that I decide to backup could take 2-3 days.
Posted August 11, 2015
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Ciris:
Is there a reason why this thread is not marked with a blue marker like other news threads posted by GOG?
Posted August 11, 2015
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hedwards: I'm fortunate enough to have a connection without any caps, but it's rather slow and downloading a 10gb file takes all day. On top of that, any large files I have that I decide to backup could take 2-3 days.
Mines slowish too, but I can handle the slow. I get tired of always managing my total bandwidth. I've been working on getting Shadows of Mordor downloaded since it was released for Linux - at 42GB, it's going to take me at least two monthes to download it - I just can't commit that much of my monthly bandwidth to a single game. Add to that trying to re-download the big one's from GOG, and I'll never catch up!

To the best of my knowledge Wasteland 2 directors cut is a free upgrade to all existing owners, and is supposed to drop some time this fall. I'll wait until after that to re-download Wasteland 2.
Post edited August 11, 2015 by hummer010
Posted August 11, 2015
Well the new Linux installer seems to work fine for me under Debian 8. I'll try it under Arch Linux later.

EDIT: extracting is a charm too. Lurvely.
Post edited August 11, 2015 by BillyMaysFan59
Posted August 11, 2015
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hedwards: I'm fortunate enough to have a connection without any caps, but it's rather slow and downloading a 10gb file takes all day. On top of that, any large files I have that I decide to backup could take 2-3 days.
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hummer010: Mines slowish too, but I can handle the slow. I get tired of always managing my total bandwidth. I've been working on getting Shadows of Mordor downloaded since it was released for Linux - at 42GB, it's going to take me at least two monthes to download it - I just can't commit that much of my monthly bandwidth to a single game. Add to that trying to re-download the big one's from GOG, and I'll never catch up!

To the best of my knowledge Wasteland 2 directors cut is a free upgrade to all existing owners, and is supposed to drop some time this fall. I'll wait until after that to re-download Wasteland 2.
Sometime this year fiber is finally going to make it to my house, I can see the installation on the poles, but it's still kind of silly to have the files be so large rather than split into multiple files.
Posted August 11, 2015
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hummer010: I've been working on getting Shadows of Mordor downloaded since it was released for Linux - at 42GB, it's going to take me at least two monthes to download it - I just can't commit that much of my monthly bandwidth to a single game.
Don't mean to step on your toe, but comparing with your excited reaction from the other thread where we discussed Shadow of Mordor for Linux, I can't help but lol. Anticipation, the hype, climax and then - just a couple of months of steady downloading. It seemed you'd be all over Orcs by now. But then, patience is a virtue worthy of a lone ranger...
Posted August 11, 2015
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hummer010: Just between Witcher 2, Pillars of Eternity & Wasteland 2 I've got ~35GB to re-download. All told, I'm easily north of 50GB, and my internet connection is limited to 70GB of traffic a month.

On the other hand, I know I'm at least one version behind on Wasteland 2 and Pillars of Eternity. Eventually, I'll the big ones re-downloaded, and then reap the rewards of differential updates.
There’s an alternative to the re-download of the full archive:
https://www.gog.com/mix/unofficial_linux_patches

Good news for me is that with the new GOG installers, I might not have to build these anymore.

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hummer010: I don't love the $HOME install location, I put them all in /usr/local/games. Of course, it does't really matter - we can still extract them.
Lucky you ;)
If you’re using an APT-based distribution (Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, etc.), my other project do exactly what you want:
https://www.gog.com/mix/playit_for_debian_gamers_and_their_ubuntu_friends
Post edited August 11, 2015 by vv221
Posted August 11, 2015
Seriously? Why did you removed the zipped packages, GOG? I just DON'T want pretty icons or shortcuts added automatically. I want to configure the system on my own and now I have more work extracting the bash-installers to get only the data-files. :-(

Besides: Has anonyone tested the installers with Ubuntu 12.04 or any derivate?
Post edited August 11, 2015 by throgh
Posted August 11, 2015
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hedwards: I'm fortunate enough to have a connection without any caps, but it's rather slow and downloading a 10gb file takes all day. On top of that, any large files I have that I decide to backup could take 2-3 days.
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hummer010: Mines slowish too, but I can handle the slow. I get tired of always managing my total bandwidth. I've been working on getting Shadows of Mordor downloaded since it was released for Linux - at 42GB, it's going to take me at least two monthes to download it - I just can't commit that much of my monthly bandwidth to a single game. Add to that trying to re-download the big one's from GOG, and I'll never catch up!

To the best of my knowledge Wasteland 2 directors cut is a free upgrade to all existing owners, and is supposed to drop some time this fall. I'll wait until after that to re-download Wasteland 2.
You can change the directory during installation so you don't have to install it in $HOME.
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throgh: Seriously? Why did you removed the zipped packages, GOG? I just DON'T want pretty icons or shortcuts added automatically. I want to configure the system on my own and now I have more work extracting the bash-installers to get only the data-files. :-(

Besides: Has anonyone tested the installers with Ubuntu 12.04 or any derivate?
The shortcuts and menu icons can be toggled off during installation. And you can extract the file using a simple unzip command like it's been mentioned earlier in this thread.
Post edited August 11, 2015 by JudasIscariot
Posted August 11, 2015
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throgh: Seriously? Why did you removed the zipped packages, GOG? I just DON'T want pretty icons or shortcuts added automatically. I want to configure the system on my own and now I have more work extracting the bash-installers to get only the data-files. :-(
You just need to use 'unzip game.sh' instead of 'tar xf game.tar.gz'.
I wouldn’t really call that "more work" ;)

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Looks like Judas is still a master of the shady edit XD
Post edited August 11, 2015 by vv221
Posted August 11, 2015
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throgh: Seriously? Why did you removed the zipped packages, GOG? I just DON'T want pretty icons or shortcuts added automatically. I want to configure the system on my own and now I have more work extracting the bash-installers to get only the data-files. :-(
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vv221: You just need to use 'unzip game.sh' instead of 'tar xf game.tar.gz'.
I wouldn’t really call that "more work" ;)

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Looks like Judas is still a master of the shady edit XD
Not an edit just auto-merged forum posts :P
Post edited August 11, 2015 by JudasIscariot
Posted August 11, 2015
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throgh: Seriously? Why did you removed the zipped packages, GOG? I just DON'T want pretty icons or shortcuts added automatically. I want to configure the system on my own and now I have more work extracting the bash-installers to get only the data-files. :-(
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vv221: You just need to use 'unzip game.sh' instead of 'tar xf game.tar.gz'.
I wouldn’t really call that "more work" ;)

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Looks like Judas is still a master of the shady edit XD
Grumbling, but you are right. I was afraid after the first check: Some self-extracting scripts are not this tolerant and rejects the simple unzip for binary payload. :-( So my first shock was deep after reading that. Thanks for the feedback! Anger / rage stopped. But please keep it therefore simple, GOG-team. Appreciated! :-)
Posted August 11, 2015
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JudasIscariot:
Yeah, that’s what they all say…
Now I just look like I’m parroting you with my late answer!


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throgh: Some self-extracting scripts are not this tolerant and rejects the simple unzip for binary payload. :-(
If that were the case here, I would have been the first to sharpen my pitchfork ;)
Post edited August 11, 2015 by vv221
Posted August 11, 2015
These new installers are actually kinda of nice, and a lot faster than opening GDebi to install a game.

Is there anyway the bigger games can be broken into multiple parts? If that is even possible with these installers, that is.
Post edited August 11, 2015 by coryrj1995
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