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Posted June 12, 2015
im new to Linux (have Ubuntu installed) and dont really 'get' how the installation process works here, especially with tarball.

here's what i managed to do so far:

- i extracted the tar.gz container.

- created a new games folder in "~/Games" and copied the "Dragonfall"-folder into that location -> ~/Games/Dragonfall

via the terminal i executed the "start.sh" script -> "cd ~/Games/Dragonfall" -> "./start.sh"


the game works, but how can i install it?
i dont have any shortcuts to launch it. everytime i want to play it, i have to launch it through the terminal.

with Neo Scavenger (the only other Linux game i have 'installed' so far) i just locked it to the launcher while it was running.
that's probably not the optimal way, but it works - i dont know how to get Dragonfall to run in windowd mode though, so locking it to the launcher while its running is not possible.


any suggestions how to 'install' the game properly?

i tried "./start.sh --install", to no effect though...
This question / problem has been solved by ebberinimage
Posted June 12, 2015
edit:

running Dragonfall in windowed mode works (i just overlooked it in the options-menu)
- unfortunately the 'locking' of the game to the launcher doesnt. i can right-click on the icon and choose 'lock to launcher', but it doesnt register, it seems. hmm.
Posted June 13, 2015
Often when a game has an installer for linux (like drm free games from humble store) all it does is extract the contents to a chosen folder and creates an application launcher - which is just a single text file in either
/usr/share/applications
or
~/.local/share/applications
named whatever.desktop.
I think it functions the same if it's in either, only that you need root privileges to create one in /usr/share.

I don't use Ubuntu and am not an expert but from what i can tell this works the same. If you look at some of the .desktop files you'll see they all have the same format, a link to something to execute, the location of the icon picture (if any),etc.

So, for example if you have the game in home/USER/Games/Dragonfall, by command line:
cd ~/.local/share/applications
gedit dragonfall.desktop
and paste this (for this I just copied a .desktop super meat boy from humble store created and changed it)

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Shadowrun Dragonfall
Comment=whatever comment you want here
Icon=/home/USER/Games/Dragonfall/support/gog-shadowrun-dragonfall-dc.png
Exec="/home/USER/Games/Dragonfall/start.sh"
Categories=Game
Path=/home/USER/Games/Dragonfall

With your username in the path of course, it seems to require full path instead of ~/ etc. Having a file there should make it searchable in the dash thing like any other application and give the ability to drag the icon to the onscreen launcher or whatever. Sorry if that's too much fuss, hopefully it works. Maybe there is maybe a simpler way too, some people likely make tools to make it easier.

It won't let me post links but if you google ubuntu "application launcher" there is a help page from ubuntu with more info on this.
Post edited June 13, 2015 by ebberin
Posted June 13, 2015
it works! Thanks A LOT!

i had to (for whatever reason) delete the last 'path'-line.
- it kept telling me that the directory didnt exist (which it obviously does) ... but it works. GREAT. thank you again.
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