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Title: installing on Linux!!!! Please help!!
Post by: jedimasterseth on March 07, 2009, 01:02:57 pm

Dear Lobo,

I've just followed the instructions on installing fs in linux. I have copied the freespace2 folder from a windows machine. I have got the latest nightly build (linux). How do I run freespace now!! Is there a launcher for linux?

Help me im desperate to play!!

Flint

Title: Re: installing on Linux!!!! Please help!!
Post by: Jeff Vader on March 07, 2009, 01:16:33 pm

I don't know much about Linux (as demonstrated by the level of jargon in the Linux/Mac installation thread). But I suppose FSO starts if you run the latest build you've downloaded. There is no Launcher for Linux, so you'll need to use any command-line options manually. I assume that if the build appears as an icon somewhere, you just right-click it and in the opening windows you should see a field that has the path to the field, like \apps\freespace2\fs2_open_3_6_10r... . Add the command-line options after it, with each flag beginning with a "-" and having the flags separated with spaces.

Title: Re: installing on Linux!!!! Please help!!
Post by: castor on March 07, 2009, 05:25:21 pm

..and if icons won't cut it, just open a terminal window and cd to the folder where fs2_open_r is located.
Then do a: ./fs2_open_r

If you get it to run then start to experiment with the command line options..

Title: Re: installing on Linux!!!! Please help!!
Post by: Wanderer on March 08, 2009, 01:15:36 am

Dunno if you have already read this one... but..

http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/Guide_to_FS_Open_on_Linux

Title: Re: installing on Linux!!!! Please help!!
Post by: jedimasterseth on March 08, 2009, 08:15:37 am

aha! Tricky but ill try...