Difference between revisions of "Games"

Latest revision as of 21:49, 3 February 2016

See Additional Software for installation instructions for Steam, Minecraft, etc.

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-== Installing Steam ==
+== What works? What works well? ==
-From the command line:
+There's a good thread here: https://www.reddit.com/r/GalliumOS/comments/3xmb6i/gaming_on_galliumos_what_ive_tried_so_far/
-    curl -O http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/archive/precise/steam_latest.deb
+See [[Additional Software]] for installation instructions for Steam, Minecraft, etc.
-    sudo dpkg -i steam_latest.deb
-Then launch Steam from the application launcher. Your user must be in the "sudo" group (if it is not, the dpkg command above will also fail), so that the installer can do all the things it needs to do.
-== Installing Minecraft ==
-From the command line:
-    sudo bash
-    apt_get_install default-jre
-    curl -o /usr/local/bin/Minecraft.jar \
-      https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/Minecraft.jar
-    curl -o /usr/share/pixmaps/minecraft.png https://chrx.org/minecraft.png
-    mkdir -p /usr/local/share/applications
-    cat > /usr/local/share/applications/minecraft.desktop <<EOF
-    [Desktop Entry]
-    Type=Application
-    Name=Minecraft
-    Comment=Minecraft
-    Exec=java -jar /usr/local/bin/Minecraft.jar
-    Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/minecraft.png
-    Categories=Game;
-    EOF