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| − | == Installing Steam ==
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| − | From the command line:
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| − | curl -O http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/archive/precise/steam_latest.deb
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| − | sudo dpkg -i steam_latest.deb
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| − | 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.
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| − | == Installing Minecraft ==
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| − | sudo bash
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| − | apt_get_install default-jre
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| − | curl -o /usr/local/bin/Minecraft.jar \
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| − | https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/Minecraft.jar
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| − | curl -o /usr/share/pixmaps/minecraft.png https://chrx.org/minecraft.png
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| − | mkdir -p /usr/local/share/applications
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| − | cat > /usr/local/share/applications/minecraft.desktop <<EOF
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| − | [Desktop Entry]
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| − | Type=Application
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| − | Name=Minecraft
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| − | Comment=Minecraft
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| − | Exec=java -jar /usr/local/bin/Minecraft.jar
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| − | Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/minecraft.png
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| − | Categories=Game;
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| − | EOF
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Latest revision as of 21:49, 3 February 2016
What works? What works well?
There's a good thread here: https://www.reddit.com/r/GalliumOS/comments/3xmb6i/gaming_on_galliumos_what_ive_tried_so_far/
See Additional Software for installation instructions for Steam, Minecraft, etc.
