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Revision as of 23:06, 9 March 2017

Much of this guide is adapted from the official forum post by CCP Snorlax, which can be found here. Questions about the information found in this article are best asked on the official EVE forums

While Linux is not officially supported by CCP, a side project by CCP Snorlax has yielded a native Linux application that downloads a prebundled version of Wine (also built by CCP Snorlax) which allows Linux to run the EVE launcher.

Tux, the mascot

Basic Launcher Setup

Terminal commands are displayed in code blocks.

  1. Download the launcher binaries (found here).
    Note: These can be put wherever the user prefers, but the home directory ~/ is recommended.
    wget https://binaries.eveonline.com/evelauncher-1104891.tar.gz
  2. Extract the compressed files (.tar.gz)
    tar -svf evelauncher-1104891.tar.gz
  3. Unpack the remaining binary files (.tar)
    tar -svf evelauncher-1104891.tar
  4. Move to the newly-extracted folder
    cd evelauncher
  5. For basic functionality, set the script as an executable.
    sudo chmod u+x evelauncher.sh
  6. The launcher can now be run via terminal command.
    ./evelauncher.sh

Advanced Setup

The following steps are not strictly necessary, but can make running the launcher more convenient.

  1. Create a symbolic link (symlink) to the script in the user binaries folder
    ln -s evelauncher.sh /usr/bin/evelauncher
  2. Download the icon file
    wget http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/images/a/af/Evelauncher.png
  3. Move the icon file to the correct directory
    sudo mv eve.png /usr/share/pixmaps/
  4. Create the launcher file with a preferred editor
    sudo $EDITOR /usr/share/applications/eve.desktop
  5. Insert the following text, then save:
    Name=EVE Online
    Comment=EVE Online by CCP Games
    Exec=evelauncher
    Icon=Evelauncher
    Terminal=false
    Type=Application
    Categories=Game;
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