User:Djavin novienta/Sandbox

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.

Basic Launcher Setup

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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;