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Hey guys,, for my fellow linux players i'm sure you've noticed the "installer" isn't an installer. I love automating things with python and after my recent switch to dailying a linux distro as my main OS paired with my joy for this game came together and this is the output! (reposting because I got permission from Omi to share it)

 

Currently, the method to play on linux is to download the .jar file and run "java -jar Alora.jar" to run the game. What my "installer" does is downloads the alora.jar file, moves it to the Documents folder for safe keeping, then creates a launcher on the desktop! For a more technical (if you can even call it that being so simple) explanation, I use wget to download the alora.jar file from the same place you normally would, moves that file, then generates a .desktop file running that same command line argument at the documents folder where the file now lives!

 

The code is publicly visible here https://github.com/K...installer_linux (very very simple python) you can run it using python from the command line, or you can download the compiled version that you only need to double click to run from here https://www.keviqn.com/downloads

 

 

I've tested extensively on my ubuntu and mint machines, but it's always possible i've missed something. If you have any issues, please let me know.


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