How to install games?

RoyalMess · #1 21st March 2009, 04:51 PM

I'm kinda new to Fedora it's my first Linux -ish OS and i know a lot about PC's and i figured out a lot already.
But i don't know how to install game's from a CD.
I want to install some old easy lightweight games since i got Fedora on a 16GB USB stick (7GB free)
I'm planning on installing Age of Empires 1-2 and C&C Tiberian Sun and Firestorm.

***Hlingler*** · #2 21st March 2009, 04:55 PM

Games softwares designed and compiled for M$ Win* OSs will not run natively on Linux/Fedora. You may have some success using a compatibilty interface such as WINE:
su -
yum install wine

See the "Application Data Base" at winehq web site for help.

V

P.S. In general: any software (including especially executables, which includes viruses) in M$ Win* format (*.exe, *.dll, *.msi) will simply not run on Linux without something like WINE as an interface.

RoyalMess · #3 21st March 2009, 11:47 PM

I've installed WINE but what now?
Do i just insert the disk and install and then play?

***Hlingler*** · #4 21st March 2009, 11:52 PM

No: You must "install" the software onto the WINE "Operating System". The WINE OS is located in your user's HOME folder, and is hidden:
~/.wine/

See this basic "How-To" for more details: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showth...highlight=wine

V

Dayostr · #5 4th April 2009, 03:46 PM

Hey all new to this like linux been learing as much as i can running it on two machines fedora 9 sulfpur kernel linux 2.6.27.21-78.2.41.fc9.x86_64 Gnome 2.22.3 amd athlon dual core 4200+ ive been tring to install any game mainly wow cause ive seen it run on this os and i cant install from cd or the exe in my home app folder tried several forum responses from others and no avail dont know why, direct rendering is a yes, wine is installed, im lost i would love to learn how to install a chat client, a game, and run apps from a cd, then and only then i could completely leave windows for the conglomerate people any help is and always be greatly appreciated thanx in advance

Vansolrick · #6 28th April 2009, 01:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dayostr

Hey all new to this like linux been learing as much as i can running it on two machines fedora 9 sulfpur kernel linux 2.6.27.21-78.2.41.fc9.x86_64 Gnome 2.22.3 amd athlon dual core 4200+ ive been tring to install any game mainly wow cause ive seen it run on this os and i cant install from cd or the exe in my home app folder tried several forum responses from others and no avail dont know why, direct rendering is a yes, wine is installed, im lost i would love to learn how to install a chat client, a game, and run apps from a cd, then and only then i could completely leave windows for the conglomerate people any help is and always be greatly appreciated thanx in advance

Did you first start the intial wine configuration?

Code:

winecfg

This will generate your .wine folder in your home dir and all configurations.

Vansolrick · #7 28th April 2009, 01:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RoyalMess

I've installed WINE but what now?
Do i just insert the disk and install and then play?

run

Code:

winecfg

After this, if you want to just give it a run, just put the disc in and navigate thru it and double click the installer. Game installs should be a simple (usually) and require little tweaking if they are already proven to work in wine. There are some tweaks that you can do to the registry using 'regedit' just like in windows. However, you shouldn't have to mess with it to get most games installed. Check out winehq for tips on how to install your desired game. Do keep in mind that not all windows applications will work in wine, and not all of them will work right out of the box.

Dayostr · #8 29th April 2009, 03:22 PM

thanx i got it just had to correct the path it was installed then had to configure to run the game thank you very much for the reply i hope to get good enough to leave windows in the dark unless really needed linux rox so far but loads to learn stepping away from the gui guided conglomerates lol

bbehnam · #9 30th April 2009, 06:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hlingler

Games softwares designed and compiled for M$ Win* OSs will not run natively on Linux/Fedora. You may have some success using a compatibilty interface such as WINE:
su -
yum install wine

See the "Application Data Base" at winehq web site for help.

V

P.S. In general: any software (including especially executables, which includes viruses) in M$ Win* format (*.exe, *.dll, *.msi) will simply not run on Linux without something like WINE as an interface.

Sorry to intrude. But I thought I should mention that for 64bit users; you must also install the 32bit Libraries for compatibility reasons. I couldn't get Oblivion to run until I did that. Just thought I should add this to the conversation "pot"