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I Just Can't Understand How to install fitgirl repacks on linux (monyet.cc)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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hello fellow sailers , hope you're having a nice day , a few months back i switched to arch linux because my computer has good ram but not that good gpu , but now i would like to play some og games like portal 2 , portal 1 , inscryption etc from fitgirl repacks and i have scoured through many guides but nothing just works , too complicated. can't there be a simple guide with preferably images or something like that (like a website /blog maybe?) I would really appreciate that since many of my friends may like to join linux ship but they are pirates like me as well who wouldn't be able to play games on linux. #Fitgirl-repacks,#Linux

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[–] 17 points 3 years ago (1 child)

I don't think there's a guide for your specific use case, but it's essentially no different from running any other windows installer on Linux. You will have to set up Wine (a guide is on their website) and once that's done, it's basically just double-clicking the setup.exe.

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  • [+] [S] -41 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    no brother thats not how it works , because fitgirl repacks are extremely compressed since they are sent off through torrent , its not like you can just double click the setup.exe i would suggest you to see some reddit posts regarding this topic if my comment didn't explain it properly :) https://www.reddit.com/r/LinuxCrackSupport/comments/yqfirv/how_to_install_fitgirl_or_dodi_windows_repacks_in/

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  • [–] 40 points 3 years ago

    Yes, that is absolutely how it works, the compression or the files being distributed via torrents doesn't make any difference. I have installed plenty of (Fitgirl) repacks just by setting up wine and double-clicking the .exe file. I've never had any issues whatsoever.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    I'm not sure what problem you are having when you say 'nothing works'. I've installed several FG repacks over the years including one only a couple of weeks ago. Open and terminal and cd to the directory that contains your FG download, then:

    1. export WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.wine_gamename
    2. winetricks -q dxvk xact xinput vcrun2022 win10
    3. winetricks -q vkd3d corefonts win10
    4. wine setup.exe
    5. cd installdirectory
    6. wine gamename.exe

    I separate the winetricks lines as sometimes winetricks gets overwhelmed if you call two many functions. I can assure you that this does work, though the repacks sometimes take ages to install. Personally I use rutracker as my source as the games come pre-made with wine.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    So If I use fitgirl -repacks rutracker then will i get wine pre made?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago* (1 child)

    Rutracker has a forum dedicated to Windows games pre-packed with a wine runner. EDIT: Nothing to do with Fitgirl.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Lmfao

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  • [–] 15 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Clueless person dishing out a condescending 'no brother thats not how it works', comedy gold 😃

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    "It doesn't work because repacks are extremely compressed because they're sent through torrent"

    Dude should stick to Windows

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    If the game isn't too big, you can add the installer exe to Steam via the "add a non-Steam game" menu, set it up to run with Proton, and then click the Play button which will launch the installer. When it's done installing, remove the installer from your games, and add the game's exe to Steam directly.

    If the game is too big (60gb or more) use Lutris's "install a game" feature, and run the installer from there.

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