drm-free linux install

[calvar]

Hello,

 

I've just bought the linux drm-free version from gog.com. I downloaded the tarball and decompressed it to some location as the readme specifies (there are installers for windows and mac but it seems none for linux). However I cannot save games and I wanted to know how to install the game properly so that it appears in my Games menu and I can save the game.

 

Thank you for your help.

[kiza]

Not sure what readme you are referring to, the gog package does not contain one.

 

As for not able to save games: is the install directory writeable to your user? Or did you unpack it somewhere while being root? I just unpacked the gog tar.gz to "$HOME/games/Pillars of Eternity/". Works just fine.

 

Integration in the games menu. You didn't tell what desktop environment you have, but this probably works just fine. I've created a .desktop file:

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=Pillars of Eternity
Comment=
Exec="/home/kiza/games/Pillars of Eternity/start.sh"
Terminal=false
Categories=Game;
Icon=/home/kiza/games/Pillars of Eternity/game/PillarsOfEternity.png

Cut&paste, change the paths of Exec and Icon accordingly and save the file under $HOME/.local/share/application/pillars_of_eternity.desktop

Should turn up in the game menu.