What is the best thing to use to install things on Mandriva Linux?

[Puppet121]

I just got it resently and i don't know how to use it at all. All i really want to do is download games like Maplestory, BYOND, City of Heroes, Tibia, etc. I just don't know what to use and how to do it.

[Cabhan]

Alrighty. Well, the easy answer is that Mandriva has a tool called urpmi which can be used to install Linux software. Use this page to set it up:
Easy Urpmi

Having said that, this will not help you. This is because the software that you named is all Windows software. Windows programs do not run on Linux. There are some projects that attempt to get them to run (Wine is the main one, and Cedega is designed specifically for gaming), but these projects do not have 100% success, and may have rather fatal flaws. Both of the projects that I mentioned above have databases of programs known or claimed to work with them. I suggest you check those out.

Anyway, if your Windows program works through one of the above, you will run the Setup.exe file on the CD through Cedega or Wine.

However, if you're a major gamer, I would suggest dual-booting. This is where you have both Linux and Windows installed on the same system, and you can choose which to boot into when you start the computer. Windows does tend to run most Windows programs, after all.

If you're looking for a free version of Windows, Linux is not the right place to be. If you want to run Windows programs, run Windows. However, if you want to try out a whole new way of using a computer, where you are in control, then Linux is what you want.

[Puppet121]

Ok i'll check those out. Well Thsi comp was Windows. But my brother knwo alot about computer and he never realy liked Windows so he changed it to Linux. So i use Easy Urmpi and Cedega together? Craaap Do i have to pay for Cedega? One last thing How do i know the Mandriva Version, architecture, and package manager?

[oz]

Welcome to the forums!

I second the vote for URPMI to install software under Mandriva.

Yes, Cedega is a subscription service. I think you can continue to use it without a subscription, but you can't get updates and such. Maybe someone will correct if that's wrong.

Hope it works out for you.

[Puppet121]

How do i know the Mandriva Version, architecture, and package manager?

[oz]

You can run uname -a from a terminal to get some information.

Also, take a look around in the /etc folder for a file named something like issue, release, or version. There should be more info there. The file is different from one distro to another and I'm not running Mandriva so can't look to be sure.

You might also be able to find some additional information by opening the KDE Control Center. Look for it in the KDE apps menu.

[Cabhan]

The version should be known to whoever installed it. As ozar says, there may be a file in /etc that has this info, but it's equally possible that there is no such file.

Your architecture is i586 if you have a 32-bit processor. If you have a 64-bit processor, it is either ia64 or x86_64, dependent on the exact processor. PPC is the old Apple architecture.

The package manager is urpmi.

[i92guboj]

Using cedega has no benefit over using wine, which is completely free and has a free license.

I usually see cedega just as a leecher's project. Transgamming based its product on wine, but as far as I know, they do not contribute much back. Just ocasionally, and mostly trivial stuff. In exchange, they just provide us with a closed source product: cedega, formerly known as winex.

The truth is that, at the actual state of the thing, cedega is just useless, because wine has better support for everything (including directx 9.x, and except for anticopy support, which can be overcome in a number of ways). In wine, you can for example, run modern games like nwn2 or oblivion, and it improves every single day.

The only good thing about cedega is that it has a nice gtk2 graphical frontend, and people like fancy -useless- things.

[i92guboj]

I don't know about the rest, but it seems that Tibia has a linux client available, I haven't tested it, though:

https://secure.tibia.com/account/?su...downloadclient

[Puppet121]

Well teh thing is i don't even knwo hwo to run this stuff i don't knwo where to input this stuff:
#NOTE: just type 'make' for instructions. To setup a personal installation
#of byond (not available to other users on the system), simply type
#'make here'.

#To install on the entire system, change any of the following parameters
#(they should be correct for most systems), su to root, and type
#'make install'.


#Location of BYOND system files. If you install it in some other location,
#you will need to define the environment variable BYOND_SYSTEM in your
#system profile script and point it to that location.

BYOND_SYSTEM = /usr/local/byond

#Location of executables. Actually, we only place symbolic links there
#pointing to the real location. It should be a place in your PATH.

BIN_DIR = /usr/local/bin

#Location of shared libraries. We put a symbolic link there too. This
#should be a place where ldd expects to find shared libraries (either listed
#in /etc/ld.so.conf or in your LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable).

LIB_DIR = /usr/local/lib

#Location of manual pages. Once again, a symbolic link is used from here
#to the true location of the files. This allows for easy upgrade/removal
#in the future.

MAN_DIR = /usr/share/man

#If you are installing as root, DreamDaemon can be installed
#suid root, which makes it possible to honor the suid flag
#on dmb files (so they can run as the owner of the .dmb). This
#is entirely optional. Uncomment the following line if you
#want that and are installing as root.

#ENABLE_SUID = yes


#A world hosting server has also been included in this package.
#Read about it in host/readme.html. If you want to host right
#out of each user's home directory (like a typical web hosting
#setup), then host.dmb must be run as root. You can accomplish
#that either by logging in as root when you start it up, or you
#could make host.dmb suid-root, which will allow non-root users
#to start it up. The latter option requires that DreamDaemon
#also be suid-root, so you have to answer yes to the question
#above if you answer yes here.

#HOST_SUID_ROOT = yes

instructions:
@echo "There are two options for installing BYOND. You can install"
@echo "it for all users or you can install it for your own personal"
@echo "use. To install for all users, you must run this makefile"
@echo "as root. In that case, edit this makefile, configure the"
@echo "installation parameters to your liking, and run 'make install'."
@echo
@echo "To install for your personal use, simply put the 'byond'"
@echo "directory where you want to keep it and type 'make here'."
@echo


install:
if [ ! -d $(BYOND_SYSTEM) ]; then mkdir $(BYOND_SYSTEM); fi
cp -R cfg bin $(BYOND_SYSTEM)
if [ "$(ENABLE_SUID)" = "yes" ]; then \
chown root $(BYOND_SYSTEM)/bin/DreamDaemon; \
chmod a+xs $(BYOND_SYSTEM)/bin/DreamDaemon; \
if [ "$(HOST_SUID_ROOT)" = "yes" ]; then \
chown root host/host.dmb; \
chmod a+xs host/host.dmb; \
fi \
fi
ln -f -s $(BYOND_SYSTEM)/bin/DreamDaemon $(BIN_DIR)/DreamDaemon
ln -f -s $(BYOND_SYSTEM)/bin/DreamSeeker $(BIN_DIR)/DreamSeeker
ln -f -s $(BYOND_SYSTEM)/bin/DreamMaker $(BIN_DIR)/DreamMaker
ln -f -s $(BYOND_SYSTEM)/man/man6/DreamDaemon.6 $(MAN_DIR)/man6/DreamDaemon.6
ln -f -s $(BYOND_SYSTEM)/man/man6/DreamMaker.6 $(MAN_DIR)/man6/DreamMaker.6
ln -f -s $(BYOND_SYSTEM)/man/man6/DreamSeeker.6 $(MAN_DIR)/man6/DreamSeeker.6
@uname=`uname`; \
if [ "$$uname" != "Darwin" ]; then \
ln -f -s $(BYOND_SYSTEM)/bin/libbyond.so $(LIB_DIR)/libbyond.so; \
ln -f -s $(BYOND_SYSTEM)/bin/libzip.so $(LIB_DIR)/libzip.so; \
ln -f -s $(BYOND_SYSTEM)/bin/libpng.so $(LIB_DIR)/libpng.so; \
ldopts=""; \
if [ "$$uname" = "OpenBSD" ]; then ldopts="-m"; fi; \
if [ "$$uname" = "FreeBSD" ]; then ldopts="-m"; fi; \
/sbin/ldconfig $$ldopts $(LIB_DIR); \
fi

@echo
@echo "*****************"
@echo "You can find out more about the software by doing 'man DreamDaemon'."
@echo "A host server has also been included so edit host/hostconf.txt and"
@echo "boot up your world server!"
@echo "*****************"
@echo

here:
@rm -f bin/byondsetup
@$(MAKE) --no-print-directory bin/byondsetup BYOND_SYSTEM=$(PWD)


bin/byondsetup:
@echo "#sh compatible environment settings (comment out to dissable)" >> bin/byondsetup
@echo "export BYOND_SYSTEM=$(BYOND_SYSTEM)" >> bin/byondsetup
@echo "export PATH=$(BYOND_SYSTEM)/bin:\$$PATH" >> bin/byondsetup
@echo "export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(BYOND_SYSTEM)/bin:\$$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" >> bin/byondsetup
@echo "export MANPATH=$(BYOND_SYSTEM)/man:\$$MANPATH" >> bin/byondsetup
@echo "" >> bin/byondsetup
@echo "#csh compatible environment settings (uncomment to enable)" >> bin/byondsetup
@echo "#setenv BYOND_SYSTEM $(BYOND_SYSTEM)" >> bin/byondsetup
@echo "#setenv PATH $(BYOND_SYSTEM)/bin:\$$PATH" >> bin/byondsetup
@echo "#setenv MANPATH $(BYOND_SYSTEM)/man:\$$MANPATH" >> bin/byondsetup
@echo "#setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH $(BYOND_SYSTEM)/bin:\$$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" >> bin/byondsetup
@chmod +x bin/byondsetup

@echo "***************************"
@echo "Now run the following command:"
@echo
@echo source $(BYOND_SYSTEM)/bin/byondsetup
@echo
@echo "If it generates errors, your shell is not compatible with 'sh', so you will"
@echo "have to edit byondsetup and make it work with your shell. If the script works, you should be able to run DreamDaemon."
@echo
@echo "IMPORTANT: once you have the script working, you must add the above line"
@echo "to your startup script. The name of your startup script depends on the"
@echo "shell you use. Typical ones are .profile or .bash_profile."
@echo
@echo "Once everything is working, you can find out more about the software"
@echo "by doing 'man DreamDaemon'. A host server has also been included"
@echo "so edit host/hostconf.txt and boot up your world server!"
@echo "***************************"