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Epic Games Launcher install on Linux (wine64)
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| # Note: Wine64 is needed! | |
| sudo apt install wine64 winetricks winbind cabextract | |
| rm -rf "$HOME/.wine64EpicGamesLauncher" | |
| export WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.wine64EpicGamesLauncher" | |
| export WINEARCH="win64" | |
| winetricks d3dx9 corefonts dotnet20 | |
| mkdir "/tmp/Epic" | |
| pushd "/tmp/Epic" | |
| wget -nc -O "EpicGamesLauncherInstaller.msi" "https://launcher-public-service-prod06.ol.epicgames.com/launcher/api/installer/download/EpicGamesLauncherInstaller.msi" | |
| wine msiexec /i "EpicGamesLauncherInstaller.msi" # Will be failed at the end of installation. Don't panic, it's OK! | |
| popd | |
| rm -f "$DESKTOP_PATH/Epic Games Launcher" | |
| rm -f "$DESKTOP_PATH/Epic Games Launcher.lnk" | |
| echo "[Desktop Entry] | |
| Categories=Game | |
| Comment[en_US]=Epic Games Launcher | |
| Comment=Epic Games Launcher | |
| Exec=wine \"C:/Program Files (x86)/Epic Games/Launcher/Portal/Binaries/Win32/EpicGamesLauncher.exe\" -SkipBuildPatchPrereq | |
| GenericName[en_US]= | |
| GenericName= | |
| Icon=09BE_EpicGamesLauncher.0 | |
| MimeType= | |
| Name=Epic Games Launcher | |
| Path= | |
| StartupNotify=true | |
| Terminal=false | |
| TerminalOptions= | |
| Type=Application | |
| X-DBUS-ServiceName= | |
| X-DBUS-StartupType= | |
| X-KDE-SubstituteUID=false | |
| X-KDE-Username=" | tee "$DESKTOP_PATH/EpicGamesLauncher.desktop" | |
| chmod +x "$DESKTOP_PATH/EpicGamesLauncher.desktop" |
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Tested on KDE Neon 20.04
Download & install cmd:
curl -H 'Cache-Control: no-cache' https://gist.githubusercontent.com/r3d9u11/5b4957333b41c21a212b006423dd5d06/raw/9c04a2b7b7cfaffa3639cf3c6e182d3c0b469922/install_EGM.sh | bash