Tested with OS X 10.9 only, YMMV.
Install homebrew http://brew.sh if you don't have it by launching Terminal.app and entering
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/go)"
Follow all the prompts.
Install XQuartz and Xcode Command Line Tools.
Make sure you can run brew doctor
and everything checks out.
Install WINE
brew install wine
If you had homebrew installed before and you get a message like
Error: wine dependency jpeg not installed with:
--universal
Then run
brew uninstall jpeg && brew install jpeg --universal
I had to do that with jpeg
, libtool
, and libpng
. Run brew install wine again after resolving each one.
WINE will take a while to install. Like 30 minutes. Make some tea.
Download the Windows RuneScape client from http://www.runescape.com/downloads
cd ~/Downloads
curl -O http://www.runescape.com/downloads/runescape.msi
Install RuneScape
wine start runescape.msi
It prompts to install Mono, I clicked cancel and continued with the RuneScape install. When it finishes, the terminal prompt doesn't exit so type control-C
to get back to the prompt.
You can test if RuneScape works now by entering the following:
cd ~/.wine/drive_c/jagexlauncher/jagexlauncher/bin/
wine JagexLauncher.exe runescape
If you want a handy shortcut:
cd ~/Desktop
echo '#!/bin/bash' >> WineScape
echo 'cd ~/.wine/drive_c/jagexlauncher/jagexlauncher/bin/' >> WineScape
echo 'wine JagexLauncher.exe runescape' >> WineScape
chmod u+x WineScape
Double-click WineScape on your Desktop and enjoy!