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Pekelterror
Jul Member 2011

Pekelterror

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How can i run RS3 on Ubuntu 19.04 (Pop OS) ?
The official RS client is garbage, like always... And cant remember how i installed it on 18.04

Also is it safe to use snaps/flatpacks that i found ?
Dont want to risk a ban because of some modified client things or something like that.

Why doesnt runescape update its linux client?

25-Apr-2019 19:15:07

Syntalos
Feb Member 2018

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Pekelterror said :
How can i run RS3 on Ubuntu 19.04 (Pop OS) ?
The official RS client is garbage, like always... And cant remember how i installed it on 18.04

Also is it safe to use snaps/flatpacks that i found ?
Dont want to risk a ban because of some modified client things or something like that.

Why doesnt runescape update its linux client?


The offical RS client is not garbage i.m.ho and does a pretty good job.
You can install it on Ubuntu by adding the jagex repo, then use apt to download the nxt.
Instructions are on the download page on the official RuneScape website, but instead of copying/pasting the full output it's better to just read what the code does, and apply the commands.

sudo -s -- << EOF
wget -O - https://content.runescape.com/downloads/ubuntu/runescape.gpg.key | apt-key add -
mkdir -p /etc/apt/sources.list.d
echo "deb https://content.runescape.com/downloads/ubuntu trusty non-free" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/runescape.list
apt-get update
apt-get install -y runescape-launcher
EOF


should then be:

(add the runescape.gpg.key)
# wget -O - https://content.runescape.com/downloads/ubuntu/runescape.gpg.key | apt-key add -
(create directory to add the repo to sources.list)
# mkdir -p /etc/apt/sources.list.d
(echo the repo to the sources.list)
# echo "deb https://content.runescape.com/downloads/ubuntu trusty non-free" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/runescape.list
(retrieve the updates from the newly added runescape repository)
# apt-get update
(install the runescape-launcher-2.2.4)
# apt-get install -y runescape-launcher

if you got any problems upon installing the official runescape-launcher-2-2.4 feel free to ask.
^_^

27-Apr-2019 16:05:17 - Last edited on 27-Apr-2019 16:08:24 by Syntalos

Pekelterror
Jul Member 2011

Pekelterror

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@Hmm

Thank you, I will try that.
Just wish they will make it work out the box for some distro's, or even with things like flatpack or snaps themself.
Because they do support Ubuntu, but the dependencies cant be installed (Atleast not without adding other repo's or something)

And using a Virtual Machine, like i did now isnt great either.


@fo ol
I tried that, but i could not install all the dependencies.
I like that the try it, but wish they update it more often.

27-Apr-2019 22:22:45

Vakilroy
Dec Member 2009

Vakilroy

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I've scanned the most recent posts but didn't find this issue mentioned. When I try to install from flatpak, I get an error about the file size being wrong. It's the same error whether I'm using terminal or the software updater.

"Wrong size for extra data https://content.runescape.com/downloads/ubuntu/pool/non-free/r/runescape-launcher/runescape-launcher_2.2.4_amd64.deb"

Can I update something to accept this file? Or turn it off, I'm assuming it's a security policy or something?

14-May-2019 22:55:17

Killbots2012

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By chance is there away to disable the client from checking updates? when I run the command in the terminal runescape client.launch.runescape I get https://paste.helpch.at/ejabodowej.sql anything that I could be doing wrong? Support Linux

16-May-2019 18:18:27 - Last edited on 16-May-2019 18:19:55 by Killbots2012

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