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Running Cedega for the first time
Installing Cedega
First, you need to grab Cedega from Transgaming.com. It's only $15, as opposed to at least $99 for a Windows OS, so stop being so damn cheap and buy it. With that out of the way, the Transgaming folks have created rpm, tar, and deb packages for us. You simply need to install the proper package for your system. Make sure you are in root to install this package. If you are not root simply type:
# su -
The su command is like switching to administrator. This will bring up a prompt for the root password, type it now. You can also use sudo.
# sudo rpm --install.rpm
Then put in the root password. The sudo command is like using run as... in Windows, except it actually works.
To install your various packages, use the following:
Debian/Ubuntu/Debian Based Distros
# dpkg -icedega-.deb
Redhat/Fedora/rpm Based Distros
# rpm --install Cedega-.rpm
Every other flavor of distro
# tar -zxpvf Cedega-.tgz
Now, that Cedega is installed, we need to run it for the first time. Simply type cedega at the command line. If you are not root, you will probably need to change the ownership of your /tmp directory to the user you are logged in as.
# chown: /tmp
If you don't know what group your user is in, it is not a problem. Typically, your user name and group name will be the same, unless otherwise noted. Let's say I was logged in as a user named jmgarvin and my group was the same. The command would look like:
# chownjmgarvin:jmgarvin /tmp
Now you can type cedega at the command line.
The screen shown here will pop up on the first run of the Cedega GUI. First, you must agree to the EULA. Then, you'll need to download the Cedega engine, the mozfonts, and mozcontrol packages. Without the Cedega engine you cannot play games. Without the mozfonts and mozcontrol, you could be missing text and some graphics. So go ahead and install these now.
If you get a failure on install, your /tmp directory wasn't chowned properly. This is a common error and I promise it is your fault. Okay, it might not be, but it probably is, so let's double check.
# ls -la /drwxrwxrwx 28 jmgarvinjmgarvin 4096 Apr 14 00:37 tmp
Look for the /tmp directory. You should see the user and group name you set it as. If you see root root instead of your user name, you didn't do it properly and need to do it again. Check the instructions above if you didn't do it correctly.
First, you need to grab Cedega from Transgaming.com. It's only $15, as opposed to at least $99 for a Windows OS, so stop being so damn cheap and buy it. With that out of the way, the Transgaming folks have created rpm, tar, and deb packages for us. You simply need to install the proper package for your system. Make sure you are in root to install this package. If you are not root simply type:
# su -
The su command is like switching to administrator. This will bring up a prompt for the root password, type it now. You can also use sudo.
# sudo rpm --install
Then put in the root password. The sudo command is like using run as... in Windows, except it actually works.
To install your various packages, use the following:
Debian/Ubuntu/Debian Based Distros
# dpkg -icedega-
Redhat/Fedora/rpm Based Distros
# rpm --install Cedega-
Every other flavor of distro
# tar -zxpvf Cedega-
Now, that Cedega is installed, we need to run it for the first time. Simply type cedega at the command line. If you are not root, you will probably need to change the ownership of your /tmp directory to the user you are logged in as.
# chown
If you don't know what group your user is in, it is not a problem. Typically, your user name and group name will be the same, unless otherwise noted. Let's say I was logged in as a user named jmgarvin and my group was the same. The command would look like:
# chownjmgarvin:jmgarvin /tmp
Now you can type cedega at the command line.
The screen shown here will pop up on the first run of the Cedega GUI. First, you must agree to the EULA. Then, you'll need to download the Cedega engine, the mozfonts, and mozcontrol packages. Without the Cedega engine you cannot play games. Without the mozfonts and mozcontrol, you could be missing text and some graphics. So go ahead and install these now.
If you get a failure on install, your /tmp directory wasn't chowned properly. This is a common error and I promise it is your fault. Okay, it might not be, but it probably is, so let's double check.
# ls -la /drwxrwxrwx 28 jmgarvinjmgarvin 4096 Apr 14 00:37 tmp
Look for the /tmp directory. You should see the user and group name you set it as. If you see root root instead of your user name, you didn't do it properly and need to do it again. Check the instructions above if you didn't do it correctly.
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