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Automatic Games Installer for JDS Linux

Posted by Zonk on from the penguin-friendly-game-updates-made-easy dept.

Ricardo Wagemaker writes "GccInstaller is a automatic games installation software created to facilitated the installation of games on JDS Linux. Although still in development, with GccInstaller it will be easier to install games than it is to play them. Every time GccInstaller is launched it will check for a update and show you what the current version is, as well as a list of games available to Gccinstaller. Just select install and it will download patches to a temp area and install them on your local system."

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  1. hmmm by advocate_one · · Score: 3, Insightful
    it appears to be an rpm wrapper... that requires java 1.5 of all things, and currently only works on the Java Desktop from Sun...

    And there was me thinking it was going to download the source for the game and compile it using gcc... oh, "gcc" stands for Global Computer Corporation...

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  2. Global Computer Corporation? by Otter · · Score: 4, Funny
    "Global Computer Corporation" isn't much of a name to begin with, unless you're a James Bond villain or are making puppets for an anti-globalization riot. But "gcc"-branded sofware for Linux is a particularly bad idea if you're not making compiler-related products.

    Then there's the first line on their web site:

    We are a small company divided in multiple aims but yet at the same time we are aiming at one goal only...

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  3. IzPack by BortQ · · Score: 4, Informative
    IzPack is a GPL java-based installer system that exists in a stable and feature-rich state for your use today. I use it as my installer system, and it works great. It is still under active development (judging by the dev mailing list traffic), with new features being worked on.

    Anyway check out IzPack if you need a good cross-platform installer.

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  4. or how about this by 77Punker · · Score: 2, Insightful

    apt-get install (gameofyourchoice) instead

  5. Seems like there's a few good alternatives to this by Fiz+Ocelot · · Score: 3, Insightful

    People have already posted that you can do similar things with tools like emerge, apt, yum, etc. So maybe it would make more sence to make a front end that can work with all of these, tailored towards games? Anything that brings more gaming to linux is welcome.

  6. Re:Kind of like Emerge? by harikiri · · Score: 2

    The type of users that the the Linux desktop is aimed at (these days) don't want to have to know about the command line. A frontend is required.

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