Mount the first disk ISO.Ĭreate a directory into which you will mount the ISO. When it's done, it will drop you back to the main screen. Scroll down and fine directplay select it and click OK.

On the next screen, choose to 'Install a Windows DLL or component' and click OK.

First select 'Select the default wineprefix' and then click OK. Please note that the winetricks package in Ubuntu 20.04 is out of date severely enough that it simply does not work. Follow the instructions here for installation: Winetricks is an open source program that allows easy install of components (such as vc++ redistributables, directx, etc.). If you just want to play single-player, you can skip it.įirst you need to install some prerequisites: sudo apt install cabextract If you want any hope of getting multiplayer working, you need this. With the default (Windows 7) selected, the windows appear huge and it doesn't quite work right. Run winecfg and on the default screen (Applications), at the bottom, next wo Windows Version, select Windows XP. In a terminal, run: sudo apt install wine32 For JK, it's easier to get things running if you just install wine32. Note: the default wine package you get if you install wine is the 64-bit package. The filenames of the ISOs are jk1.iso and jk2.iso. In my case, I ripped ISOs from the two JK CDs and I'm using those. I have done it in the past but my JK CDs are so old and messed up I just ripped ISOs that I will save for later. Please Note: it is possible to use wine to run the installers from the CDs directly. If you don't have these ISOs, but you do have a computer with a CD drive, and each of the 2 JK disks, you can follow these instructions to rip an ISO of each:Ĭreate an ISO Image from a CD under Linux have 2 ISOs, one for each original JK CD.Installation yourself, but the rest of the instructions should work If you're on a different distro, you'll need to figure out the wine.have a working Linux install I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 (but this also worked.But the multiplayer is broken completely. When I did that, the single player worked, same as running it under vanilla wine. After you run the install in Steam, you need to right click the game, click Properties, click Compatibility on the left, check the 'Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool' and then select 'Proton 5.0-10'.

If you have Steam on Linux, you can install and use JK.

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