Not working on Linux

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danjoredd
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Not working on Linux

Post by danjoredd »

So, I really really want to play this game. But for some reason when I load it up, I get an error that says:

"Fatal Launch Error: could not launch JNLP file. The application has not been initialized, for more information execute Javaws/browser from command line and send a bug report."

Please help! I really want to play this game!

Edit: I use Linux Mint cinnamon, if that helps.
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Re: Not working on Linux

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you'd better go with a custom client ...

Amber even has a run.sh (shellscript) included which you run in terminal

https://www.havenandhearth.com/forum/vi ... 49&t=40400

Mint is fine with it ...
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Re: Not working on Linux

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How do I get the Amber client to run on Linux? I am fairly new to linux myself, so I am not quite sure what to do. Do I enter a command in the terminal?
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Re: Not working on Linux

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unpack Amber to a folder in your /home directory

open up Terminal ... use

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cd~ /Amber
command to point to your /home/Amber folder and type

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./run.sh 
press Enter

Java should open and client starts
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Re: Not working on Linux

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borka wrote:Java should open and client starts
It should not. Come on, TS cant even use simple command line navigation, he have not installed Oracle jre for sure.

danjoredd, download and unpack jre or jdk where you like to.

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# cd <your java directory>
# update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java <your java directory>/bin/java 100  
# update-alternatives --config java
javac for jdk only:

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# update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/javac javac <your java directory>/bin/javac 100
# update-alternatives --config javac

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# update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/jar jar <your java directory>/bin/jar 100
# update-alternatives --config jar

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# export JAVA_HOME=<your java directory>	
# export JRE_HOME=<your java directory>/jre 	
# export PATH=$PATH:<your java directory>bin:<your java directory>/jre/bin
Now you may follow borkas instructions.
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Re: Not working on Linux

Post by borka »

You might be wrong with that assumption ... ;)
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Re: Not working on Linux

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danjoredd wrote:for more information execute Javaws/browser from command line
You could try doing this.
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