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Heroic is an open-source game launcher that primarily supports launching games from the Epic Games Store by leveraging Legendary CLI tool. Heroic aims to be an easy to use game launcher, with features like per-game [[WINE]] prefix with ability to easily switch between WINE versions. | Heroic is an open-source game launcher that primarily supports launching games from the Epic Games Store by leveraging Legendary CLI tool. Heroic aims to be an easy to use game launcher, with features like per-game [[WINE]] prefix with ability to easily switch between WINE versions. | ||
Heroic | Heroic Games Launcher is built upon Electron and uses Legendary to interact with Epic Games Services. | ||
==1. Installation== | ==1. Installation== | ||
Heroic games launcher is not yet available for direct installation via any distribution's official application store. Although it is very easy to install it on your own. | Heroic games launcher is not yet available for direct installation via any distribution's official application store. Although it is very easy to install it on your own. | ||
You can find suitable installation file for your distro at their Github Releases section [https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/releases here] | You can find a suitable installation file for your distro at their Github Releases section [https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/releases here] | ||
All installation methods are listed on their Github [https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher#linux here] | |||
===Debian, Ubuntu and Derivatives such as Pop!_OS=== | ===Debian, Ubuntu and Derivatives such as Pop!_OS=== | ||
Download the <code>heroic_x.x.x_amd64.deb</code> from the GitHub Releases section. If your OS supports this, you can simply | Download the <code>heroic_x.x.x_amd64.deb</code> from the GitHub Releases section. If your OS supports this, you can simply open the downloaded <code>.deb</code> file to begin the installation. | ||
Otherwise you can install it via dpkg by bringing up a terminal and running following command | Otherwise you can install it via dpkg by bringing up a terminal and running following command | ||
sudo dpkg -i ''/path/to/''heroic_x.x.x_amd64.deb | sudo dpkg -i ''/path/to/''heroic_x.x.x_amd64.deb | ||
<small>Note: <code>amd64</code> here refers to system architecture which this package supports. Make sure that your system is compatible with the program you are trying to install.</small> | <small>Note: <code>amd64</code> here refers to system architecture which this package supports. Make sure that your system is compatible with the program you are trying to install.</small> | ||
=== Using AppImage === | === Using AppImage === | ||
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./heroic-x.x.x.AppImage | ./heroic-x.x.x.AppImage | ||
== 2. Installing games == | == 2. Installing and importing games == | ||
== 3. Installing custom WINE builds == | == 3. Installing custom WINE builds == | ||
Revision as of 16:25, 22 January 2022
Heroic is an open-source game launcher that primarily supports launching games from the Epic Games Store by leveraging Legendary CLI tool. Heroic aims to be an easy to use game launcher, with features like per-game WINE prefix with ability to easily switch between WINE versions.
Heroic Games Launcher is built upon Electron and uses Legendary to interact with Epic Games Services.
1. Installation
Heroic games launcher is not yet available for direct installation via any distribution's official application store. Although it is very easy to install it on your own.
You can find a suitable installation file for your distro at their Github Releases section here
All installation methods are listed on their Github here
Debian, Ubuntu and Derivatives such as Pop!_OS
Download the heroic_x.x.x_amd64.deb from the GitHub Releases section. If your OS supports this, you can simply open the downloaded .deb file to begin the installation.
Otherwise you can install it via dpkg by bringing up a terminal and running following command
sudo dpkg -i /path/to/heroic_x.x.x_amd64.deb
Note: amd64 here refers to system architecture which this package supports. Make sure that your system is compatible with the program you are trying to install.
Using AppImage
Download the heroic-x.x.x.AppImage from the GitHub Releases section. Make sure you have curl and gawk installed, normally it comes installed in most distros.
To make the AppImage executable use:
chmod +x heroic-x.x.x.AppImage
To run it use
./heroic-x.x.x.AppImage
2. Installing and importing games
3. Installing custom WINE builds
4. See also