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Cedega Install
Part 3 - Configuring Cedega For : Mepis Linux by : je.saist Part 1: This Part covers obtaining Cedega from the Official Cedega Site Part 2: This Part covers installing Cedega into Mepis Linux, which will require an apt-get install -f. Parts 3-4: These two parts cover actually configuring Cedega for use. The next two parts are really one guide, covering the configuration of Cedega. The number of steps is artificially inflated though. I ran into an issue where Cedega did not download the Game Engine, and instead of re-doing the setup, decided to work through it. Cedega also proceeds most components with their respective license agreement, and there are several license agreements to plow through. *Note* You may need to Reboot the Computer in order for the Cedega Menus to appear in the KMenu. 49: Go ahead and open the KMenu Up.  50: Go up to Games  51: Then Left Click on Transgaming Cedega  52: The first of many license agreements.  53: Left Click on Accept  54: Optimized for 800*600 with a menu bar, Cedega is not. The bottom portion of the dialog box is hidden.  55: I'm going to use the hide function of KDE's Taskbar and move it out to the side.  56: Now we can Left Click on Forward.  57: As said on Part 1, unless you have a Cedega Subscription, this guide does you no good.  58: Enter your Username and Password Then Left Click on Forward.  59: Cedega will do a quick search and see what updates are available. As this is a first install, we should grab all of them.  60: Left Click on OK  61: Another license agreement. This is for Microsoft's Fonts. Yes, you read right. For Fonts used in Microsoft Windows that are not licensed under any Open-Source license. Many Windows games use these fonts, and may not function correctly without them.  62: Left Click on Accept.  63: Wait for the fonts to finish downloading...  64: Only to be faced with Mozilla's license for MozControl. As I understand it, and I could be wrong, applications that make calls to Internet Explorer have the calls re-routed to Firefox instead. Unlike Microsoft's Font License, this is Open-Source code.  65: Left Click on Accept  66: Wait for it..  67: Another License! This is the Cedega Engine License. We can see some of the crucial points in the box already. Cedega uses several technologies that are not released under Open-Source licenses. While most of Cedega's underlying technology is open-sourced, things like the Microsoft Fonts are not.  68: Left Click on Accept.  69: And the Engine download fails. If this happens, just follow along. If it doesn't happen, move on to Part 4.  70: Left Click on OK  71: Thankfully, the Games Database does not require a license. Left Click on OK  72: As the Engine download failed, Cedega gives us a warning that it cannot continue.  73: Left Click on OK  Need to go back to Part 1 and re-obtain the download? Need to go back to Part 2 as something was missed in the install? Continue on to Part 4 and the completion of the Cedega Configuration. |