Linux Installation 0.5.1

Minimum Version: v0.5.1 - Jan. 1, 2013

'''PLEASE NOTE: This is documentation for an older release of Synekism. Please go to Linux Installation for information regarding the currently released version of Synekism.'''

Linux support is minimal and really only indirect support via Wine. See http://www.winehq.org for more information.

Installation via Wine
These steps were only tested on 32-bit and 64-bit Ubuntu 12.10 and may not fully work on or apply to other distributions or versions of Linux. You can email [mailto:support@synekism.com support@synekism.com] if you have any trouble.


 * 1) You need to install Wine 1.5 (development version) since the stable 1.4 version doesn't run Synekism reliably (or at all in most cases).
 * 2) Just run the Windows Synekism installer via Wine.
 * 3) GPU-Z will fail to run. This is normal. Just click OK on both of the failed GPU-Z prompts and then Yes on the following two Synekism prompts asking you if you'd still like to proceed despite not meeting the minimum hardware requirements.
 * 4) The rest of the installation should continue without issue and basically follows normal Windows installation.
 * 5) After the installer finishes, you need to alter the Synekism shortcut to force DirectX 9 since DirectX 10 does not work properly on Wine.
 * 6) Right-click on the shortcut created by the installer and go to Properties.
 * 7) Go to the Basic tab.
 * 8) Under Command, add -dx9 at the very end. The complete Command should look something like this:
 * 9) You can also start Synekism via terminal like so:

Some notes:
 * When you hover over your saved cities in the city selection menu the paths shown in the tooltips will be paths relative to the virtual Windows C drive and not Linux paths. Normally, Wine installs this virtual Windows drive under:
 * Next few releases will attempt to make the installation process a bit cleaner and improve support so things should get better over time.
 * For more command line arguments see: Command Line.
 * Good luck.