[HowTo] EVE Online on Zorin OS

Greetings.
This guide will show yo how to install EVE Online on Zorin OS (tested on Z16 beta).

Download and Installing

Open the terminal and type;

wget https://binaries.eveonline.com/evelauncher-1548102.tar.gz
tar -xvf evelauncher-1548102.tar.gz
cd evelauncher
chmod u+x evelauncher.sh
./evelauncher.sh

Setting up DX11

Don't start the game just yet. First we need to ensure the EVE Online uses DX11. Open another terminal;

sudo apt install winetricks
env WINEPREFIX=~/.eve/wineenv winetricks dxvk

Now right click the little e in system tray. Go to settings and untick DX9.

Launcher

Making a launcher to easy access EVE Online.

sudo ln -s ~/evelauncher/evelauncher.sh /usr/bin/evelauncher
sudo chmod u+x /usr/bin/evelauncher
wget https://wiki.eveuniversity.org/images/a/af/Evelauncher.png
sudo mv Evelauncher.png /usr/share/pixmaps/
sudo nano /usr/share/applications/eve.desktop

Add the following;

[Desktop Entry]
Name=EVE Online
Comment=EVE Online by CCP Games
Exec=sh -c "cd ~/evelauncher && ./evelauncher.sh"
Icon=Evelauncher
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Game;

Save: [ctrl]+[o]
Exit: [ctrl]+[x]

Then you're ready to go! Enjoy!


Tested on: Zorin OS 16 beta

| AMD Ryzen 1700x 3.4 GHz | ASUS PRIME X370-A | 32 GB 2400 Mhz DDR4 |
| ASUS Nvidia 1070 8 GB | SSD 1000 GB |

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Guide updated.
Fixed the launcher path.

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No problem :slight_smile:

Nope. I have no experience with Lutris, mainly because I'm tend to keep games natively. This guide is an exception because someone needs help in another thread.

I tried these steps recently and they do not work sadly on the currently build of Zorin Core. I even tried the updated binary files from Eve Online main page, but it just didn't work. I also went the Lutris route, and that did not work either. I'd be curious to see if we can get this to work and install originally like this.

What I can say and would like to contribute what worked to get Eve Online working running on Zorin 16:

Downloaded Steam through software store

In Settings under Steam Play checkmark Enable Steam Play for all other titles

Then either here select, or in the settings under Eve Online after you install it, make sure you use Proton 5.0-10

This was the only way I could get Eve Online to work properly under Zorin OS 16 with only this specific proton enabled. Usually any other Proton selected in the settings the game would crash right when you would enter your login credentials.

Just figured I'd put a little update after spending many hours trying to troubleshoot why it wouldn't work as easy as it should unfortunately.