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[Bjorn]

That did the trick for starting the game, thanks! I used the installer. Now the only problem I still have is that I can't start the dwarf hack. I'm not sure what I have to put in the terminal configuration. I put "$"

[McArcady]

That did the trick for starting the game, thanks! I used the installer. Now the only problem I still have is that I can't start the dwarf hack. I'm not sure what I have to put in the terminal configuration. I put "$"

Great!
Try this:
Select "Custom command" then "x-terminal-emulator -e $"

[Bjorn]

It says that the test failed and that I should see the log for details. I'm not sure where the log is placed.

[McArcady]

It says that the test failed and that I should see the log for details. I'm not sure where the log is placed.

You may also try installing package 'xterm' and use this command in the terminal configuration:
"xterm -e $"

[Bjorn]

It worked! Thanks mate! Very happy that this utility exists!

[Sprinkles_Gs]

Not sure if this is the right forum to discuss but would there be significant work to release a flatpak?
Unfortunately, you can't really use pacman on Steam OS (as the Steam deck will wipe anything you change when you update).
Is this something that a newb to linux could do?

I've tested this abandoned version link and it works a charm, but it would be nice to align to a proper project like this one.

[McArcady]

I've tested this abandoned version link and it works a charm, but it would be nice to align to a proper project like this one.

Thanks for the link!
Too bad the author does not explain how the pack is built. It would be nice to look into that.
This AppImage of the LinuxDwarfPack has the same purpose, except that for now the dependencies have to be installed manually.

[nf_xp]

Here is an up-to-date version: https://github.com/feng1st/dwarf-fortress-lnp-flatpak

To install:
wget https://github.com/feng1st/dwarf-fortress-lnp-flatpak/releases/download/v0.47.05-r7/com.bay12games.DwarfFortress.flatpak
flatpak install --user com.bay12games.DwarfFortress.flatpak

Usability of utilities:
Dwarf-Therapist works, Legends Browser 2 may work, other don't (due to the lack of some dependencies, which will bloat the flatpak so I didn't include them).

Not sure if this is the right forum to discuss but would there be significant work to release a flatpak?
Unfortunately, you can't really use pacman on Steam OS (as the Steam deck will wipe anything you change when you update).
Is this something that a newb to linux could do?

I've tested this abandoned version link and it works a charm, but it would be nice to align to a proper project like this one.

[nf_xp]

How to build:
flatpak-builder --user --install --force-clean build com.bay12games.DwarfFortress.yaml
or if you installed the flatpak version flatpak-builder:
flatpak run org.flatpak.Builder --user --install --force-clean build com.bay12games.DwarfFortress.yaml

How to pack locally:
flatpak run org.flatpak.Builder --repo=repo --force-clean build com.bay12games.DwarfFortress.yaml
flatpak build-bundle repo com.bay12games.DwarfFortress.flatpak com.bay12games.DwarfFortress

Those are in the build.sh script of https://github.com/feng1st/dwarf-fortress-lnp-flatpak.

I've tested this abandoned version link and it works a charm, but it would be nice to align to a proper project like this one.

Thanks for the link!
Too bad the author does not explain how the pack is built. It would be nice to look into that.
This AppImage of the LinuxDwarfPack has the same purpose, except that for now the dependencies have to be installed manually.

[McArcady]

How to build:
flatpak-builder --user --install --force-clean build com.bay12games.DwarfFortress.yaml
or if you installed the flatpak version flatpak-builder:
flatpak run org.flatpak.Builder --user --install --force-clean build com.bay12games.DwarfFortress.yaml

How to pack locally:
flatpak run org.flatpak.Builder --repo=repo --force-clean build com.bay12games.DwarfFortress.yaml
flatpak build-bundle repo com.bay12games.DwarfFortress.flatpak com.bay12games.DwarfFortress

Those are in the build.sh script of https://github.com/feng1st/dwarf-fortress-lnp-flatpak.

Nice work! Thanks for sharing.
May I ask why you did choose the KDE runtime instead of FreeDesktop or GNOME ?
I tried changing the runtime but the build of SDL_ttf then fails (missing FreeType2 library).

[nf_xp]

How to build:
flatpak-builder --user --install --force-clean build com.bay12games.DwarfFortress.yaml
or if you installed the flatpak version flatpak-builder:
flatpak run org.flatpak.Builder --user --install --force-clean build com.bay12games.DwarfFortress.yaml

How to pack locally:
flatpak run org.flatpak.Builder --repo=repo --force-clean build com.bay12games.DwarfFortress.yaml
flatpak build-bundle repo com.bay12games.DwarfFortress.flatpak com.bay12games.DwarfFortress

Those are in the build.sh script of https://github.com/feng1st/dwarf-fortress-lnp-flatpak.

Nice work! Thanks for sharing.
May I ask why you did choose the KDE runtime instead of FreeDesktop or GNOME ?
I tried changing the runtime but the build of SDL_ttf then fails (missing FreeType2 library).

Dwarf Therapist is a Qt app, and the KDE runtime has Qt built-in.
I had also tried to build the flatpak based on freedesktop runtime, figured out how to install the qt as a module, but the result flatpak is up to about 900M which is too huge to dispatch or share.

[ChrysalisM]

I'm trying to get this to work, but how the heck do I find my terminal name?

[myk]

google your desktop environment and append the word "terminal". I bet you'd get some good hits that way. Then just try the names you find online and see what runs on your system.

I'm running KDE, so my terminal is "konsole".