KSP Startup (Linux)

[dclarion]

I'm probably being a ditzy broad here, but I just bought and unpacked KSP-1.0.4 and already I'm a bit confused. Looking through the top-level directory, I see five files that would qualify as executables (by the way, the executable bit is set on everything, which is overkill; only directories and files that can actually be run should have that bit set). I'm not sure what KSP.exe is for, as Linux doesn't employ the .exe "extension". Then, we have KSP.* and Launcher.* Does one invoke the Launcher.* appropriate to the host, which then exec()s the corresponding KSP.* or do these executables serve separate functions? I've looked over the readme.txt but it appears to be more a ChangeLog than anything else.

Edited July 2, 2015 by dclarion

[Gaarst]

I'm not familiar with Linux, so I'm not going to be really helpful there, but just a quick question: are you sure you downloaded the Linux version on the KSP website (just checking) ?

And, also, KSP.exe launches the game directly, while Launcher.exe launches the launcher (yo dawg) which gives you news about KSP, the possibility to check for updates and a few other things. I personnaly do not use the Launcher.exe since I had a bug in 1.0.2 which made that I had infinite "checking for updates" and was not able to launch the game. I don't know if this has been fixed, but anyway, if you have a doubt, use KSP.[whatever you have]

[dclarion]

Absolutely sure. Tux the Penguin was on the download button.

[11of10]

Here is how it looks like for me: http://i.imgur.com/Saio2Vi.jpg

It's from midnight commander.

I'm very new in Linux myself, few days at best, and that's a steam install on 17.1 mint rebecca.

Hope it helps

[micha]

Hmm, where did you get KSP from?

I bought it through Steam, and I don't have any .exe files, nor is the executable bit set on everything.

The two main binaries you -should- have are "KSP.x86" and "KSP.x86_64" - and you run whichever one is appropriate for your system (64-bit or not).

micha@urutu:/opt/SteamLibrary/SteamApps/common/Kerbal Space Program$ ls -l
total 83248
-rwxr-xr-x  1 micha users       52 Jun 23 22:14 buildID.txt
drwxr-sr-x  3 micha users     4096 Jun 23 22:35 CKAN
drwxr-xr-x  2 micha users     4096 Jun 24 20:42 fontconfig
drwxr-sr-x 50 micha users     4096 Jul  1 19:38 GameData
drwxr-sr-x  2 micha users     4096 Jun 23 22:14 Internals
drwxr-sr-x  6 micha users     4096 Jun 23 22:15 KSP_Data
-rw-r--r--  1 micha users  9276151 Jul  2 00:37 KSP.log
-rwxr-xr-x  1 micha users 18143888 Jun 23 22:15 KSP.x86
-rwxr-xr-x  1 micha users 18736192 Jun 23 22:15 KSP.x86_64
drwxr-sr-x  6 micha users     4096 Jun 23 22:16 Launcher_Data
-rwxr-xr-x  1 micha users 18073752 Jun 23 22:16 Launcher.x86
-rwxr-xr-x  1 micha users 20545768 Jun 23 22:16 Launcher.x86_64
-rw-r--r--  1 micha users      578 Jul  1 19:55 MiniAVC.log
-rw-r--r--  1 micha users   171208 Jul  1 19:56 PartDatabase.cfg
drwxr-sr-x  2 micha users     4096 Jun 23 22:14 Parts
-rwxr-xr-x  1 micha users     4311 Jun 23 22:15 Physics.cfg
drwxr-sr-x  2 micha users     4096 Jun 23 23:50 PluginData
drwxr-sr-x  2 micha users     4096 Jun 23 23:08 Plugins
-rwxr-xr-x  1 micha users   182855 Jun 23 22:16 readme.txt
drwxr-sr-x  2 micha users     4096 Jun 23 22:14 Resources
drwxr-sr-x  7 micha users     4096 Jun 30 23:11 saves
drwxr-sr-x  2 micha users     4096 Jun 30 21:53 Screenshots
-rw-r--r--  1 micha users    23380 Jul  1 19:55 settings.cfg
drwxr-sr-x  5 micha users     4096 Jun 23 22:14 Ships
drwxr-sr-x  2 micha users     4096 Jun 23 22:14 sounds
drwxr-sr-x  2 micha users     4096 Jul  1 22:36 thumbs

[selfish_meme]

Linux binaries don't have an .exe extension, if you bought it through steam on linux just fire it up as normal, you need launcher options in steam to run the 64bit, see the linux support thread, if you want to launch it outside of steam double click the KSP.x86_64

[dclarion]

I bought KSP through the KSP Store. My thought was that I wasn't going to get too complicated right away.

- - - Updated - - -

I ended up invoking KSP.x86_64, and all appears fine.

[selfish_meme]

I bought KSP through the KSP Store. My thought was that I wasn't going to get too complicated right away.

- - - Updated - - -

I ended up invoking KSP.x86_64, and all appears fine.

There are some command line options you might want to use see the Linux support thread