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DeuxVis edited this page Jan 19, 2018 · 5 revisions

Linux Installation

The Twitch launcher app only runs on windows, but you can do a semi-automatic installation of the modpack on Linux.

This how-to was inspired by Draconicrose's youtube tutorial, if you rather watch a video than read this, check it out - although some part are a bit outdated : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_ffMB_oN90

Tools and files needed :

Procedure :

  • Download the modpack manifest.json to a temporary place on your filesystem.
deuxvis@linuxbox:~$ mkdir /tmp/smashphyro
deuxvis@linuxbox:~$ cd /tmp/smashphyro
deuxvis@linuxbox:/tmp/smashphyro$ wget -q https://raw.githubusercontent.com/waggz81/smashphyro-modpack/master/manifest.json
deuxvis@linuxbox:/tmp/smashphyro$ cd ..
deuxvis@linuxbox:/tmp$ wget https://github.com/TOLoneWolf/curseDownloader/archive/master.zip
deuxvis@linuxbox:/tmp$ unzip master.zip 
deuxvis@linuxbox:/tmp$ sudo apt-get install python3 python3-tk python3-pip
deuxvis@linuxbox:/tmp$ sudo pip3 install -r curseDownloader-master/requirements.txt
  • Use curseDownloader to fetch the mods files :
deuxvis@linuxbox:/tmp$ cd smashphyro
deuxvis@linuxbox:/tmp/smashphyro$ python3 ../curseDownloader-master/downloader.py --manifest ./manifest.json

  • Then just click the 'Download mods' button and wait for it to complete - it should display "Unpacking Complete", and the mod files should have been fetched into a "minecraft/mods" subfolder.

  • You can now close the curseDownloader window - and remove its folder if you don't think you'll use it again.

  • Install MultiMC from https://multimc.org/#Download, choosing the appropriate package for your Linux distribution.

deuxvis@linuxbox:/tmp$ wget https://files.multimc.org/downloads/multimc_1.1-2.deb
deuxvis@linuxbox:/tmp$ sudo dpkg -i multimc_1.1-2.deb
  • Launch MultiMC, the first time it will download and/or setup itself, potentially asking you for a few settings on the way.
deuxvis@linuxbox:/tmp$ /opt/multimc/run.sh

  • Click "Add instance".

    • Choose the name you want, but don't use spaces in the name. I'd use "Smashphyro".
    • In the "Vanilla Minecraft (select version)" field, select the version needed by the modpack - you can find it in the manifest.json file. Currently it is "1.12.2".

  • Right-Click the instance and select "Edit instance", select the "Version" section in the left icons bar, then click on the "Install Forge" button in the right bar.

    • Select again the appropriate Forge version, as listed in the "manifest.json" file. Currently it is "14.23.1.2584".

  • Close the "Edit instance" window.

  • Right-click the instance again and choose "Instance folder". This will open a file explorer to the location of the instance.

  • If you don't see a ".minecraft" folder in that instance folder - the leading dot is important - then you have to show the hidden files in your file explorer - for me the shorcut key is "CTRL+h".

  • Copy the mods folder that curseDownloader fetched previously for you in that ".minecraft" folder :

deuxvis@linuxbox:~$ cp -R /tmp/smashphyro/minecraft/mods /home/deuxvis/.local/share/multimc/instances/SmashyPhyro/.minecraft/

... or just use copy and paste in the file explorer

  • You can now get back to MultiMC and launch the instance for a first test run.

    • First try a single player world creation.
    • Then if it is available at the time try to join the server to check the mods versions are good - go to discord to get its coordinates.

  • If everything seems to be working you can delete the /tmp/smashphyro folder and its content.

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