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Tutorial Update/Run RM on Linux

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This guide is for people who have problems with updating RuneMate with the default RuneMate updater and for lazy people that want to use an easy way of downloading the standalone version.

While reading the guide, you will see an USER which is required for you to change to your username of ur user, it can be found at /home/

1. Create a runemate.sh file at ur Documents directory with the following code: (this will run runemate)

Code:
#!/bin/sh
java -jar "/home/USER/Documents/RuneMate.jar"

Instead of "java" you can use your own java directory which you might've downloaded and extracted, example:

Code:
#!/bin/sh
"/home/USER/Downloads/jdk1.8.0_161/bin/java" -jar "/home/USER/Documents/RuneMate.jar"

and make it executable with: chmod +x /home/USER/Documents/runemate.sh

2. Create a rmupdate.sh file at ur Documents directory also, with this code: (this will update runemate for you if there is an update)
Code:
wget -O RuneMate.jar https://www.runemate.com/client/download.php

Whenever you want to update RuneMate just open up a terminal, navigate to Documents directory and open the rmupdate.sh with: ./rmupdate.sh

3. If you want to have an application in your start menu, you can create a file at: (This step was done on Arch Linux, i'm not sure how it works on other distros)
.local/share/applications/

with following code:
Code:
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=RuneMate
Exec="/home/USER/Documents/runemate.sh"
Categories=Application;
Terminal=true
Icon=
Comment=
Path=
StartupNotify=false
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=RuneMate
Exec="/home/qverkk/Documents/runemate.sh"
Categories=Application;
Terminal=true
Icon=
Comment=
Path=
StartupNotify=false
 
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3. If you want to have an application in your start menu, you can create a file at: (This step was done on Arch Linux, i'm not sure how it works on other distros)
You can put the .desktop file wherever you want and then use "desktop-file-install runemate.desktop" as root.

Also you should include setting up rsu-client and copying the .jagexcache in the OP :)
 
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You can put the .desktop file wherever you want and then use "desktop-file-install runemate.desktop" as root.

Also you should include setting up rsu-client and copying the .jagexcache in the OP :)
Oh thanks for the tip :D and i didn't do anything with the rsu-client rather than just installing from the AUR, didn't even copy the jagecache
 
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Oh thanks for the tip :D and i didn't do anything with the rsu-client rather than just installing from the AUR, didn't even copy the jagecache

After I posted that I realised that there's an option in rsu-client for setting the cache location so there's no need to mess around with copying it :rolleyes:, maybe the default in Arch is different.
 
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After I posted that I realised that there's an option in rsu-client for setting the cache location so there's no need to mess around with copying it :rolleyes:, maybe the default in Arch is different.
On which OS are you trying to use this?
 
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doesnt work at all for mint / ubuntu
just install jdk 8 for ubuntu and unix runescape

this is for runescape:

Code:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:hikariknight/unix-runescape-client
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install unix-runescape-client

this is for java

Code:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer

And then install runemate and u should be good to go
 
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just install jdk 8 for ubuntu and unix runescape

this is for runescape:

Code:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:hikariknight/unix-runescape-client
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install unix-runescape-client

this is for java

Code:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer

And then install runemate and u should be good to go

got it to work with rsu but had to do some different comments and set jdk8 default
 
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