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Posted November 17, 2010
I have recently set up my computer to dual boot Ubuntu. Since there is a version of DosBox that runs in Linux I figured I could get GoGs that use DosBox to run without using WINE. How would I go about doing that? I know I would have to extract the gog executable ect...

How are the files within the .exe organized, and what directories would I have to copy to the folder I run DosBox applications out of? Also, what changes to the .conf file would I need to make?
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Posted November 17, 2010
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hobbes543: I have recently set up my computer to dual boot Ubuntu. Since there is a version of DosBox that runs in Linux I figured I could get GoGs that use DosBox to run without using WINE. How would I go about doing that? I know I would have to extract the gog executable ect...

How are the files within the .exe organized, and what directories would I have to copy to the folder I run DosBox applications out of? Also, what changes to the .conf file would I need to make?
Well, you'd need to extract the files. Supposedly unzip will do that. After that just browse through the directories that result and you should find the one which actually contains the folders containing the game.

EDIT: I'm not sure what about the .conf would need to be changed.
Post edited November 17, 2010 by hedwards
Posted November 17, 2010
After extracting the executable you get the following directories:

{app}
{code_GetDOSBoxFromIni_Path}
{tmp}
embedded

The one you want is {app}, it contains the game.
{code_GetDOSBoxFromIni_Path} contains DOSBox.
{tmp} and embedded contain installer files like images. (and the DOSBox conf files)
Configuration is probably not too hard, but would be different for different games.

P.S. I've only extracted Blood since that's one I knew used DOSBox, but I doubt the other installers are (very) different.
Post edited November 17, 2010 by Smannesman
Posted November 17, 2010
I only asked about the configuration files because the file path to launch the game is often in them, and the file path in Linux would be different from windows. I also would want to look into creating a desktop shortcut... But that I think would require more research.
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