eyedeekay/playdeb repository overview

⁠playdeb

Dockerfile and script for installing and launching games from playdeb on non-ubuntu distros. In order to sidestep the problem of creating a FrankenDebian on my

⁠why?

Playdeb, a popular source for Free(as in Freedom, I think) video games for the Ubuntu platform, only packages for Ubuntu. If you try to use the Playdeb reporitosires on Debian, then you're going to end up with dependency managment issues that will quickly make your system a complicated, insecure mess. One way to avoid this issue is to add the Playdeb repository to the base Ubuntu Docker image and install and run the applications in containers based on that image. This repo contains a script to build such a base image and a convenient script to work inside it.

⁠why not x, y, z?

1. Q. Why not compile from source on the host/in the container/use the maintainer's docker images/most other issues? A. Because I don't want to install all the necessary development libraries on the host. I don't want to have to keep track of the source every time I want to update. I want to use versions which are most widely used by the larger community. I like the ability to search within the packages available to Playdeb users and not needing to track down each game I might want to try's source repository.

⁠usage

⁠PlayDeb Game Installer Container:

This helps you install games from PlayDeb without accidentally creating a FrankenDebian. To use it, run the command:

    playdeb

with one of the following arguments:

    add $package: Install a package in a container based on the PlayDeb-enabled container
    remove $package: Remove a container with a PlayDeb-installed package
    search $package: Search for a package to install
    launch $package: Launch a package from inside a container

Passing no arguments or an invalid argument will display this help message.

⁠examples

    playdeb add freeciv #install freeciv

    playdeb launch freeciv #start playing freeciv