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Could you please provide more information about the support related Linux?
Is it possible to create games that will run in Linux directly? If not, would it be possible to run them using Wine.
There seem to be no download available for Linux. Is it possible to run the editor in Linux using Wine? Are there any plans about enhancing the support in Linux?
JFYI: This site is run by the Unity community, that is, mostly Windows and $$anonymous$$ac users. As far as i know there is no official Linux support at the moment, but i guess they want to implement it in the future. However it's a $$anonymous$$or-priority task.
If you run a Linux system, feel free to test it in Wine. If you have results, please come back and share it ;)
$$anonymous$$any thanks for the info! I hope that they soon they will come up with a release with a wider Linux support!
I currently run Ubuntu 11.04. I will try to install Unity3D using Wine and I will post here my findings!
Answer by natosha.bard · Jun 20, 2012 at 09:17 PM
Unity 4.0 will ship with a preview of a Linux Export feature that will allow you to publish content for 32-bit and 64-bit desktop systems. Please see http://unity3d.com/unity/4/faq#linux
Answer by arandompenguin · May 21, 2013 at 05:05 PM
I'm not sure anyone will see this, but for future reference, I've done a couple of tests, and so have others. The results are as such:
Works with:
Linux Mint 14 & Wine 1.5.28 & Unity 4.0
Chakra Linux & Wine 1.5.23 & Unity 4.0
Gentoo AMD64 & Wine 1.5.21 & Unity 4.0
Doesn't work with:
Arch Linux x86 64 & Wine 1.5.22 & Unity 4.0
Exherbo & Wine 1.5.20 & Unity 4.0
Ubuntu 13.04 & Wine 1.4.1 & Unity 4.1.2
Those where it didn't work, it installed fine, but upon attempting to run, it crashes with the error 'Error initializing license system'. Bug reports can henceforth be sent, but that's about it. Those where it did run, you could not minimise the window, and there were the occasional crashes.
Hi, to solve the license error you need to launch regedit and add "ProductId" in "H$$anonymous$$EY_LOCAL_$$anonymous$$ACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\$$anonymous$$icrosoft\\WIndowsNT\\CurrentVersion"
Answer by Pendrokar · Jul 07, 2014 at 09:50 AM
Could you please provide more information about the support related Linux? Is it possible to create games that will run in Linux directly?
Yes, see - http://unity3d.com/unity/multiplatform/desktop
If not, would it be possible to run them using Wine.
Depends, you may find applications that are built with Unity and run on Linux using Wine here - http://appdb.winehq.org/
For running Unity Web Player applications see the community set up wiki page - http://wiki.unity3d.com/index.php/Running_Unity_Web_Player_on_Linux_using_Pipelight
There seem to be no download available for Linux. Is it possible to run the editor in Linux using Wine? Are there any plans about enhancing the support in Linux?
There is yet any news of a Unity Editor for Linux from Unity Technologies.
The editor can be run with Wine. See the community set up wiki page - http://wiki.unity3d.com/index.php/Running_Unity_on_Linux_through_Wine
Answer by Julien-Lynge · Jan 19, 2012 at 10:04 PM
As @Bunny83 said, you can definitely try it in Wine. Beyond that, the latest Unity beta is supposed to work with Chrome's native client. You could look into that as another way of running apps in Linux. Finally, if you're willing to run in a web browser from linux, the latest Unity beta also includes a compiler for Flash, so that's another possibility.
$$anonymous$$any thanks for the info! I hope that they soon they will come up with a release with a wider Linux support!
I currently run Ubuntu 11.04. I will try to install Unity3D using Wine and I will post here my findings!
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