Linux: Access 100+ Games Instantly With DJL
(Update: The site was up and running when this post was published, but now it seems that it is down for unknown reason.)
(Update: The site is up and running again.)
For those who always feel that gaming is not suitable in Linux OS and it is always an hassle to install and get games to run in Linux platform, then DJL will definitely change the way you think.
Djl is an open-source (GPL licensed) game manager written in Python 2.5 for the GNU/Linux Operating Systems. In short, it is an application that allows you to install/uninstall/manage your games easily. With Djl, you can browse through its repository of 100+ games and install the game you want with a simple click. No longer do you need to worry about game dependencies and all the command lines.
Installation
Download djl installer script. Extract it to your Home folder.
Open a terminal, Install the dependencies
sudo apt-get install python-qt4
Change the file permission
chmod +x ~/djl/djl.sh
Run the scripts
sh ~/djl/djl.sh
Configuration
At the first run, the configuration window will appear. Here is where you can configure the settings such as the installation directory, default browser etc.
Once you are done with the configuration, click Save and it will bring you to the main screen of DJL.
Running DJL
Once you are at the main screen, this is where the fun comes in. In the Repository tab, you can find all the games available in the DJL repository. There are currently about 120 games in the repository and new games are added regularly.
One thing that I like about the interface is that it is well organized. You can even filter the games by the game types and game license.
When you have found the game you like, simply click Install and DJL will take care of the rest.
As soon as the installation is completed, you will find an entry in the Game tab where you can click to start playing.
Plugins
Even though it is a simple game manager, DJL allows its users to install plugins to increase its functionality. While I have no use for most of the plugins, it is good to know that such stuffs exist. Plugins such as the Unreal Tournament 2004 stats could be useful for Unreal fans.
If you are not a gamer, or that you are contented with just playing with Gnometrics, then this is not for you. Other than that, this is really an awesome piece of software.
Tags: DJL, Gaming, Linux
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None of the links work; You don’t have permission to access / on this server.
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idtq Reply:
October 17th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Still same problem. Any idea ?
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It won’t let me download the script..It says its Forbidden 403 “You do not have access to this server”
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Seems to be down…
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The site was still up and running when this post was published, but now it seems to be down for unknown reason. I will monitor the site and update this post when it is available again.
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http://www.2shared.com/file/8514808/fa00879e/djl-1217tar.html?
Uncompress it, and run djl.sh from Terminal.
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link didn’t work for me either. I just installed from Mandriva’s package manager. It was in the regular repository.
Check your distro’s package manager and see if you can just install it from there.
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It works okay for now.
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DJL is back up and running again. :)
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Will definitely give this a try.
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I’ve run the installer okay but on trying to run the actual program it says;
File “djl_main.py”, line 1052, in
window = Ui_Djl(app)
File “djl_main.py”, line 938, in __init__
self.SetupUi_Depot()
File “/home/user/djl/djl/depot.py”, line 504, in SetupUi_Depot
self.config_description.setFontFamily(0, “”)
TypeError: argument 1 of QWebSettings.setFontFamily() has an invalid type
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I solved the problem through the simple expedient of locating file;
/home/user/djl/djl/depot.py
and then opening the file and deleting line 504
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You have to give the file permission to run with chmod +x filename.sh or similar.
The article says “runt the scripts” instead of “run the script”.
Just saying. Still a good find. Thanks.
Best,
Tom
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Damien Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 4:56 am
Thanks for pointing out the grammatical error in the article. I have corrected it.
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I would really like to give this a try, however upon installation I get the following error:
File “djl_main.py”, line 290, in cree_reps
os.mkdir(config(info=2)+’/jeux’)
OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: ‘/usr/share/games/jeux’
I know that it has to do with the install path for games that I entered, but I can’t get back into the main configuration window to change it. Any help would be most appreciated!
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Try in terminal;
su
chown -R user:user /usr/share/games/jeux
Where user is your username.
Or locate your djl_main.py file which in my install is in folder /home/user/djl/djl and change the path at line 290 back to;
#Créé le répertoire d’installation des jeux:
if not os.path.exists(config(info=2)+’/jeux’):
os.mkdir(config(info=2)+’/jeux’)
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I like to play the games on my pc my console and on my cell phone..
this article was not related to games but it related to technology and i had also hobby to search gadget and latest gadgets and many more so this article was really great in my opinion.
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Where does it go? I want to open it up again but can’t find it…..
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