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45 lines
1.9 KiB
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# PLWL — Portable Linux Wine Launcher
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A portable launcher for Windows games and applications on Linux.
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## Portable layout
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Everything the launcher needs lives next to the executable:
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```
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./files/
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wines/ imported Wine / Proton builds
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wineprefixes/ wine prefixes
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apps/ imported app folders (optional)
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data/ launcher config (apps.json, settings.json)
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translations/ translation files
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```
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## Running
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```bash
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npm install
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npm start
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```
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## Building & installing
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`./build.sh` produces `build/PLWL-<version>.tar.gz`: the Electron runtime with the whole app (code, renderer and bundled `files/`) packed into `electron/resources/app.asar`, plus a `plwl` launcher, a `plwl.desktop` template and `install.sh`:
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```bash
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tar -xzf PLWL-<version>.tar.gz
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cd PLWL
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./install.sh # copies to ~/.local/lib/PLWL, adds ~/.local/bin/plwl + a desktop shortcut, launches the app
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# or run without installing:
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./plwl
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```
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## Wine & Proton support
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- **System Wine** — uses the `wine` binary from PATH.
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- **Imported builds** — drop any wine or Proton build into `files/wines/`. The folder may contain the build directly, or one level of nesting (zip-extracted layouts are detected automatically).
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- **Proton without Steam** — fully supported. Proton is invoked like Steam does it: `STEAM_COMPAT_CLIENT_INSTALL_PATH` points to a fake steam client folder, `STEAM_COMPAT_DATA_PATH` is a per-build compat folder, and the prefix lives at `<compat>/pfx` which PLWL links to its own prefix folder. No Steam installation required (GE builds work out of the box; for a few Valve builds that refuse to run without a client, PLWL fakes a minimal steam folder in `files/data/fake-steam`).
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## Translations
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All UI text comes from JSON files in `files/translations/`. The `data` object carries the language names; `texts` maps keys to strings, with `{0}`, `{1}` ... placeholders filled at runtime.
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