HowTo/Installing Trainz at Linux: Debian based Distributions - Revision history

Ek.skirl at 10:20, 2 May 2025

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	This is a very old idea and often discussed. I searched for a systematic instruction, but I didn't find one. So I tried to test it and how it runs. Here's my personal systematic for Debian based Linux systems.		This is a very old idea and often discussed. I searched for a systematic instruction, but I didn't find one. So I tried to test it and how it runs. Here's my personal systematic for Debian based Linux systems.
	For my knowledge such systems aren't able to execute windows programs (*.exe) out of the box. We need some helper apps. In my case I will use WineHQ from an external repository.		For my knowledge such systems aren't able to execute windows programs (*.exe) out of the box. We need some helper apps. In my case I will use WineHQ from an external repository.

	=== Install WineHQ ===		=== Install WineHQ ===
	A useful instruction to do so is here (in German):[~~URL='~~https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Wine/#Fertige-Pakete']ubuntuusers.de Wine Fertige-Pakete~~[/URL~~] in sub chapter "Methode 2 - Wine-Fremdquelle". Maybe you want to use this script:		A useful instruction to do so is here (in German): [https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Wine/#Fertige-Pakete\|ubuntuusers.de Wine Fertige-Pakete]
			in sub chapter "'''Methode 2 - Wine-Fremdquelle'''". Maybe you want to use this script:

	sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 # ~~Nur auf 64-Bit-Systemen notwendig~~.		<pre>
	sudo mkdir -pm755 /etc/apt/keyrings # ~~Ab 22~~.04 ~~nicht mehr nötig~~.		sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 # Only necessary for 64bit systems.
			sudo mkdir -pm755 /etc/apt/keyrings # No longer necessary from version 24.04 onwards.
	sudo wget -nc -O /etc/apt/keyrings/winehq-archive.key https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key		sudo wget -nc -O /etc/apt/keyrings/winehq-archive.key https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key
	sudo wget -NP /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ "https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/dists/$(lsb_release -c \| grep -o '\w$')/winehq-$(lsb_release -c \| grep -o '\w$').sources"		sudo wget -NP /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ "https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/dists/$(lsb_release -c \| grep -o '\w$')/winehq-$(lsb_release -c \| grep -o '\w$').sources"
	sudo apt update		sudo apt update
	sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-stable		sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-stable
			</pre>

	The following chapter handles the installation of Trainz instances. The paths in the later following scripts are based on a collecting folder "Wine" in $USER.		The following chapter handles the installation of Trainz instances. The paths in the later following scripts are based on a collecting folder "Wine" in $USER.
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	* TrainzPlus-Offline-Installer-128486.zip		* TrainzPlus-Offline-Installer-128486.zip

	and unpacking it into the sub folder looks		and unpacking it into the sub folder looks like this
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	~~like this~~:		hidden collapsed folder file structure (please expand ->):
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Ek.skirl at 10:06, 2 May 2025

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	* TrainzPlus-Offline-Installer-128486.zip		* TrainzPlus-Offline-Installer-128486.zip

	and unpacking it into the sub folder looks like this:		and unpacking it into the sub folder looks
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			like this:
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	$HOME/Wine/TRSDL/		$HOME/Wine/TRSDL/
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	+-- install.exe		+-- install.exe
	+-- ...		+-- ...

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	=== Install the Trainz instances ===		=== Install the Trainz instances ===

Ek.skirl at 09:16, 2 May 2025

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	"[https://forums.auran.com/threads/installing-and-running-trainz-at-linux-here-ubuntu-24-04-lts-noble.180950/post-2051072 Installing and running Trainz at Linux, here Ubuntu 24.04 LTS noble - post #1 and #3]" too.		"[https://forums.auran.com/threads/installing-and-running-trainz-at-linux-here-ubuntu-24-04-lts-noble.180950/post-2051072 Installing and running Trainz at Linux, here Ubuntu 24.04 LTS noble - post #1 and #3]" too.

	==Ubuntu 24.4 LTS noble ~~(Coy&pasted as source code from forum post as suggested in the forum thread)~~==		== Ubuntu 24.4 LTS noble ==
	=== The idea ===		=== The idea ===
	This is a very old idea and often discussed. I searched for a systematic instruction, but I didn't find one. So I tried to test it and how it runs. Here's my personal systematic for Debian based Linux systems.		This is a very old idea and often discussed. I searched for a systematic instruction, but I didn't find one. So I tried to test it and how it runs. Here's my personal systematic for Debian based Linux systems.

Ek.skirl at 09:15, 2 May 2025

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	~~==Ubuntu 24.4 LTS noble (Original posted as forum thread)==~~
	See Trainz Forum Discussion Thread		See Trainz Forum Discussion Thread
	"[https://forums.auran.com/threads/installing-and-running-trainz-at-linux-here-ubuntu-24-04-lts-noble.180950/post-2051072 Installing and running Trainz at Linux, here Ubuntu 24.04 LTS noble - post #1 and #3]" too.		"[https://forums.auran.com/threads/installing-and-running-trainz-at-linux-here-ubuntu-24-04-lts-noble.180950/post-2051072 Installing and running Trainz at Linux, here Ubuntu 24.04 LTS noble - post #1 and #3]" too.

Ek.skirl at 09:15, 2 May 2025

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==Ubuntu 24.4 LTS noble==
See Trainz Forum Thread
"[https://forums.auran.com/threads/installing-and-running-trainz-at-linux-here-ubuntu-24-04-lts-noble.180950/post-2051072 Installing and running Trainz at Linux, here Ubuntu 24.04 LTS noble - post #1 and #3]"