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Tattletail on Linux
By djcj
How to install and play Tattletail on Linux without using wine
   
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Category: Modding or Configuration
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2 Oct, 2017 @ 3:11am
24 Nov, 2020 @ 9:47am
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Installation
You need steamcmd and wget. Install them with your package manager.
On Ubuntu that would be:
sudo apt install steamcmd wget


Now use steamcmd to download the macOS version of the game (the Windows version won't work):
(note: that's 1 line)
steamcmd +login USERNAME +@sSteamCmdForcePlatformType macos +force_install_dir $HOME/Tattletail-tmp +app_update 568090 validate +quit
Replace USERNAME with your Steam account name.
The installation directory ("$HOME/Tattletail-tmp" in this case) has to be an absolute path and mustn't contain any spaces!


Move to the new directory and create a Linux version from the game files:
(note: those are 4 lines)
cd $HOME/Tattletail-tmp wget https://github.com/darealshinji/UnityEngine2deb/archive/master.tar.gz -O- | tar xfz - ./UnityEngine2deb-master/copyunityengine -y tattletailMac.app cp -vf tattletailMac.app/Contents/Resources/ScreenSelector.png Tattletail-Linux/Tattletail_Data

The Linux game files are now in $HOME/Tattletail-tmp/Tattletail-Linux. You can start the game by executing Tattletail.x86 (32 bit) or Tattletail.x86_64 (64 bit) within that directory.

Notes
It seems like changes in the settings are only saved after you've started a level.

The game's configurations are stored in ~/.config/unity3d/Waygetter Electronics/Tattletail/prefs

9 Comments
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Caleb 30 Mar @ 6:13am 
the:papyrus:
djcj  [author] 7 Aug, 2024 @ 3:42am 
Of course playing Windows games using Proton works really well these days, so I would prefer that now. But I still keep this guide for anyone interested.
Vurgil 11 Jul, 2021 @ 3:26am 
:tattletailblue:
zeca64 23 Nov, 2020 @ 4:13pm 
:tattletailwhite:
DoubleD28 23 Dec, 2019 @ 6:36pm 
Yeah I had them installed. Linux wasn’t recognizing them for whatever reason. I ended up figuring it out
djcj  [author] 20 Dec, 2019 @ 6:59am 
First you must install steamcmd and wget, as mentioned in the guide.
DoubleD28 19 Dec, 2019 @ 9:48pm 
just that when i try to run steamcmd and wget that they are missing so far
djcj  [author] 19 Dec, 2019 @ 9:13am 
It did work back then (see the screenshot). Does launching it from the console show any useful info, like dependencies missing? I can try this guide again and see if I need to update it.
DoubleD28 19 Dec, 2019 @ 7:26am 
hey did this actually work for you? im having trouble getting it to run using linux