Lutris, a tool for the most gamers with Ubuntu

Screenshot of Lutris

Games are the weak point of Ubuntu and many Gnu / Linux distributions. But more and more developers are building bridges for a solution to this problem. A good example of this is called Lutris, a tool that will help us have games in our distribution.

Lutris is not a video game platform like Steam can be nor is it a collection of video games, it is a tool that will make many novice users have almost all the video games that exist for Ubuntu and other distributions.

The Lutris application is a tool that helps us to install games that need Wine, Steam or other repositories like HumbleBundle or GOG. Being very easy for the user to install free games. You just have to select and press the install button. This tool is compatible with hundreds of free games and many tools that allow the use and installation of video games on Ubuntu.

Lutris installation in our Ubuntu

In addition, Lutris has an online account that allows us to store all configurations and saved games in the Cloud, making it easier to transfer data and even saved games from one computer to another. Unfortunately Lutris is not in the official Ubuntu repositories, to install it we have to open a terminal and write the following:

ver=$(lsb_release -sr); if [ $ver != "16.10" -a $ver != "17.04" -a $ver != "16.04" ]; then ver=16.04; fi

echo "deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/strycore/xUbuntu_$ver/ ./" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/lutris.list

wget -q http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/strycore/xUbuntu_$ver/Release.key -O- | sudo apt-key add -

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install lutris

After this, Lutris will be installed and an icon will appear in our applications menu. The first execution will show us a window and after the installation of an emulator or tool, the application will be executed through a web browser tab. And although Lutris is not Steam, the truth is that it can be from great help for novice users who want to have games to entertain themselves with, in addition to the classic solitaire.


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  1.   Felipe Munoz Munoz said

    Excellent!

  2.   George Le Maire said

    Excellent article a small update, for Ubuntu 17.10:
    In the article appears:
    view = $ (lsb_release -sr); if [$ ver! = "16.10" -a $ ver! = "17.04" -a $ ver! = "16.04"]; then view = 16.04; fi

    It must be replaced with the following line
    view = $ (lsb_release -sr); if [$ ver! = "17.10" -a $ ver! = "17.04" -a $ ver! = "16.04"]; then view = 16.04; fi

    echo "deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/strycore/xUbuntu_$ver/ ./ »| sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/lutris.list

    WGET -Q http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/strycore/xUbuntu_$ver/Release.key -O- | sudo apt-key add -

    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install lutris

  3.   Oswaldo said

    Doesn't it consume many resources?