How do I update native Linux games? (feddit.de)

submitted 8 months ago by Jenztsch@feddit.de to c/gog@lemmy.world

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I'm rather new to the Linux ecosystem on my private desktop and with the new update for Stardew Valley, I installed the native version of the game via the provided .sh script. However, as bugfixes are already announced, I'm considering what to do when these updates hit the store.

For the Windows version, there are multiple patch installers. Linux only gets the newest .sh file.

So my question is: When such a game has an update, how do I install this update? Do I just execute the new .sh file and install in the same location? Or do I need to remove my existing installation and do it fresh from groundup?

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[-] dinckelman@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

If I were you, I would get something like Heroic to manage your games instead

[-] Jenztsch@feddit.de 1 points 8 months ago

I've dabbled with Lutris and Heroic. But Lutris only showed me the Windows patches during its update (which obviously don't work).

Heroic on the other hand doesn't work as well as I'd hoped. All operations take a really long time and some of my GOG games don't show at all (in Lutris they're appearing). I'm using the current version 2.13.0.

And even if it works, I'd be interested how Heroic implements its update mechanism for Linux native games since it should have the same issue regarding available data :)

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