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- | ~~NOTOC~~ | + | ====== Setting up RomVault |
- | ====== Setting up ROMVault | + | RomVault is designed as a Windows application, |
- | ROMVault | + | |
- | WORK IN PROGRESS | + | <WRAP important> |
===== Install Mono ===== | ===== Install Mono ===== | ||
- | * Install the '' | + | * Install the '' |
- | ===== Prepare ROMVault Directories | + | ===== Create a Launcher Shortcut |
+ | The RomVault application is designed to write configuration files and its Cache file to the same directory as the executable. Its important to launch RomVault using mono from the same directory as the RomVault executable. You may find it helpful to create a launcher shortcut to do this. | ||
+ | - Open a text editor | ||
+ | - Paste the following into your text file: \\ \\ < | ||
+ | [Desktop Entry] | ||
+ | Type=Application | ||
+ | Terminal=false | ||
+ | Hidden=false | ||
+ | Name=ROMVault | ||
+ | Path=/ | ||
+ | Exec=mono / | ||
+ | Icon=/ | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | - Modify the '' | ||
+ | - Save the file with the name '' | ||
+ | - Right click the file and select **Properties** | ||
+ | - Select the **Permissions** tab | ||
+ | - Enable **Allow executing file as program** | ||
+ | - Close the Properties window | ||
+ | - Right click the file and select **Allow Launching** | ||
- | ===== Create a Launcher Shortcut | + | <WRAP info> |
+ | |||
+ | ===== Launch RomVault | ||
+ | You can now Launch RomVault by double clicking your newly created shortcut. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Alternately, | ||
+ | - Open the **Terminal** application | ||
+ | - Navigate to your RomVault executable directory | ||
+ | - Launch with '' | ||
+ | <WRAP tip>If RomVault does not start properly or if certain features like DatVault do not work, then the issue may be related to a WinForms style that is deprecated in mono. If you run into this issue, try setting the following variable when launching the application: | ||
+ | '' | ||
linux_setup.txt · Last modified: 2023/08/19 08:30 by johnsanc