Running SSP on Wine with Linux
| Running SSP on Wine with Linux | |
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| Type | Guide |
| Category | Guide |
Ukagaka are run on baseware programs, and different platforms have variable support for their baseware. SSP is the standard and most commonly used baseware, but is only available for Windows users natively. The Linux native baseware, NINIX-AYA, is not very functional at time of writing. Getting SSP to run on Linux can be a challenge for some users. However, it is possible to run SSP through Wine and have a generally pleasant Ukagaka experience.
This guide was written while using Ubuntu. However, it should be the same process for other Linux distributions. It is also done primarily through the terminal.
Installing Wine
Wine is a compatibility layer which has functionality that allows Windows software (such as SSP) to be run on UNIX based systems.
All supported distribution packages and their installation instructions can be found at WineHQ. WineHQ is more comprehensive than this guide could be.
The stable branch of WINE is recommended.
sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-stable
When WINE is installed, SSP should now be able to run.
Installing SSP
Once Wine is installed, SSP must be installed next. Download the latest version of SSP from the official website. If the zip file version is downloaded, you can skip using Wine to run the .exe installer.
The SSP installer .exe can be used as it would on Windows. Use the installer path with Wine to start the extractor. It should look something like this, but with the appropriate path and version number.
wine path/to/ssp_x_x_xx.exe
If you downloaded the zip version, simply extract it to the folder you would like it run from.
This guide will assume SSP is installed to '~/Documents/SSP' for demonstration purposes.
Running SSP
SSP can now be run with Wine. There are various ways to start it.
Terminal
Using the terminal, it can be started using the wine command the same way the installer was.
wine ~/Documents/SSP/ssp.exe
The terminal can be closed after starting the process by using this variation:
wine ~/Documents/SSP/ssp.exe & //Wait until SSP has finished startup. disown
GUI
SSP can also be selected by a file explorer by entering 'winefile' into the terminal. This will open up Wine's file explorer, where you can select 'SSP.exe'.
Right-clicking SSP.exe in the Linux file manager should also have a 'Run with Wine' option.
If Wine is not associated with .exe files by default, the default association can be changed to Wine using mimeopen.
mimeopen -d ~/Documents/SSP/ssp.exe
The above command will prompt mimeopen to show you the options to choose from. Choose 'Others…' from the list. Then, enter the following:
wine %f
Wine should now open .exe files on its own, and you can double click SSP to start it.
Congratulations! SSP should now be running.
