Ankama-Launcher-Container

Table of contents

• Description
• Installation
• Usage
• Update
• Uninstallation
• Contributing

Description

A container including every needed files, packages and dependencies to run the Ankama launcher and the related games (Dofus, Dofus-Retro, Wakfu).
It is meant to be used with distrobox, the container won't be able to launch the Ankama launcher with plain old Docker/Podman as is.

Supports SteamDeck/SteamOS (given you installed distrobox and podman in a rootless way as described here).

"Why would I use this instead of simply running the Ankama Launcher AppImage directly on my system?"
Here are a few reasons why one would want to:

• AppImages hardly depend on libfuse2, which is a severally outdated version of libfuse you might not want to install on your system. Furthermore, AppImages hardly depend on glibc, which might not be installed / available on every distribution (e.g. Alpine Linux).
• The Ankama Launcher AppImage itself isn't enough to run the Ankama launcher and the related games. Indeed, multiple packages and dependencies are required for the Ankama Launcher AppImage to execute as well as for the games to run properly (including wine and its numerous 32-bit libraries and dependencies). This container avoids the need to install those packages directly on your system by providing an "all in one" solution (useful to not clutter your system with those numerous additional packages or if you use an immutable distribution such as SteamOS).
• This solution is distro agnostic, meaning you can install it the exact same way on any Linux distributions and it is guaranteed to work.
• The container is based on the Arch Linux Docker image which, by its bleeding edge & rolling release nature, provides the latest stable version of packages including the wine compatibility layer needed to run the games. This ensure a great level of compatibility and performance.
• This solution provides a transparent host integration so that running the Ankama launcher via the AppImage within the container is no different then running any other application directly from your system.

Installation

Prerequisite

Install distrobox as well as docker or podman.
Users running Xorg / X11 additionally need to install the X.org xhost utility.

SteamOS users have to install distrobox and podman in a rootless way, as described here.

Install the container

Pull the container image and initialize it in distrobox:
Example below with the latest tag, but you can use any other tagged version if you prefer.

• With a regular setup:

distrobox create -r -n ankama-launcher -i ghcr.io/antiz96/ankama-launcher:latest

• With a rootless setup or SteamOS:

Requires a sudoless/rootless docker or podman setup.

distrobox create -n ankama-launcher -i ghcr.io/antiz96/ankama-launcher:latest

Install the host integration

To enhance the integration with the host machine, this repo contains a script as well as a ".desktop" file that allows you to launch the Ankama launcher within the container graphically like you would do with any other application (see the Usage chapter for more details).

To install them, download the archive of the latest stable release and extract it (alternatively, you can clone this repository via git).
Then go into the extracted/cloned directory and run the following command:

• With a regular setup:

sudo make install

• With a rootless setup:

sudo make install-rootless

• With SteamOS:

./steamos.sh install

Usage

Simply run the following command in order to run the container and launch the Ankama launcher:

ankama-launcher-container

Alternatively, you can run the Ankama Launcher Container application graphically via your application menu like you would do with any other application.

Update

Upgrade the container

The container is rebuilt periodically to update the packages base and apply eventual security fix and / or significant changes.

To upgrade the container after a new release has been made, pull the container image to get the new version:
Example below with the latest tag, but you can use any other tagged version if you prefer.

docker pull ghcr.io/antiz96/ankama-launcher:latest || podman pull ghcr.io/antiz96/ankama-launcher:latest

Then delete the running container running in distrobox and recreate it against the new image:

• With a regular setup:

distrobox rm -r -f ankama-launcher
distrobox create -r -n ankama-launcher -i ghcr.io/antiz96/ankama-launcher:latest

• With a rootless setup or SteamOS:

distrobox rm -f ankama-launcher
distrobox create -n ankama-launcher -i ghcr.io/antiz96/ankama-launcher:latest

To delete the old dangling image after the upgrade, run the following command:

docker image prune -a || podman image prune -a

Update the host integration

Updating the host integration at each new release isn't generally necessary. If significant changes are made to the related files which would require an update, it will be noted in the release's notes.

To update the host integration after a new release has been made, repeat the tasks listed in the Installation/Host integration chapter.

Uninstallation

Uninstall the container

To delete the container, run the following command:

• With a regular setup:

distrobox rm -r -f ankama-launcher

• With a rootless setup or SteamOS:

distrobox rm -f ankama-launcher

Uninstall the host integration

To remove the host integration, go into the previously extracted/cloned directory and run the following command:

• With a regular or a rootless setup:

sudo make uninstall

• With SteamOS:

./steamos.sh uninstall

Contributing

You can raise your issues, feedbacks and suggestions in the issues tab.
Pull requests are welcomed as well!