# Any Howto on how to use Eve on Linux these days? **URL:** \ **Category:** Linux\ **Created:** [January 3, 2023, 1:20pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/any-howto-on-how-to-use-eve-on-linux-these-days/390296 "2023-01-03T13:20:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Viktor\_Rasmussen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/viktor_rasmussen/32/348608_2.png) [@Viktor\_Rasmussen](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Viktor_Rasmussen)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 1:20pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/any-howto-on-how-to-use-eve-on-linux-these-days/390296/1 "2023-01-03T13:20:01Z")
Hi guys, I’m just on my return to eve after 6 years of absence. I’m wonder if there is any working howto on how to launch Eve on Linux these days. I tried it with Steam/Proton and get the Launcher to start. But the Client itself crashes immediately after the start. The launcher-log complains about: ```auto "Can't recognize 'DirectXRedist.exe' as an internal or external command, or batch script.\r" ``` So I assume that I miss something very basic here. ---
**Author:** ![Meditril](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/meditril/32/378591_2.png) [@Meditril](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Meditril)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/any-howto-on-how-to-use-eve-on-linux-these-days/390296/2 "2023-01-03T17:22:31Z")
Install Steam. Enable experimental games support. Install EVE via Steam. Have fun. ---
**Author:** ![Sen\_Isu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/sen_isu/32/388091_2.png) [@Sen\_Isu](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Sen_Isu)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 9:10pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/any-howto-on-how-to-use-eve-on-linux-these-days/390296/3 "2023-01-03T21:10:52Z")
You may have to try an older version of Proton. I use 6.3-8, personally ---
**Author:** ![Viktor\_Rasmussen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/viktor_rasmussen/32/348608_2.png) [@Viktor\_Rasmussen](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Viktor_Rasmussen)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 10:39pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/any-howto-on-how-to-use-eve-on-linux-these-days/390296/4 "2023-01-05T22:39:35Z")
I tried both already and they did not work for me. However, I was able to install eve with the Standard wine Installation from my distro (Ubuntu) and using winetricks to install a few packages. Eve now works under my Linux Desktop. Yay ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_TMac](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/lord_tmac/32/429919_2.png) [@Lord\_TMac](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Lord_TMac)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 11:39pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/any-howto-on-how-to-use-eve-on-linux-these-days/390296/5 "2023-01-07T23:39:07Z")
This, OP. I just switched to Fedora and this is how I did it, and it was painless. Valve is owning the Linux gaming space right now because of their steam Deck, and they’re making it exceptionally easy to run a whole swathe of Windows native games with Steam and Proton. ---
**Author:** ![1eg01as](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/1eg01as/32/382222_2.png) [@1eg01as](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/1eg01as)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 12:41pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/any-howto-on-how-to-use-eve-on-linux-these-days/390296/6 "2023-01-19T12:41:42Z")
Using wine-proton (patched wine) 7.0.5. Work fine (dx11 and dx12), has good performance ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/4/1/41ec4921cbaca7a6f9ea556e7cc20018461eae5e.png) [@system](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 12:42pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/any-howto-on-how-to-use-eve-on-linux-these-days/390296/7 "2023-04-19T12:42:06Z")
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