Loki Setup

Loki Setup is a handy installer program made especially for games. You can use it on almost any UNIX-like system. Right now, it gives you an ncurses-based GUI for console or server installs. If you're using X-Windows, you'll get to enjoy the GTK+ interface instead. Here's a quick list of platforms that Loki Setup works on:

Platforms Supported by Loki Setup

• AIX


• FreeBSD


• HP-UX


• IRIX


• Linux


• Mac OS X


• SCO OpenServer / OpenUNIX


• SunOS

Loki Patch Tools

Loki Patch is a collection of tools designed to create binary patches. You can use these either alone or together with loki_update.

Loki Update Program

The Loki Update program is another great tool for game updates, which also runs on pretty much any UNIX-like platform. Similar to Loki Setup, it supports a console interface for easy updates without interaction. If you're using X-Windows, you'll see the cool GTK+ interface. You can check out screenshots of the GTK+ interface here and here.

Loki's Database Connection

The tools like loki_setup, loki_patch, and loki_update depend on something called loki_setupdb. This xml-based database keeps track of installs and versions among other things.

How to Access the Projects via CVS and Subversion

If you want to check out these projects, you can easily do so through CVS and Subversion by following these simple steps:

cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.icculus.org:/cvs/cvsroot login (the password is "anonymous")

cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.icculus.org:/cvs/cvsroot co loki_setup

cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.icculus.org:/cvs/cvsroot co loki_setupdb



svn co svn://svn.icculus.org/loki_patch

svn co svn://svn.icculus.org/loki_update