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Installation and Dependencies

Sceelix is available for Windows, Mac and Linux platforms and the installation process for each platform differs.

Windows​

Installer​

Sceelix provides an installer that already contains all the necessary dependencies. Once you’ve downloaded the installer, simply double-click the file to launch the installation process. Like any other installation wizard, you’ll be faced with the possibility to change the installation directory and shortcut creation options. The installer will then proceed to install Sceelix and all its dependencies for you. Configuration data and other extras are then unpacked to your User AppData and Documents folder when you first run Sceelix.

Portable​

In the case you can’t run installers or simply prefer to carry Sceelix in a USB flash drive, portable versions are always useful. The zip file that you’ll download should first be extracted. It is not recommended to choose a location that may require special permissions (such as Program Files or the Windows folder). The extracted folder contains all the Sceelix files and a folder with the dependencies, which you’ll need to have installed first. They are:

In this portable version, all the configuration data (and extras) is stored in the original folder itself.

Mac​

Double-click the downloaded dmg file. This will show a window with the installation instructions. In case you haven’t installed Mono before, you should double-click the MonoInstaller.pkg and follow the steps in the installation wizard. Afterwards, just drag and drop the Sceelix folder to the Applications folder and Sceelix will be installed!

When you’ll first execute Sceelix on a new machine, a font caching process will need to take place, during which Sceelix will apparently hang and remain unresponsive. This is a standard and necessary process, lead by Mono (making it beyond Sceelix's control) and usually takes a few minutes. The subsequent executions (even after updates) will not need to undergo this process.

Linux​

Since it uses Mono, Sceelix can run on pretty much every Linux distribution that supports it as well. At this point, .deb packages (for Ubuntu, Debian..) and .rpm packages (for Red Hat, CentOS, Fedora, SUSE…) are provided, which in some systems can be easily installed using package managers (for example, Ubuntu already provides the Ubuntu Software Center). For most of these managers, a simple double-click on the package will launch the package manager, after which instructions are shown. Alternatively, you can install the packages using the terminal, as shown below.

To install the .deb package from the terminal:​

Run

sudo apt-get install mono-complete

to install Mono. Then run:

sudo dpkg -i Sceelix-X.X.X.X-LinuxInstaller.deb

to install Sceelix (where X.X.X.X is the version number you are installing).

To install the .rpm package from the terminal:​

Run

rpm -ivh  -i Sceelix-X.X.X.X-LinuxInstaller.rpm

to install Sceelix (where X.X.X.X is the version number you are installing) and the Mono dependencies.