[Suggestion] on uBlue use brew to install dotnet to avoid problems

[DSDV]

Hi,
thank you very much for your work (:
i am currently on bazzite and spent the last few days trying to get SPT running with your script.

When following your instructions it all worked great ( :

Sadly tho on the Bazzite discord many suggested that layering ASP.Net would be a bad idea since it might cause update problems or breaking dependency further down the line.

Using brew to install Dotnet was the suggested method.
it proofed to be quite a headache and sadly even tho i think its possible to get it working with Lutris i never got to that stage.
(probably because of environment variables which Lutris might handle differently since even the Lutris SPT scripts fail to recognize Dotnet installed with brew).

But thanks to a lot of patience and help form the Bazzite community we got it working with the cli installer (:

the steps are:
brew install dotnet
then put
export DOTNET_ROOT="/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/opt/dotnet/libexec"
into ./bashrc

i also did but did not have time to test without it (the folder was taken from a layered install of ASP.NET)
export DOTNET_BUNDLE_EXTRACT_BASE_DIR="/home/user/.cache/dotnet_bundle_extract"

and restart.

after that the cli installer worked like a charm and the game looks like its working fine (:

tl;dr: i suggest to update https://github.com/MadByteDE/SPT-Linux-Guide/blob/main/docs/aspnet.md for uBlue to use brew installed dotnet to avoid dependency problems when upgrading the system.

PS: i send you a DM on Discord if you want to do a bit more testing (:

[MadByteDE]

I agree that using rpm-ostree is not ideal & might cause issues, but it's the easiest solution for ppl right now to get the server working.

Since I want a unified way for .NET installations across all distributions, using brew wouldn't be ideal.

Instead, the idea is to completely remove the need for system-wide package installations for .NET / Asp.NET by adding a automated user / home directory installation step for them in the installer scripts, installing the runtimes similar to how dotnet-install.sh does it. I'm working on this already, but it's a bit more complicated then I initially hoped, so it might take me a bit to implement it properly.

This also should fix issues with installing the runtimes e.g .on the Steam Deck or later on the Steam Machine.

[DSDV]

great to hear!
if you need a tester send me a DM (:

[nmlynch94]

@MadByteDE I've used a pattern for a few other games where it's a self-contained flatpak will all the dependencies. Simplifies "works on my machine" issues and works well for immutable distros. Flatpak may not be your preference, but sharing just in case: https://github.com/nmlynch94/tarkov-flatpak/tree/main.

Sorry it's messy. Made it for a friend so I didn't take the time to polish it.

[MadByteDE]

@MadByteDE I've used a pattern for a few other games where it's a self-contained flatpak will all the dependencies. Simplifies "works on my machine" issues and works well for immutable distros. Flatpak may not be your preference, but sharing just in case: https://github.com/nmlynch94/tarkov-flatpak/tree/main.

Sorry it's messy. Made it for a friend so I didn't take the time to polish it.

That's pretty cool! 🚀

I see a couple potential issues with it for wider use, but if you're up for it & want to expand on what you have & want some feedback, I'm open to discuss this on Discord or in your Github repo.. 👍

For now I'm probably proceeding with adding support for user dir .NET installs to the additions script which should be the last blocker for the additions script to work well on immutable distros.

[DSDV]

After i got everything working i also set up https://gist.github.com/zhliau/c37bc3801cca7ceaf7d0c3682a1fd31a
therefor did not rely on the local SPT Server.
Today i wanted to test a mod locally and noticed that bazzite apparently changed sth (or other updates did)
since the original workaround i posted does not work anymore :(

You must install or update .NET to run this application.

App: /run/media/system/990pro4tb/Gaming/Games/escape-from-tarkov/drive_c/SPTarkov/SPT/SPT.Server.Linux
Architecture: x64
Framework: 'Microsoft.NETCore.App', version '9.0.0' (x64)
.NET location: /var/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Cellar/dotnet/10.0.102/libexec

The following frameworks were found:
  10.0.2 at [/var/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Cellar/dotnet/10.0.102/libexec/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]

Learn more:
https://aka.ms/dotnet/app-launch-failed

To install missing framework, download:
https://aka.ms/dotnet-core-applaunch?framework=Microsoft.NETCore.App&framework_version=9.0.0&arch=x64&rid=ubuntu.22.04-x64&os=bazzite.43