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14 August 2021, How to install Fer.al on Linux

NOTE: You will not be able to play Fer.al if your system uses an outdated GLIBC version. For most systems this is not the case unless it is an outdated system or if you use OpenSuse Leap 15.2

How to install it the easy way

This should work if you use the GNOME desktop or one that is based on GNOME in some way, like Cinnamon and Mate.

Install the following packages: lutris, p7zip-full
Open Lutris
Search for 'Fer.al' in the Lutris tab
Double click the game. The installation should start.
You will be asked to install wine-mono, click yes. It is a local installation.
If the installation is running for some time and seems to be stuck and you don't see any Feral screen yet, cancel the installation and try to install it the other way.
If the installation did succeed, you can play Feral using Lutris. Directly after the installation you can click 'launch', the next time you can open lutris, click on 'wine' and double-click on Feral.

How to install it the other way

All commands should be run without the ` symbol. So if you should run `echo blah`, you should run: echo blah

Install the following packages: wine, wine-32bit, p7zip-full, wget
Open the commandline, the commandline application is probably called 'xterm'.
Run: `wget https://download.fer.al/win64/FeralInstaller.exe`
Run: `wine FeralInstaller.exe`

You will be asked to install wine-mono, click yes. It is a local installation. You will also get an error window. Just click on ok.

Run: `wget $(cat ~/.wine/drive_c/users/${USER}/Local\ Settings/Application\ Data/Programs/WildWorks/Feral/out.log | grep 7z | tr "=" "\ " | awk '{print $2}' | sed 's/.$//') -O FeralArchive.7z`
Run: `7z x FeralArchive.7z -oFer.al`
Create a '.desktop' file for Feral containing `Exec=wine ~/Fer.al/build/Fer.al.exe`. If you don't know what a '.desktop' file is or how to create them, you can use a preconfigured one by running: `wget https://gist.githubusercontent.com/PrivacyDragon/3ca72fe9df13691dfe3214b5a4207b19/raw/f420494856a9ca8b85ec08b6dbe84802e5e10acc/Fer.al.desktop -O ~/.local/share/applications/Fer.al.desktop`
You can now run Feral from your application menu.