Quick Start Guide - starcitizen-lug/knowledge-base GitHub Wiki

Prerequisites

[!tip] New to Linux? See our Recommended Distributions for a list of the distros most compatible with Star Citizen.

If using an immutable distro (Bazzite, Silverblue), we recommend a flatpak game launcher

  1. Install Wine v9.4 or newer from your distro's repos. If wine is not available from your distro's repos, you may follow the instructions on the winehq website.
    • Fedora users, run dnf install wine. Do not install using the graphical installer or from winehq; they provide a wow64 build which will not work with Star Citizen
  2. Install winetricks 20250102 or newer from your distro's repos. Links, if needed, are on the winetricks github
  3. Select an install location where you have space for the entire game, approximately 110GB
    • Must be a linux-formatted SSD
    • We do not recommend an HDD or NTFS format

Installation Steps

  1. Download our LUG Helper (Select the .tar.gz. Distro packages are listed here)
  2. Launch the LUG Helper and select the installation method Install Star Citizen with Wine
  3. Allow the Preflight Check to fix any issues it finds before proceeding!
  4. After the install completes then run the RSI Launcher, log in, and click Install to finish installing the game
  5. Launch the game. See you in the 'verse!

After Installation

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