Playdate Simulator Not Installing

Rowlet311 · October 21, 2024, 5:48am

Hello I am trying to install the Playdate SDK on Linux Ubuntu 24.04.1, and when trying to install the Playdate Simulator the via the setup.sh file the file does not show up in the usr/local/share/application folder. I have tried to open the Simulator using the command: sudo ./PlaydateSimulator with command line, but it just said:
./PlaydateSimulator: Permission denied

Thanks for your help!

scratchminer · October 21, 2024, 2:37pm

try a chmod +x and see if that fixes it -- Linux has lots of problems with installed file permissions sometimes

willco · October 21, 2024, 6:19pm

The setup script doesn't move the Simulator, it runs from the /bin folder from within the SDK folder. The script sets up a .desktop file and enables USB access, that's it. You shouldn't have to run it using sudo.

Rowlet311 · October 22, 2024, 1:18am

Thanks that fixed it!