RuneScape through WINE

install.md

Tested with OS X 10.9 only, YMMV.

Install homebrew http://brew.sh if you don't have it by launching Terminal.app and entering

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/go)"

Follow all the prompts.

Install XQuartz and Xcode Command Line Tools.

Make sure you can run brew doctor and everything checks out.

Install WINE

brew install wine

If you had homebrew installed before and you get a message like

Error: wine dependency jpeg not installed with:
  --universal

Then run

brew uninstall jpeg && brew install jpeg --universal

I had to do that with jpeg, libtool, and libpng. Run brew install wine again after resolving each one.

WINE will take a while to install. Like 30 minutes. Make some tea.

Download the Windows RuneScape client from http://www.runescape.com/downloads

cd ~/Downloads
curl -O http://www.runescape.com/downloads/runescape.msi

Install RuneScape

wine start runescape.msi

It prompts to install Mono, I clicked cancel and continued with the RuneScape install. When it finishes, the terminal prompt doesn't exit so type control-C to get back to the prompt.

You can test if RuneScape works now by entering the following:

cd ~/.wine/drive_c/jagexlauncher/jagexlauncher/bin/
wine JagexLauncher.exe runescape

If you want a handy shortcut:

cd ~/Desktop
echo '#!/bin/bash' >> WineScape
echo 'cd ~/.wine/drive_c/jagexlauncher/jagexlauncher/bin/' >> WineScape
echo 'wine JagexLauncher.exe runescape' >> WineScape
chmod u+x WineScape

Double-click WineScape on your Desktop and enjoy!