How to install Stepmania on a Chromebook


Today we are looking at how to install Stepmania on a Chromebook.

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Please use the video as a visual guide, and the commands and links below to install it on your Chromebook.

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1) 00:05 (time stamp in the video)
We start the process by enabling the Linux Container on our Chromebook.  You can al
ways remove it again in the future as well if needed.

To enable it, we go to the settings of our Chromebook, inside of it, we click on the "Advance" option in the left panel, and then the "Developers" section. Then enable Linux from there as seen in the video.

2) 00:35
Now we continue to the next phase in the tutorial and that is to run several commands in our Linux terminal, which will install Stepmania.

Some general facts about the terminal.  To paste a command into the Linux terminal, press "Ctrl Shift v" together.  After you paste a command into the Linux terminal, please press "enter" to run it.  At some commands you will see a question to press Y or n to continue.  If you see it press "enter" to continue.

2.1)  This command will update the repositories of our Linux container.

sudo apt update

2.2) 01:14 This command will install an application called flatpak, which we will use to install Inkscape with.  The Y and n question will appear in this command, please press "enter" then.

sudo apt install flatpak

2.3) 01:36 This command will add the flathub repository to our Linux container, which we require to install Stepmania.

sudo flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

2.4) 01:46 This command will install Stepmania.

a Person needs to press "enter" twice to start the installation process.

sudo flatpak install flathub com.stepmania.StepMania

2.5) 02:12 This command will set the permissions for one package so that Inkscape will work as expected.

sudo chown root:root /usr/bin/bwrap && sudo chmod u+s /usr/bin/bwrap

3) 02:21 Now we will launch Stepmania.

4) 03:59 Now we will create a shortucut to the C Drive where Stepmania will be installed it.  After we created the link,  we will go to it in our file manager, so that you will know where to access it.

ln -s  /home/$USER/.var/app/com.stepmania.StepMania/.stepmania-5.1 /home/$USER/stepmania

Enjoy!

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