Arma 3 on Linux Helper

Community Fork

This repository is a community-maintained fork of the original armaonlinux project. It was developed by members of our milsim community to provide enhanced documentation, improved installation scripts, and better support for custom configurations. While created to streamline the onboarding process for our own members, we have made this public to support the wider Arma on Linux/Unix community.

Improvements

• Steam Library Auto-Detection: Now supports external drives and non-standard library locations automatically.
• Custom Proton Support: Improved support for custom and GE-Proton versions.
• Setup Wizard: Automated onboarding detects existing installations and guides users through necessary winetricks/dependency setup.
• Prefix Protection: Proactive safety check alerts users to potential Proton-version mismatches to prevent configuration breakage.
• Automated CI/CD: Integrated GitHub Actions workflow to automatically render and deploy the documentation to GitHub Pages (supporting both HTML and PDF formats).
• Comprehensive Documentation: A full, updated guide in Quarto (.qmd) format is included, written to the standards of the Joint Service Publication 101 (JSP 101) Writers' Handbook.
• Enhanced Dependencies: Expanded checks to ensure multilib GStreamer libraries are present for audio support.

Quick Start

If you are new to this guide, see Annex B – Quick Reference Commands in arma3-linux-guide.qmd for a complete, step-by-step setup workflow.

Usage

See the internal help:

./Arma3Helper.sh help

For detailed setup instructions, please consult the arma3-linux-guide.qmd file.

Support

Community support is available on the ArmaOnUnix Discord.

Licence and Attribution

This project is a community fork of armaonlinux by Ingo Reitz. The helper script is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2 (see LICENSE). The guide (arma3-linux-guide.qmd) is adapted in part from upstream documentation, which is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence; upstream attribution is retained in the guide's history and title metadata. The Pandoc template in templates/ retains its original third-party licence headers.