Boosteroid Portable Installer (Arch Linux)

A lightweight, secure, and Arch‑optimised installer for the Boosteroid Portable Linux Client.
This script automates dependency installation and clean extraction of the official Boosteroid portable tarball using only pacman and standard system tools.

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🔧 Overview

This project provides:

• An Arch‑only installer (pacman required)
• Safe, temporary workspace for downloaded files
• Automatic dependency installation
• Clean extraction into a dedicated application directory
• Optional checksum verification
• No AUR helpers, no system pollution, no background services

The script does not redistribute Boosteroid software.
It only downloads the official portable client directly from Boosteroid’s servers.

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📦 Dependencies

The installer handles all required packages automatically.
Here’s the full dependency map for reference:

Purpose	Package(s)
Core Tools	tar, wget
Video Acceleration	libva, libvdpau
XCB / Windowing Components	libxcb, xcb-util-wm, xcb-util-image, xcb-util-keysyms, xcb-util-renderutil
X11 Compatibility	libxinerama, xorg-xinput
NUMA Management / CPU Affinity	numactl
Network Utilities	traceroute
Runtime Library Support	pcre2

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🚀 Installation

1. Download the installer

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/syn990/boosteroid-arch/BoosteroidInstall.sh
chmod +x BoosteroidInstall.sh

2. Run it

./BoosteroidInstall.sh

The script will:

1. Verify that you're running an Arch‑based system
2. Install required dependencies
3. Download the Boosteroid portable package
4. Extract it safely into:

BoosteroidGamesS.R.L/

5. Clean up temporary files

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▶️ Running Boosteroid

Inside the extracted directory, launch the Boosteroid binary:

cd BoosteroidGamesS.R.L
./boosteroid

You may optionally create your own .desktop launcher or wrapper script.

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📁 Project Structure

/
├── Boosteroid.sh          # Main installer (Arch-only)
└── LICENSE                    # MIT License covering this script

Boosteroid’s binaries will appear after running the installer.

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🔍 Security Notes

• The script uses mktemp -d for workspace isolation
• Privilege escalation is routed through sudo (or pkexec fallback)
• Optional SHA256 verification block is included inside the script
• No permanent system modifications except dependency installation

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🧩 Why This Exists

Boosteroid provides a portable Linux client, but dependency installation varies by distribution.
This script makes Arch Linux a first‑class citizen by providing:

• Correctly mapped dependencies
• Clean extraction
• No-frills execution path

It follows a similar philosophy used in SYN‑OS development: keep things simple, explicit, and user‑controlled.

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📜 License

This installer script is licensed under the MIT License.
See LICENSE.md for full details.

Important:
Boosteroid’s own software, trademarks, and binaries are NOT licensed under MIT.
They are downloaded directly from Boosteroid and remain subject to their terms.

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📝 Contributing

Don't bother. Take it and put it on the AUR.

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✔️ Summary

This project provides a:

• Clean
• Simple
• Arch‑focused
• Secure

installer for the Boosteroid Portable Client without modifying or redistributing Boosteroid’s software.