Issues with new download links for Linux: No setup for the Editor, and Android as a pkg file

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Hi,

There has been changes to the Unity Download Archive pages that are a source of problem for my setup. My main use case is to download the Unity Editor for Linux (Debian) with the “iOS Build Support” and the “Android Build Support”.

I currently can not use the Unity Hub because of this issue . And I have some trouble with the new way to download

For example, if I go to this link : Unity 2022.3.33

  • The “Linux” Editor is now an archive, instead of an installer (it was previously an executable called “UnitySetup-2022.3.3f1”. This executable would allow us to select the other components from the command line (such as, the Android and iOS modules)).
  • For Linux, we can download the “iOS Build Support” without issue and extract it manually.
  • For Linux, we can download the “Android Build Support”, but it is inside a “pkg” archive, which is intended to be used with Mac OS and not Linux.

My questions regarding this:

  • Is there a way to get the UnitySetup installer that existed before? This would be the prefered way.
  • If not, can I find a way to use the pkg “Android Build Support” on Linux? Or if someone from Unity see this thread, could it be changed to a “standard” linux archive ?

Thanks.

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The Unity Support got back to me and sent me a method to extract the pkg on linux. I didn’t have the time to try it yet, but here it is if someone is looking to do this:

mkdir -p /tmp/ABS
7z x -t* -o/tmp/ABS AndroidBuildSupport.pkg
cd UNITY_ROOT_PATH
cat /tmp/ABS/TargetSupport.pkg.tmp/Payload | gunzip -dc | cpio -i
rm -fr /tmp/ABS
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As I understand Apple requires Mac for development so there should be no Unity on Linux for Mac build. Microsoft has similar banning policy for MAUI(and Windows SDK, WinUI) on Linux but making multiplatform application or game is still possible but with obvious development effort and proper licensing respecting platforms.