Alien Arena Installation Guide
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Alien Arena Installation Guide for Ubuntu
This guide will show you how to install Alien Arena. Note that it will be shown with commands which have to be inserted/written in the terminal. The easiest way is to copy and paste the commands. When one line of command have been written, you press the [ENTER] key.
You will find the terminal at Applications > Accessories > Terminal.
There are many ways to install and run Alien Arena. The most common one is to install it through Add/Remove or Synaptic Package Manager. But sometimes the latest version of Alien Arena is not available so you have to look elsewhere.
GetDeb is an excellent place to look for a .deb package of Alien Arena for Ubuntu. But if all luck is out, you can install Alien Arena manually which this guide will guide you through.
Before Installation
First thing you need to do is installing the necessary libraries to get Alien Arena to work.
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install build-essential
sudo apt-get install libsdl1.2-dev libsdl-image1.2-dev libsdl-ttf2.0-dev libsdl-mixer1.2-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libxxf86dga-dev libxxf86vm-dev
Now you are ready for the installation of Alien Arena.
Installation
Download Alien Arena for Linux to your Desktop.
cd ~/Desktop
mkdir -p ~/.Games
unzip alienarena2008-linux20090109.zip -d ~/.Games
cd ~/.Games/alienarena2008/source
make
make install
cd
The installation of Alien Arena is now complete.
Launcher
The next thing you need is to create a launcher/short-cut for Alien Arena.
alacarte
Go to Games and make a new entry;
Name: Alien Arena
Command: sh -c "cd ~/.Games/alienarena2008 && ./crx"
Comment: Alien Arena 2008 is a fast paced, retro sci-fi themed FPS game.
Icon: ~/.Games/alienarena2008/aa.png
You can now launch Alien Arena from Applications tab —> Games —> Alien Arena
Enjoy! ^_^
More articles in: How-To Guides, Installing Games
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Alien Arena Installation Guide for Ubuntu
This guide will show you how to install Alien Arena. Note that it will be shown with commands which have to be inserted/written in the terminal. The easiest way is to copy and paste the commands. When one line of command have been written, you press the [ENTER] key.
You will find the terminal at Applications > Accessories > Terminal.
There are many ways to install and run Alien Arena. The most common one is to install it through Add/Remove or Synaptic Package Manager. But sometimes the latest version of Alien Arena is not available so you have to look elsewhere.
GetDeb is an excellent place to look for a .deb package of Alien Arena for Ubuntu. But if all luck is out, you can install Alien Arena manually which this guide will guide you through.
Before Installation
First thing you need to do is installing the necessary libraries to get Alien Arena to work.
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install build-essential
sudo apt-get install libsdl1.2-dev libsdl-image1.2-dev libsdl-ttf2.0-dev libsdl-mixer1.2-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libxxf86dga-dev libxxf86vm-dev
Now you are ready for the installation of Alien Arena.
Installation
Download Alien Arena for Linux to your Desktop.
cd ~/Desktop
mkdir -p ~/.Games
unzip alienarena2008-linux20090109.zip -d ~/.Games
cd ~/.Games/alienarena2008/source
make
make install
cd
The installation of Alien Arena is now complete.
Launcher
The next thing you need is to create a launcher/short-cut for Alien Arena.
alacarte
Go to Games and make a new entry;
Name: Alien Arena
Command: sh -c "cd ~/.Games/alienarena2008 && ./crx"
Comment: Alien Arena 2008 is a fast paced, retro sci-fi themed FPS game.
Icon: ~/.Games/alienarena2008/aa.png
You can now launch Alien Arena from Applications tab —> Games —> Alien Arena
Enjoy! ^_^
More articles in: How-To Guides, Installing Games
Please, help us to keep this free project updated and alive. THANKYOU!
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