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How to install the latest version on Linux

Warning: The game is currently under heavy development, and many features are currently missing. This release is an alpha version, not a completed playable game - please check our site and forums for future updates!

The Linux packages are new and not well-tested, so please report any problems.

  1. Ubuntu 10.04
  2. Debian 5.0
  3. OpenSUSE
  4. Fedora, Mandriva
  5. Gentoo
  6. Arch
  7. Compiling on Linux

Ubuntu 10.04

Install from our ​PPA: 

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wfg/0ad
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install 0ad

(If you get errors about unmet dependencies, check that you have the Universe repository enabled in /etc/apt/sources.list.)

Run the game from the command-line as 

0ad

or from the application menu item "Games" / "0 A.D."

Alternatively, you can install 0ad from ​PlayDeb.net (see their ​setup instructions).

Unstable version: You can try a more up-to-date but less-well-tested version from our ​development snapshot PPA, which should be updated each week. Follow the instructions above but use the ppa:wfg/0ad.dev repository name.

Debian 5.0

sudo sh -e'echo "deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/games/Debian_5.0/ /" >/etc/apt/sources.list.d/obs-games.list'
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install 0ad

It should prompt "Install these packages without verification?" - these packages are not checked or trusted by Debian. You should not install them in security-critical environments. If you understand and accept the danger of installing unknown software, answer "y".

Run the game from the command-line as 

0ad

or from the application menu item "0 A.D."

OpenSUSE

  • Launch YaST.
  • Select "Software" and "Software Repositories".
  • Select "Add" and "Specify URL..."
  • Enter one of the following URLs, with name "obs-games":
    • http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/games/openSUSE_11.3/
    • http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/games/openSUSE_11.2/
    • http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/games/openSUSE_11.1/
  • It should prompt "Import Untrusted GnuPG Key" - these packages are not checked or trusted by OpenSUSE. You should not install them in security-critical environments. If you understand and accept the danger of installing unknown software, accept the import.
  • Run "Install/Remove Software"
  • Select "0ad" to install.

Run the game from the command-line as 

0ad

or from the application menu item "0 A.D."

Fedora, Mandriva

First run: 

su -

Then run one of the following commands:

  • curl http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/games/Fedora_13/games.repo >/etc/yum.repos.d/obs-games.repo
  • curl http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/games/Fedora_12/games.repo >/etc/yum.repos.d/obs-games.repo
  • curl http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/games/Mandriva_2010.1/games.repo >/etc/yum.repos.d/obs-games.repo
  • curl http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/games/Mandriva_2010/games.repo >/etc/yum.repos.d/obs-games.repo
  • curl http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/games/Mandriva_2009.1/games.repo >/etc/yum.repos.d/obs-games.repo

Install the package: 

yum install 0ad

It should prompt "Importing GPG key 0xC862B42C ... Is this ok?" - these packages are not checked or trusted by Fedora/Mandriva. You should not install them in security-critical environments. If you understand and accept the danger of installing unknown software, answer "y".

Exit from the su shell: 

exit

Run the game from the command-line as 

0ad

or from the application menu item "0 A.D."

Unstable version: Fedora: You can try a more up-to-date but less-well-tested version from a ​Fedora People repository.

Gentoo

See ​bug containing ebuilds (both latest release and latest SVN).

Arch

See ​releases and ​latest SVN packages.

Compiling on Linux

You need two files:

The .xz files are smaller but may require you to install ​XZ Utils.

Extract both files to the same location: 

# Extract .xz version into the current directory:
tar xvJf 0ad-r07970-alpha-unix-build.tar.xz
tar xvJf 0ad-r07970-alpha-unix-data.tar.xz

# Or, if your tar is older than 1.22:
xz -cd 0ad-r07970-alpha-unix-build.tar.xz | tar xv
xz -cd 0ad-r07970-alpha-unix-data.tar.xz | tar xv

# Or, if you downloaded the .gz version:
tar xvzf 0ad-r07970-alpha-unix-build.tar.gz
tar xvzf 0ad-r07970-alpha-unix-data.tar.gz

Then follow the build instructions using the files from this release instead of downloading from SVN.

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