= Please see the web site for up-to-date information on how to download/install 0 A.D. on Linux =
http://play0ad.com/download/linux/

== Compiling on Linux ==
You need two files:

 * [http://releases.wildfiregames.com/0ad-0.0.16-alpha-unix-build.tar.xz 0ad-unix-build.tar.xz] (19 MB) ''or'' [http://releases.wildfiregames.com/0ad-0.0.16-alpha-unix-build.tar.gz 0ad-unix-build.tar.gz] (21 MB)
 * [http://releases.wildfiregames.com/0ad-0.0.16-alpha-unix-data.tar.xz 0ad-unix-data.tar.xz] (502 MB) ''or'' [http://releases.wildfiregames.com/0ad-0.0.16-alpha-unix-data.tar.gz 0ad-unix-data.tar.gz] (616 MB)

The `.xz` files are smaller but may require you to install [http://tukaani.org/xz/ XZ Utils].

Extract both files to the same location:

{{{
# Extract .xz version into the current directory:
tar xvJf 0ad-0.0.16-alpha-unix-build.tar.xz
tar xvJf 0ad-0.0.16-alpha-unix-data.tar.xz

# Or, if your tar is older than 1.22:
xz -cd 0ad-0.0.16-alpha-unix-build.tar.xz | tar xv
xz -cd 0ad-0.0.16-alpha-unix-data.tar.xz | tar xv

# Or, if you downloaded the .gz version:
tar xvzf 0ad-0.0.16-alpha-unix-build.tar.gz
tar xvzf 0ad-0.0.16-alpha-unix-data.tar.gz
}}}
Then follow the '''[wiki:BuildInstructions#Linux build instructions]''' using the files from this release instead of downloading from SVN.