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:

• ​0ad-unix-build.tar.xz (19 MB) or ​0ad-unix-build.tar.gz (21 MB)
• ​0ad-unix-data.tar.xz (562 MB) or ​0ad-unix-data.tar.gz (697 MB)

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-0.0.17-alpha-unix-build.tar.xz
tar xvJf 0ad-0.0.17-alpha-unix-data.tar.xz

# Or, if your tar is older than 1.22:
xz -cd 0ad-0.0.17-alpha-unix-build.tar.xz | tar xv
xz -cd 0ad-0.0.17-alpha-unix-data.tar.xz | tar xv

# Or, if you downloaded the .gz version:
tar xvzf 0ad-0.0.17-alpha-unix-build.tar.gz
tar xvzf 0ad-0.0.17-alpha-unix-data.tar.gz

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