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== Download ==

To compile 0 A.D.: Empires Ascendant from the source, you need two files:

* [https://releases.wildfiregames.com/0ad-0.0.26-alpha-unix-build.tar.xz 0ad-unix-build.tar.xz] (72.10 MB) or [https://releases.wildfiregames.com/0ad-0.0.26-alpha-unix-build.tar.gz 0ad-unix-build.tar.gz] (74.45 MB)
* [https://releases.wildfiregames.com/0ad-0.0.26-alpha-unix-data.tar.xz 0ad-unix-data.tar.xz] (1288.90 MB) or [https://releases.wildfiregames.com/0ad-0.0.26-alpha-unix-data.tar.gz 0ad-unix-data.tar.gz] (1629.48 MB)

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

== Verification ==

See wiki:VerifyingYourDownloads

== Extraction ==

Extract the **.xz** version into the current directory:

{{{
$ tar xvJf 0ad-0.0.26-alpha-unix-build.tar.xz 
$ tar xvJf 0ad-0.0.26-alpha-unix-data.tar.xz
}}}

Or, if your tar is older than 1.22:

{{{
$ xz -cd 0ad-0.0.26-alpha-unix-build.tar.xz | tar xv
$ xz -cd 0ad-0.0.26-alpha-unix-data.tar.xz | tar xv
}}}

Or, if you downloaded the **.gz** version:

{{{
$ tar xvzf 0ad-0.0.26-alpha-unix-build.tar.gz
$ tar xvzf 0ad-0.0.26-alpha-unix-data.tar.gz
}}}

== Building ==

Follow the wiki:BuildInstructions using the files from these release archives  instead of downloading from SVN or git.