Extreme Tux Racer is an open source racing game featuring Tux the Linux Penguin. ETRacer continues in the tracks of Tux Racer and its forks.
And now, we present to you with the initial release of Extreme Tux Racer, brought to you by a new team of developers. While there is the addition of a new campaign and a few bug fixes here and there, our main goal with this release is to break in our new name and team.

This guide show you how to compile the latest version of Extreme Tux Racer. If you don't want to compile from the source, please check Synaptic package manager for Extreme Tux Racer (etracer) or Getdeb if they have an up-to-date ubuntu package available. There's also ubuntu packages on their website.

Make sure that the driver to your 3D graphic card is proper installed and working.
Check if your sourcelist is fully enable (universe, multiverse and mediabuntu).

Next step is to download Compiling tools and the right libs to make Extreme Tux Racer work.

Code:

sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude upgrade
sudo aptitude install build-essential checkinstall
sudo aptitude install tcl8.4-dev libpng12-dev libfreetype6-dev libsdl1.2-dev libsdl-mixer1.2-dev libglu1-mesa-dev xlibs-dev

Done.

Download Extreme Tux Racer Source Code to your Desktop;

Download

To the terminal:

Code:

cd ~/Desktop
tar zxfv extreme-tuxracer-0.35.tar.gz
cd extreme-tuxracer-0.35
./configure
make
sudo checkinstall

Download the tux.png to your Desktop.

Code:

cd ~/Desktop
sudo mv tux.png /usr/local/share/etracer
sudo nano /usr/share/applications/etracer.desktop

Add the following;

Save (ctrl)+(o) and Exit (ctrl)+(x)

You can now launch Extreme Tux Racer by Applications —> Games —> Extreme Tux Racer
or by typing etracer in the terminal.

Enjoy!