Tested: Ubuntu 7.10 32bit - Openbox , Gnome Compliant


Globulation 2 is a Real-Time Strategy [RTS] game, which minimizes micro-management by automatically assigning tasks to units. The player chooses the number of units he wants to assign to various tasks, and the units will do their best to satisfy the requests. This allows the user to manage more units and focus on strategies rather than individual units' jobs.

It can be played by a single player, through your Local Area Network [LAN], or through the Internet thanks to Ysagoon Online Game [YOG], a meta-server. It also features Artificial Intelligence for playing against computer teams, a scripting language for versatile gameplay or tutorials and an integrated map editor.

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Make sure that the driver to your 3D graphic card is proper installed and working.
Check if your sourcelist is correctly set up.

Next you need the libs, -devs, headers and tools to compile, install and run Globulation 2.

Code:

sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude safe-upgrade
sudo aptitude install build-essential scons
sudo aptitude install libsdl1.2-dev libsdl-ttf2.0-dev libsdl-mixer1.2-dev libsdl-image1.2-dev libsdl-net1.2-dev libspeex-dev bcp libgl1-mesa-dev libglu1-mesa-dev

Done.

Download Globulation 2 source codes to your Desktop.

Download

Code:

cd ~/Desktop
tar zxfv glob2-0.9.1.tar.gz
cd glob2-0.9.1
scons
sudo ./mkinstall

Done.

You can now launch Globulation 2 by Applications tab —> Games —> Globulation 2
or by typing glob2 in the terminal.