(64bit supported)
Tested: Ubuntu 7.10 64bit - Gnome


Freeciv is much more than a game: In Freeciv the game players can decide what the rules will be! This means that unlike nearly every other computer game, Freeciv can be a different game each time you play. This opportunity comes with some cost. Especially at first, a player trying to tackle all the subtleties and nuances of this complex gaming experience can get a little lost. It can even be overwhelming.

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Check if your sourcelist is correctly set.

Download the relevant libs that is needed to compile, install and run FreeCiv;

Code:

sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude safe-upgrade
sudo aptitude install build-essential checkinstall
sudo aptitude install libgtk2.0-dev libsdl1.2-dev libsdl-mixer1.2-dev libintl-perl gettext bison zlib1g-dev libggzcore-dev libggz-dev libggzdmod++-dev libggzdmod-dev ggz-game-servers ggz-gnome-client libreadline5-dev libx11-dev libimlib2-dev libglib2.0-dev

Done.

Download FreeCiv Source to your Desktop.

Download

Code:

cd ~/Desktop
tar jxfv freeciv-2.1.3.tar.bz2
cd freeciv-2.1.3
./configure --enable-client=gtk
make
sudo checkinstall

If you want your client to be build upon sdl you need to remove –enable-client=gtk and add –enable-client=sdl

Done.

You can now launch from FreeCiv by Applications tab —> Games —> FreeCiv
or by typing civclient in the terminal-

Enjoy!

Code:

sudo dpkg -r freeciv

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