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Joe Doyen | 11 Aug 2008 21:43
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installing Linux version

Hi, I am running Ubuntu 8.04 and (well, I am kinda new to Linux anyway...) I was trying to install the Linux version of Netrek, but I couldn't figure out exactly how to do it...could you help me?  I haven't played this game since 1992 when I was a student at Iowa State University in Ames.  I wondered whatever happened to it!!  Any help would be appreciated....don't worry I will be an ADDICT.
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Zach Uram | 11 Aug 2008 22:16
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Re: installing Linux version

On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 3:43 PM, Joe Doyen <joeschmotz@...> wrote:
> Hi, I am running Ubuntu 8.04 and (well, I am kinda new to Linux anyway...) I
> was trying to install the Linux version of Netrek, but I couldn't figure out
> exactly how to do it...could you help me?  I haven't played this game since
> 1992 when I was a student at Iowa State University in Ames.  I wondered
> whatever happened to it!!  Any help would be appreciated....don't worry I
> will be an ADDICT.

Hi Joe,

Welcome back! What client are you trying to install? Is it COW,
Paradise-2000, BRMH, Paradise 2.99? And can you please post exactly
what you did and any errors you are seeing.

Zach
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James Cameron | 12 Aug 2008 01:02

Re: installing Linux version

G'day Joe,

Ubuntu 8.04 is very similar to Debian, so my current package works, I've
just tried it, but since there isn't a repository you have to install
manually, please follow these steps:

1.  check if you are using 32-bit or 64-bit architecture,

	dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_ARCH

2.  download the correct package file, according to the answer in step
1, choose one of the following,

	wget http://netrek.org/files/COW/netrek-client-cow_3.2.6-0_i386.deb

	or

	wget http://netrek.org/files/COW/netrek-client-cow_3.2.6-1_amd64.deb

3.  install the package,

	sudo dpkg --install netrek-client-cow_3.2.6-0_i386.deb

	or

	sudo dpkg --install netrek-client-cow_3.2.6-1_amd64.deb

At this point if you see an error "dpkg: dependency problems prevent
configuration of netrek-client-cow" and "dependency problems - leaving
unconfigured", tell the system to fix it,

	sudo apt-get -f install

4.  run the program,

	netrek-client-cow

5.  you should be given a metaserver list, left-click to join a server
and create a character, middle-click to join as guest.

See you on pickled.

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James Cameron    mailto:quozl@...     http://quozl.netrek.org/
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