Manual:Installation on Linux
Installating UFO:AI on Linux
Depending on your distribution, packages for UFO:AI may be available or not. If not or if the package is not up-to-date you will have to compile the game from source. In both cases, check the download page to get the installation files.
Ubuntu
Ubuntu has a package available in their main repository since 16.04 LTS Xenial Xerus. You can install the game from the Ubuntu Software Center or via command-line package management tools.
$ sudo apt-get install ufoai
Fedora
You must configure your package managre to add rpmfusion repository. Add the two following lines in your source list:
- http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm
- http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
Then refresh your package list and select UFO:AI for installation.
Debian
First download both source and data files from the download page. Then check compiling on Debian while ignoring downloading the latest developpment version (you already have the source).
Suse
First download both source and data files from the download page. Then check compiling on Suse while ignoring downloading the latest version (you already have the source).
Other distributions
See the generic compilation instructions for other distributions.