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+Short answer:
+
+INSTALLATION:
+============
+
+1. Unpack contents of archive.
+
+2. Open a terminal.
+
+3. $ cd thrust3d
+
+4. $ ./configure
+
+5. Fix any errors which happen.  You need to have a C compiler installed, and development
+    packages for SDL, libpng and a few other bits installed.  Probably these have names
+    in your distro's package management system like 'sdl-dev', 'libpng-dev' and so on.
+    Note that the packages you need to have installed to build a program from source are
+    almost always different to the packages you need to run a program.  This is what the
+    '-dev' or '-devel' bit means.
+
+6. $ make
+
+7. $ sudo make install
+    or
+   $ su -c "make install"
+
+RUNNING:
+=======
+
+8. Check to see if I've done the bit that lets you start the game from the desktop menu yet.
+
+9. Discover that I haven't, and do one or more from:
+
+   $ thrust3d -h   (for command-line usage information)
+    or
+   $ thrust3d      (to play)
+    or
+   $ thrust3d -r 1024    (to play using a different resolution, see thrust3d -h for possibilities)
+    or
+   $ thrust3d -f   (to play in fullscreen mode - can combine with '-r')
+
+
+The FSF's generic installation instructions, or 'the long answer', follow.
+
+
 Installation Instructions
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