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@@ -1,3 +1,48 @@ +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 ************************* |