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GNU/Linux

Not all Distributions are always at the state of the current release. If you want to be sure to have the current version, please get the sources and compile it yourself.

Arch Linux

  • For the official pkg from [extra]: pacman -S wesnoth
  • dibblethewrecker also provides regular SVN snapshots. Please see [ http://dtw.jiwe.org/content.php?article.9 here] for details of how to access the repo. As development of wesnoth continues this repo is likely to follow the unstable branch.

Ark Linux

  • Ark Linux includes an official wesnoth package, currently at version 1.3.19 Simply use the package installation tool to install the wesnoth package, or run apt-get update; apt-get install wesnoth (or apt-get -t dockyard-devel install wesnoth if you wish to run the current development version of wesnoth with all other packages from the stable tree)
  • Users of other similar distributions can download the packages at the Ark Linux file server. They are likely to run on any rpm based distribution that uses a recent version of gcc (>= 4.0) and glibc (>= 2.4).

Debian

  • apt-get install wesnoth or
  • aptitude install wesnoth
  • Official packages including the development releases in the experimental branch
  • backports.org offers the stable wesnoth releases for Debian stable

Compiling

If you want to play with the SVN version directly you may have to compile it yourself. See Compiling Wesnoth.

To install the dependencies :

aptitude install build-essential libsdl-image1.2-dev libfreetype6-dev libsdl-mixer1.2-dev libsdl-net1.2-dev libfribidi-dev libsdl1.2-dev python-dev libboost-iostreams-dev libboost-test-dev

As of 1.4 stable, the dependencies also include all of the "Boost" libraries, you need the last two only since some late 1.3.x devel releases.

To compile it : If you have already installed and older version of wesnoth, uninstall it by:

aptitude purge wesnoth

Note that this will not remove downloaded data or savegames which are stored in your home directory in the folder .wesnoth. Then, download the source by wget, or your preferred web browser. Save it in the /usr/src directory. Now, it's very easy : 

cd /usr/src
tar -xvzf wesnoth-1.x.x.tar.gz
cd wesnoth-1.x.x
./configure
make
sudo make install

If the account you use to get wesnoth does not have root privileges (or is in the src group), it will be easier to save it in the /home/username directory. This causes no problems, but may not make wesnoth available for all users, you would also need to set specific configure options to play it directly from there but can skip the last line. Also, if you download it to be opened by the Ark archive manager and do not have root privileges, it is necessary to save it to the default directory under ~username. After that, use the root terminal and type: 

cd ~username
cd wesnoth-1.x.x # repeat this command at least once... during my extact of 1.4, 
                 # it made wesnoth-1.4/wesnoth-1.4/wesnoth-1.4
./configure
make
sudo make install

One more comment: using 1.4 on Etch, I had problems getting the Extended Era add-on(and many others) to function. I keep getting an error that say that the add-ons have errors for about a dozen of my installed add-ons, and those simply are not available. You might want to wait for 1.4.1 even though many improvements in 1.4 are very cool. --kencomer

You may have more information about this part in the Compiling Wesnoth page.

Ubuntu

Gutsy

7.10's universe repository includes version 1.2.8.

See the Ubuntu Starter Guide's section on adding the universe repositories. Install via System->Administration->Synaptic, via Applications->Add/Remove or aptitude/apt-get.

An unofficial repository is availabe with packages for beta versions. They are raw outputs of dh_make but they can be installed along with official packages.

Feisty

There is a version 1.2.6 available at the GetDeb.net for both 32bit and 64bit Feistys.

Battle for Wesnoth 1.2.3-1 is included in the Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty's) universe collection. You can install via System->Administration->Synaptic, via Applications->Add/Remove or aptitude/apt-get.

Edgy

There is a version 1.2.4 available at the GetDeb.net for 32bit Edgy.

Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft includes binaries for Wesnoth 1.1.8 in its universe repository, so if you're happy with this version, just upgrade to Edgy Eft. But be aware that this version is completely outdated and there is no official mp-server running for it. Better try to update to a more recent version, like one from the 1.2.x stable series.

Dapper

There is a version 1.2.3 available at the GetDeb.net for 32bit Dapper.

Battle for Wesnoth 1.0.1-1 is included in Ubuntu Dapper's universe collection. This is the (really old) stable release of the 1.0.x series. As this is not the latest version, Breezy users will need to do one of the following to obtain the latest version:

  • Upgrade to the Dapper Drake, or
  • Use the Breezy-Backports repository,
  • Use an unofficial repository, or
  • Build from the source per Debian above, or
  • Use the generic binary for GNU/Linux found on the Download page.

Of these options, the final one is most likely the easiest at this time, while building from source is the most reliable.

Other

Do not attempt to install the debian package and associated dependencies using dpkg as you will break your environment! (Though we had no comment of anything in the system being broken after installing Wesnoth from a Debian rep, in fact the Debian binaries are exactly what is used for Ubuntu, too)

After considering the warning above, if you would still like to use more updated Wesnoth packages in Debian Etch on your installation of Ubuntu Edgy (notice that the following instruction itself might be flawed, in addition to introducing Debian packages to your installation):

  • Add a Debian etch mirror to your /etc/apt/sources.list, e.g.
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ etch main
  • Add to /etc/apt/preferences, or create it with the following content
Package: *
Pin: release o=Ubuntu
Pin-Priority: 995

Package: wesnoth
Pin: release o=Debian
Pin-Priority: 996

Package: wesnoth-data
Pin: release o=Debian
Pin-Priority: 996

(You need to repeat this for each of wesnoth-music, wesnoth-server, wesnoth-httt, etc., just search for wesnoth in your normal package manager to get an idea which ones are needed, every campaign has its own package)

  • Upgrade packages with apt-get or aptitude. Make sure that only wesnoth packages are upgraded from Debian repository.

Compiling

If you choose to build the source you should add the datadir flag to configure to ensure your installation puts the data in the same place as the official installation path: 

cd /usr/src
tar -xvzf wesnoth-1.x.x.tar.gz
cd wesnoth-1.x.x
./configure --datadir=/usr/share/games ...
make
sudo make install

Fedora

Battle for Wesnoth is included in Fedora. The current version of Battle for Wesnoth is available for ppc, i386, and x86_64 architectures. If you have problems with these packages, or other questions, please contact the Fedora maintainer Jon Ciesla.

To install simply run:

  • yum install wesnoth wesnoth-tools wesnoth-server

Gentoo

For the stable release just type:

  • emerge wesnoth

For the development release you will have to fetch an overlay, eg from this site: http://www.dorf.wh.uni-dortmund.de/priv/markus/wesnoth-dev.tbz extract it to your local overlay-directory and then type emerge wesnoth-dev The ebuild will be updated whenever the person creating the ebuild finds the time to do so.

Or if you're too impatient to wait and willing to take the risk of things blowing up, download and extract the overlay, make a copy of the highest available ebuild version, but change the version number to that of Wesnoth version you want (for instance, wesnoth-dev-1.3.2.ebuild might become wesnoth-dev-1.3.8.ebuild ), run ebuild [new ebuild file] digest and then try to emerge. It may or may not work, depending on exactly how extensive the changes in the Wesnoth source are--going from 1.3.2 to 1.3.8 this way worked for me.

For building from svn tree download the portage overlay from: http://www.dorf.wh.uni-dortmund.de/priv/markus/wesnoth-svn.tbz extract it to your local overlay-directory and then type emerge wesnoth-svn

wesnoth-dev are the official development releases while wesnoth-svn will build straight from SVN-source tree to keep you up to date with the lastest changes and all the errors ;-) updating wesnoth-svn will not work ! you have to reemerge it each time you want to update !

KateOS

Currently Battle for Wesnoth v1.4 is available in offcial KateOS repo (testing for now) [1]

klik

The most easy way to testdrive BfW is provided via klik. klik enables clients to create distribution-independent binaries which require no "installation" (the base system remains untouched); its created "AppDir" bundles run even from USB stick or CD RW. klik support is pre-enabled on Knoppix and Kanotix Live CDs. Other distros need to install a small klik client (less than 20 kByte download, less than 20 seconds effort). See the klik FAQ for details. A BfW-specific klik website has links to help with the package. Once the klik client is installed, look at this:

  • Wesnoth-1.0 ancient stable Version: to "klik" it, type klik://wesnoth into your Browser
  • Wesnoth-1.1.1 ancient Development-Version: to "klik" it, type klik://wesnoth-latest into your Browser

Mandrake (cooker)

Pardus

  • Run Package Manager, click Games section, select Wesnoth and click install.
  • If you prefer to install Wesnoth from command line type pisi it wesnoth.

Slackware

  • Packages of Battle for Wesnoth for Slackware-current can be downloaded from develia.org

SuSE / OpenSUSE

These are builds of The Battle For Wesnoth for several SUSE Linux distributions, made for both i386 and x86_64 architecture. On SUSE Linux 10.1 and above, as well as on SLED, just use the zen-updater and add these directories to your available services (as ZYPP). On 10.0 and older, you can use YaST to add the installation sources. Furthermore, these packages are splitted into "wesnoth" (the game binary) and the data sets "wesnoth-data-base" and "wesnoth-data-full". If you want to be able to play the game, "wesnoth-data-base" is all you need, but you will be missing the full experience, because wesnoth-data-full includes larger images and music. Downloading "wesnoth-data-base" only is meant for slow-bandwidth downloaders. However if you select "wesnoth" in zen-updater or yast, it will automatically select "wesnoth-data-base" and "wesnoth-data-full" to deliver the full experience. If you have problems with these packages, or other questions, please contact Holger Hetterich.


Xandros Linux

  • This disto for wesnoth-1.1.1 works well with Xandros 3
  • Xandros 3 has the distro for wesnoth .9 available through Xandros Networks

Yoper Linux

All versions built for Yoper 2.2.0-6, although they should install on 2.1. Please let kernowyon know via the Yoper forums if you get any problems Latest 1.0.2 version

1.0.1 version

Earlier version

Binaries for all distributions

Other

See Also

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