Getting MegaGlest
Glest, being open source, is available for many Operating Systems, and since no one operating system works the same, it's necessary to use different methods to get Glest for your operating system. Note that some methods are also available for operating systems that are not listed. For example, you can build it from source for windows too if you have the knowledge. The listed methods are simply the most preferred or most commonly used for the respective operating systems.
Contents
Windows
The easiest way is to download the installer from Sourceforge.
Mac OS X
Cider House has a complete Mac OS X Glest 3.21 package and installation guide.
FreeBSD
There is a patch to port Glest V2.0.0 to FreeBSD on the FreeBSD webpage
Linux
Check this out for tutorials on how to build packages for various distros.
Which installation method should I choose?
Consult the table below to determine which installation method will be the easiest to use and most likely to be successful. If you have used the installer successfully on your distribution, please add it to the table.
| Distribution | Recommended Method |
|---|---|
| (K)Ubuntu Dapper | Loki Installer |
| (K)Ubuntu Breezy | Loki Installer |
| Open SUSE 10.2 | YaST |
| Other | Source |
Loki Installer
Loki should work on any Linux flavour, providing it meets the following requirements:
- glibc >= 2.3.5
- SDL >= 1.2.7
- SDL_image >=1.2.6
- SDL_mixer >=1.2.6
- SDL_net >= 1.2.5
- SDL_ttf >= 2.0.6
- ogg >= 1.1
- vorbis >= 1.1
- libjpeg >= 6.2
- libpng >= 1.2
- zlib >= 1.2
- freetype2 >=2.1
Repository:
The easiest way to install Glest, open add/remove(synaptic package manager, Kpackage manager), search for Glest, and install the data package and the game package.
Or, open terminal and type: "sudo apt-get install glest" enter your sudo password, and Glest will be installed.
Source:
Download from the Sourceforge page or SVN (see below).
RPM
Pbone.net has RPMs for Suse, Mandrake, Mandriva, PCLinuxOS, and FedoraCore.
SVN
Use Kdesvn to checkout the Glest code. Windows users can use TortoiseSVN.
- Go to the Subversion menu -> General -> Checkout a repository" and enter the URL: [1]
- Select a directory to put the files in.
Command Line method:
- Go to the directory, on the console, where you want the files.
- Enter "svn co https://glest.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/glest glest" (make sure SVN is installed).
