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If you have installed the game but still have problems running it or if you cannot compile the source distribution, try to look at Frequently Asked Questions page, where a section is related to installation problems.

Latest Release

• Source code: glob2-0.9.1.tar.gz
• Windows glob2win32_beta1.exe

• View all changes in this release

You can still download the Older Releases. They can sometimes be useful if you want a binary for a system that has not been packaged yet for latest release. Please keep in mind that Internet game will most likely not work with older releases. (See What version should i choose to play in the FAQ.)

Compilation requirements

For source tarbal, Mercurial source, and package installations, you'll also need to install these packages:

• scons build system
• SDL 1.2 download SDL-devel and SDL
• SDL_net 1.2 download SDL_net-devel
• SDL_image 1.2 download SDL_image-devel
• SDL_ttf 2.0 download SDL_ttf-devel
• speex -> download current stable release
• libogg and libvorbis can be found in their download-section. libspeex, too.
• zlib
• Boost C++ Libraries download boost and boost-devel (needs boost_thread library!!!)

Optional:

• Fribidi download GNU FriBidi

Installation by Operating System and Distribution:

Debian GNU/Linux

• Please download the latest .deb package from the download section above, and install it as you would install any ordinary debian package:
  • In root (or sudo), install it with dpkg -i glob2_VERSION.deb.
  • If you miss some dependencies, do an apt-get -f install as root (or sudo). Do NOT remove the glob2 package before apt-get -f install.
• You can now run Globulation 2 by typing glob2.

• If you are using Debian unstable, you can also use the integrate glob2 package but it is not as up to date.

Ubuntu Linux

• Please download the latest .deb package from the download section above, and install it as you would install any ordinary package:
  • Install it with sudo dpkg -i glob2_VERSION.deb. You need to enter your user password.
  • If you miss some dependencies, do a sudo apt-get -f install. Do NOT remove the glob2 package before apt-get -f install.
• You can now run Globulation 2 by typing glob2.

• If you are using Ubuntu Breezy or newer, you can also use the integrated glob2 package but it is not as up to date.

Fedora

• Globulation 2 is now in Fedora repository.
• Type yum install glob2 as root to install it.

Gentoo GNU/Linux

• An ebuild exists, and is in portage. To install, just execute (as root): emerge glob2
• Make sure you are in the games group

Arch Linux

• A package exists in the community repository. To install, execute (as root): pacman -S glob2
  • Make sure the community repository is enabled in pacman.conf

Source Mage GNU/Linux

• A spell exists. Make sure that games grimoire is up to date, and execute (as root): cast globulation2

Mandriva Linux

• Please download the latest rpm package from the download section above, and install it as you would install any other rpm:
  • Double click it to start the installation. When prompted, enter your root password. It will do the rest.
  • When it says installation is complete, click "Ok". Go to the menu and click "Run Command".
  • When the command box pops up, type "glob2" and it should load automatically.

Microsoft Windows

• Download the latest runtime package and unzip it anywhere.
• Open the folder glob2_runtime and double click glob2.exe

to uninstall, just remove the directory "glob2_runtime" where you extracted the .zip.

Mac OS X

• Mount the disk image file, and start the installer from it.
• Globulation gets installed in /Applications/Globulation2.
• To run the game, open /Applications/Globulation2/Globulation2.

FreeBSD

• A port exists and binary packages are built for different platforms.
• See FreeBSD port.

Compile from Sources

Source Distribution

• Get the source distribution archive from the download section above.
• Extract the archive using a compression/extraction utility such as tar.
• Go in the extracted archive. If you have a Unix system (Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X):
  • Run the 'scons' script to compile the game (it will check dependencies, install any you have missing)
    • If you want to install the game in a special place, instead of 'scons', type:
      • scons BINDIR="/path/to/install/bin" INSTALLDIR="/path/to/install/share".
  • Install with a simple 'scons install' command (will install to the location you might have entered when compiling (BINDIR and INSTALLDIR)).
  • Run the game by typing 'glob2'. If it doesn't work, type '/path/to/install/bin/glob2' instead.
  • Note: in some Linux distributions (eg: Archlinux), scons complains about not to find -lboost_thread (with boost already installed). A solution is to modify de SConstruct to look for boost_thread-mt instead of boost_thread, and the modify the LIBS variable with boost_thread-mt, to link against this library.

Sources from Mercurial

• Download the source code from the Mercurial by typing

hg clone http://hg.globulation2.org/glob2/

hg clone -r master glob2 glob2-master

• You can update the source code you have any time with a simple

cd glob2

hg pull

cd ../glob2-master

hg pull -r master ../glob2

hg update tip

• Read the README.hg and README files.
• Get the graphics by running the './syncdata' script in glob2-master.
• You can also get some maps by running the './syncmaps' script in the same location.
• Continue by following the source distribution instructions from the 3rd step onwards.