Download and Install

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

Latest Release

• Source code: glob2-0.9.2_withSound.tar.gz
• Source code: glob2-0.9.2.tar.gz (missing sound)
• Windows: glob2win32-0.9.2.exe
• Debian like (Ubuntu) AMD64: glob2_0.9.2-1_amd64.deb
• View all changes in this release

You can still download the Older Releases. They can be useful if you want a binary for a system for which the latest release has not been packaged yet. 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, boost-devel, including boost_thread and boost_date_time.

Optional:

• Fribidi download GNU FriBidi

Installation by Operating System and Distribution:

Debian GNU/Linux and Ubuntu 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

• You can also use the integrate glob2 package using

  apt-get install glob2

  but most likely it is not up to date so you will not be able to play on YOG or against others using the latest version.

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

Ark Linux

• A package exists in the official repository. To install, install the globulation package, either through Mission Control::Install Software or by running (from Command Line Interpreter (Super User Mode))

  apt-get update ; apt-get -t dockyard-devel install globulation

Source Mage GNU/Linux

• A spell exists. Ensure that games grimoire is up-to-date, then execute (as root):

  cast glob2

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

• Download Globulation-0.9.1.dmg (Intel, 10.5 required)
  (Can also use MacPorts to install glob2 on older systems/architectures: sudo port install glob2)
• To install, mount the disk image (may have been automatically decompressed if you are using Safari) and copy the Globulation application to a location of your choice.

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 finding -lboost_thread (with boost already installed). A solution is to modify the SConstruct file 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. If you have root access you can create a symlink libboost_thread.so instead.

Sources from Mercurial

• Download the source code from the Mercurial by typing

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

hg clone -r default glob2 glob2-work

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

cd glob2
hg pull
cd ../glob2-work
hg pull -r default ../glob2
hg update -C tip

• Read the README.hg and README files.
• Continue by following the source distribution instructions from the 3rd step onwards.