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Old 01-09-2007, 11:13 PM   #1
brumby_nw
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Newbie trying to install .rar games on Kubuntu


Ok, I really have no clue about Linux. I installed Kubuntu and I wanted to put some kid's games on there but I'm used to an installation wizard coming on and taking my hand through the process.

The games I want to install are .RAR files. We I click on the install folder (I've transferred them from my WIN laptop with internet on a jump drive not a CD) it tells me what to do but I don't know where to do it. Here's what it says.

*Installing ctris is very easy, all you have to do is this:

make
su -
make install*

But I have no idea about this. I'm guessing I need more help then one has the time for, so if someone knows of a link that can talk to people at my level that would be great. Thanks in advance.
 
Old 01-09-2007, 11:48 PM   #2
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Files ending with .rar are compressed files to save space.
Use unrar. If you don't have it, use the source repos and install it.
Once it's installed, type in console:

Code:
unrar e filename.rar
It will extract the .rar and you will see more files in the dir after it's done

-bhert

Last edited by bhert; 01-09-2007 at 11:51 PM.
 
Old 01-10-2007, 11:10 PM   #3
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installing unrar

Thank you bhert for the reply, I am a little more challanged then you might have thought. Here are two questions. How do I install unrar? And what is, or perhaps more importantly, how do I access the "console."

Thank you for any light you might shed on this.

brumby
 
Old 01-11-2007, 02:00 AM   #4
Ynot Irucrem
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alt-f2 -> "konsole" (can't remember where it is in the menu

installing software:
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu_E...a_repositories
"sudo apt-get install synaptic" and enter your password (not sure if it's already installed)
run "synaptic".

ctris may already be in synaptic, installing stuff from there is easier than compiling from source. Otherwise, install rar from synaptic, and follow those instructions.

It's pretty weird that that game is distributed as .rar, usually Linux source is .tar.gz or .tar.bz2.

K/Ubuntu has disabled the root (Administrator) account by default, so instead of
Code:
su -
[enter root password]
make install
[Ctrl-D]
do
Code:
sudo make install
[enter user password]

Last edited by Ynot Irucrem; 01-11-2007 at 03:46 AM.
 
Old 01-11-2007, 03:06 AM   #5
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Are you trying to install Windows games? Then it will get more complicated than you thougt. See if there are open source equivalents and use Adept to install them (I think it is somewhere in the System section of the menu).
 
Old 01-11-2007, 04:34 AM   #6
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hansalfredche
Are you trying to install Windows games?
Quote:
Originally Posted by brumby_nw
Here's what it says.

*Installing ctris is very easy, all you have to do is this:

make
su -
make install*




Quote:
Originally Posted by hansalfredche
Adept
Wow, I never heard of that, finally a decent KDE package manager. brumby_nw, nevermind about synaptic, this program will run faster under KDE (the desktop you are running now, and the K in Kubuntu).

Last edited by Ynot Irucrem; 01-11-2007 at 04:35 AM.
 
Old 01-11-2007, 05:31 AM   #7
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Well, I just re-read the original question and realized it wasn't some Windows game but that it's source code. I'm not sure if (K)Ubuntu has all the developpement stuff installed (GCC, libs and devel packages), but I think not. So no use of playing around with the make command as it is likely not installed. Better find Adept, and add more package sources like universe and maybe multiverse (the game is likely to be in one of them). It's all in the menus. Just be aware that multiverse contains some packages that MIGHT be illegal where you live or have special licence requirements.
 
  


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