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I have downloaded a game called redeclipse from their own website. It's an open source project and hopefully supports Linux too, so I have downloaded it but it came in a .tar.bz2 format.

I extracted it and it consist of several folders. I don't know how to install them from here. I am using Ubuntu 15.04

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    Oct 26, 2015 at 7:37

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There is no installation, unless you want to compile the game yourself. If so, give me a comment.

  1. Install some dependencies

    sudo apt-get install git curl libsdl-mixer1.2 libsdl-image1.2

  2. Download the Linux archive

  3. Open a terminal via Ctrl-Alt-T

  4. Extract the archive (the version number 1.5.3 depends on the downloaded version)

    sudo tar xvf ~/Downloads/redeclipse_1.5.3_nix.tar.bz2 -C /opt

  5. See if it works (the version number 1.5.3 depends on the downloaded version)

    /opt/redeclipse_1.5.3/redeclipse.sh

  6. Create a desktop file

    gedit ~/.local/share/applications/redeclipse.desktop &

    and add the content below.

    [Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Red Eclipse
Comment=Red Eclipse
Type=Application
Exec=/opt/redeclipse-1.5.3/redeclipse.sh
Icon=/opt/redeclipse-1.5.3/src/install/nix/redeclipse_x128.png
Categories=Games;
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=true

  7. Save and close your editor

  8. Start Red Eclipse via your Dash/GNOME Shell

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  • I tried to run the terminal command after extracting the file in home folder but it says there is no such file or directory.
    – Shashank Sharma
    Oct 26, 2015 at 2:32
  • I would have used /opt for the installation and not the users home.
    – Rinzwind
    Oct 26, 2015 at 9:23
  • @Rinzwind You're right. changed.
    – A.B.
    Oct 26, 2015 at 9:27

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