How to install Extreme tux Racer

Question

I have extracted down Extreme tux racer in my home folder, after extracting it in same folder, i run commands-

~/game/autorun.sh
~/game/./configure

then following commands run-

checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... mawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking for g++... no
checking for c++... no
checking for gpp... no
checking for aCC... no
checking for CC... no
checking for cxx... no
checking for cc++... no
checking for cl.exe... no
checking for FCC... no
checking for KCC... no
checking for RCC... no
checking for xlC_r... no
checking for xlC... no
checking whether the C++ compiler works... no
configure: error: in `/home/username/game':
configure: error: C++ compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details

What is the problem and what are the solution for this? http://sourceforge.net/projects/extremetuxracer/ I have files saved on my hdd, so i am not wanting to download from Ubuntu app store

Answer 1

Extreme Tux Racer is in Official Ubuntu Repository.

You can install it without difficult compilations by:

sudo apt-get install extremetuxracer

Answer 2

Well, one simple way is :

1. Open Ubuntu Software Center

2. Search for, Extreme Tux Racer

3. Install, by clicking the install button provided.

OR

1. Unpack the code tarball:

shell$ tar xvfz tuxracer-<version>.tar.gz
shell$ cd tuxracer-<version>

2. Configure for your system:

shell$ ./configure <configure options>

Many people will be able to run configure without passing any options. The more commonly-used configure options are:

--prefix=DIR: Specify where to install tuxracer. (The tuxracer binary will be placed in DIR/bin) --with-tcl-libs=DIR: Specify Tcl library location --with-tcl-inc=DIR: Specify Tcl header file location --with-tcl-lib-name=NAME: Specify Tcl library base name --with-gl-libs=DIR: Specify OpenGL library location --with-gl-inc=DIR: Specify OpenGL header file location --with-glut-libs=DIR: Specify GLUT library location --with-glut-inc=DIR: Specify GLUT header file location --enable-stencil-buffer: Use if your hardware has a stencil buffer --with-data-dir=PATH: Location of tuxracer data directory (can be also configured in options file later)

Run ./configure --help for a complete list of options.

3. Compile:

shell$ make

Tux Racer should compile cleanly, with few (if any) warnings. Please see the FAQ#compilation or our Support page if Tux Racer fails to compile.

4. Install the tuxracer binary:

shell$ make install

Unless you specified the --prefix option when you ran configure, this command will install the tuxracer binary in /usr/local/bin

5. Install the data files:

shell$ cd /usr/local/share
shell$ tar xvfz /path/to/tuxracer-data-<version>.tar.gz
shell$ mv tuxracer-data-<version> tuxracer

You may install the data files anywhere you wish, but tuxracer looks in /usr/local/share/tuxracer by default.

6. You're done!