The "u61" package contains:
Basically, "u61" is the only required package since it contains the executable. It contains enough to give you a quick start with U61, and allows you to play without downloading tons of graphics with a 56K modem 8-)
If you download U61 from CVS, note that the CVS version does not contain any script or theme file.
The "u61-data" package contains:
Basically, "u61-data" is for those who like U61 and want more of it.
U61 is freely available on the internet. As it is free software, you might also find it on a CD-Rom. If you do not have U61 and want to get it, try the following URLs:
You may also get "u61" and "u61-dat" from CVS, using the following commands:
cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.u61.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/u61 login cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.u61.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/u61 co u61 cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.u61.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/u61 co u61-data
When you are prompted with a password, just press "ENTER".
These libraries are not required if you are installing a Windows binary distribution of U61, since everything is contained in the ".zip".
These tools are required if you try to compile U61, if you got a binary distribution, you do not need them.
If there are no binaries for your Linux platform (which should be the case at the time I write this document since there are no binaries available at all), then you have to download a source tarball.
The files should be named:
U61 uses GNU autoconf. The install scripts I've prepared aren't perfect and do not check everything, but most of the problems should be detected. Let's say for instance that you are installing version 0.3.0. Once you got u61-0.3.0.tar.gz, type:
gunzip u61-0.3.0.tar.gz tar xf u61-0.3.0.tar cd u61-0.3.0 ./configure make su
Now you have to type your root password, then:
make install exit u61
And if everything is all right, you should see the game running...
The installation of "u61-data" is pretty much the same, but keep in mind that: