See also: Manual/Install

Feel free to add some info! The purpose of this page is to show new linux users a very easy way to install OpenArena.

Contents 1 Ubuntu 2 OpenSuse 3 Mandriva 4 Debian 5 Fedora 6 Pardus 7 Gentoo 7.1 For 0.70 7.2 For 0.6.0 8 Source Mage GNU/Linux 9 Arch Linux 10 Other linux distributions / alternative installation

UbuntuEdit

1. Download the three deb packages from Here. (Link no longer works)
2. Download OpenArena-data first, and after it finishes, download the others. Sometimes it helps to save the files to a directory, like your desktop.
3. Since the 3 OpenArena packages have been precompiled for your system, all you have to do is install them using the built-in .deb package installing software. To do so, open the package by double-clicking it. This should automatically open the installer. To install, simply click the "install package" button. It may prompt for your login password. Once it is finished, simply close the installer. Make sure to install all three packages in order, starting with openarena-data, then the other 2.
4. Select it from the Applications menu, under Games.

If you are having problems with it running, see the FAQ/Troubleshooting page. It now contains a fix for problems with Compiz.

The Ubuntu community has also made OpenArena available through the preset repositories. It is obtainable via Synaptic Package Manager and the application installer (Applications -> Add/Remove); search "openarena" in either one. However, there is no guarantee that it will be the latest version of OpenArena.

If you intend to run a server, then you need to download the .zip packages and apply the 0.8.0 server patch. Then run the .i386, or the .x86_64 executables depending on your operating system. The .deb packages do not support the patch, and will not run correctly.

In Hardy Heron, you will need to right click the executable, and go to properties. Then go to the permissions tab. Allow reading and writing by everyone, and make sure the file is executable as a program by checking the box. [A line through the box will not do, it must be a check]

OpenSuseEdit

Packages for openSUSE are being built in the openSUSE Build Service. RPMs are available for all supported version of SUSE Linux / openSUSE, including SLE.

Use the one click installer for your version at openSUSE Build Service: Search for openarena

MandrivaEdit

current version (0.70) soon available

Use the GUI rpmdrake to install openarena as described in installing and removing software documentation.

Type "urpmi openarena" in the terminal as root.

DebianEdit

Download the deb package from Debian and install it.

Or type "aptitude install openarena" in the terminal as root

FedoraEdit

From a console or terminal emulator:

su -c "yum install openarena"

Alternatively, you may use your package manager of choice to select OpenArena under the "Games" category.

PardusEdit

current version available

• Click the "Add/Remove programs"
• Under games you will find "openarena"
• Select it
• Press install button

GentooEdit

For 0.70Edit

• Download the files oa070.zip and oa071-patch.zip manually from the website.
• Move the downloaded files to /usr/portage/distfiles/
• Add the following line to /etc/portage/package.keywords

games-fps/openarena ~x86

• Install

emerge -av openarena

For 0.6.0Edit

There is a portage overlay that contains an ebuild for 0.6.0

• Install and configure app-portage/layman
• Add the zugaina overlay layman -a zugaina

You should now have access to the games-fps/quake3-openarena-0.6.0 and you can install it by simply emerging quake3-openarena.

Source Mage GNU/LinuxEdit

current version 0.8.1 available

OpenArena is available in z-rejected grimoire. If you don't have this grimoire installed yet, you can add it by doing from a console or a terminal emulator :

scribe add z-rejected

Once you have z-rejected grimoire, you can install OpenArena by doing from a console or a terminal emulator:

cast openarena-bin

Arch LinuxEdit

OpenArena is in the Community-repository. Install it with this command:

pacman -S openarena

Other linux distributions / alternative installationEdit

Make sure you have the prerequisite libraries. They may include:

• SDL
• openal
• curl
• libvorbis

Download the game and the 0.85 patch using BitTorrent or from one of the Download Mirrors.

The archives' contents itself are the game. They simply need to be extracted and run.

Install them for yourself exclusively:

unzip oa081.zip -d ~/openarena
unzip -o oa085p.zip -d ~/openarena

Install them for all users (requires root privileges):

su -c "unzip oa081.zip -d /usr/local/openarena ; unzip -o oa085p.zip -d /usr/local/openarena"

Optionally, you may remove the downloaded ZIP files to free up some space:

rm -f oa081.zip oa085p.zip

Then, execute the right binary for your machine to start the game. To list the binaries:

ls -l /usr/local/openarena/openarena-0.8.1/openarena*

The following versions may be available:

*-smp* are for multi-processor, hyperthreading, and multi-core machines.
*.i386 are for 32-bit PC processors. (386, 486, 586 and 686)
*.x86_64 are for 64-bit PC processors, such as AMD Athlon64 processors.

For a typical desktop or laptop PC, the following will work:

/usr/local/openarena/openarena-0.8.1/openarena.i386

You can create a launcher on your desktop for convenience.