Game Demos

[jzke]

Hey I've downloaded the UT2004 Linux demo before with no luck, and the Qauke 3 Arena Linux demo but are having trouble installing them both.

The UT2004 demo's I have downloaded in the past were corrupted tgz files, and I'm in the middle of downloading a new uncompressed copy (*.run file). What do I to install it once this is downloaded?

The Quake 3 Arena demo is a *.gz.sh file, how do I install it???

Cheers.

BTW, are there any other full fledged games out there with a free linux demo?

[vassalle]

Hey I've downloaded the UT2004 Linux demo before with no luck, and the Qauke 3 Arena Linux demo but are having trouble installing them both.

The UT2004 demo's I have downloaded in the past were corrupted tgz files, and I'm in the middle of downloading a new uncompressed copy (*.run file). What do I to install it once this is downloaded?

The Quake 3 Arena demo is a *.gz.sh file, how do I install it???

Cheers.

BTW, are there any other full fledged games out there with a free linux demo?
for doom3 try here.. http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/linux/doom/#head-e8225c64f37868c6ad5119cdeee2e3e1b8249692

ive managed to install it before and as far as i can remember, its not that difficult..

[mike998]

Usually if a file ends with .sh you can run it by cd-ing to the directory and issuing the following :

sh filename.sh
or
sudo sh filename.sh

depending on whether or not the file needs to run as superuser.

You may also need to issue my (lazy) command:

chmod +x filename.sh

hope this helps!

oh, and for Demos... Google is your friend.