how do i install games manually??

[csmcpb]

hi all
I am very new to linux and have gone with ubuntu 12.04 as my distro. I have been trying to install greedy car thieves and gameplay football which as far as im aware have to be installed manually, i have downloaded both games and unzipped them, made them excutable but when i click on the excutable literally nothing happens, no error message and does not install. Am i missing a step? or have i just been to pampered by windows?!

[ibjsb4]

Are these linux games or do you need wine to run them?

There's usually a "read me" file that comes with such packages.

Give us the download links

[csmcpb]

no wine is not needed they are native. i did read the readme files and followed instructions as best i could but i must be doing something wrong!

http://www.indiedb.com/games/gamepla...ball/downloads gameplay football



i cannot find the link for greedy car theives now as the developer seems to have taken it off of their website since yesterday for linux!

[ibjsb4]

Ok as far as Im concern, not going to happen.

First line in the read me file:

"- if you don't have them already, you need to install SDL, SDL_ttf and SDL_image"

This is RPM (like RedHat) or OSX (Apple). No package for Ubuntu (.deb) unless you build it from source.

http://www.libsdl.org/download-1.2.php

Sorry

There is a Ubuntu sub forum for games. Maybe post there a ask about football (soccer) games for Ubuntu.

Edit: sorry, just realized that this is the gaming forum

[csmcpb]

oh i see! shows how new i am didnt realise that at all! thank you for your help, much appreciated!

[Toz]

Actually, the sdl packages do exist in the ubuntu repositories. Do a search in software centre for libsdl.

I don't have access to a 12.04 install right now, but in 12.10, they appear to be called:
- libsdl1.2debian
- libsdl-ttf2.0-0
- libsdl-image1.2

EDIT: Just tested it here and it works fine with those 3 packages installed.