HowToInstallOnUbuntu

From SalasagaWiki

Please note, these below instructions are for installing Salasaga from source code, rather than from the latest packaged release for Ubuntu.

To install from a binary package, you should be able to either click on this link Salasaga AptUrl link or run the following from a command line:

 $ sudo apt-get install salasaga

Salasaga will now have an icon in the gnome menu under "Graphics".

[edit] Installing Salasaga from source

This is a how-to to get the latest Salasaga (at the moment of writing Salasaga 26th March 2010 Development snapshot) working on Ubuntu 10.04. See the (now outdated) picture below.

We'll start with a clean Ubuntu installation. After that we'll make the necessary updates available.

Then get the latest Salasaga from http://www.salasaga.org/downloads/alpha8_dev/salasaga_201003261108.tar.bz2 (remember the location where you save this file).

Now, because we are building Salasaga from source, we need some packages installed. Just open a Terminal window (go to Applications->Accessories->Terminal).

Then write this on the command line:

       $ sudo apt-get install build-essential autoconf automake libtool libgnome2-dev libgtk2.0-dev \
         libming-dev libnotify-dev libfreetype6-dev
       (Put your password as sudo will ask for it and sit back and relax until it's all done).

Then go to where you downloaded the Salasaga file.
And extract the files:

       $ tar xfvj salasaga_201003261108.tar.bz2

Compile:

       $ cd salasaga

       $ ./autogen.sh

       $ ./configure

       $ make

(if all goes well, as it is supposed to)
Install Salasaga:

       $ sudo make install (you'll be asked for your password).

And you're done! Salasaga will be on your Applications->Graphics menu

Click on it and you'll get Salasaga! Enjoy!