Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Unvanquished is an open-source, first-person shooter game (based on the good old Tremulous), combined with real-time strategy elements and a sci-fi This game is a free, open source first-person shooter combined with real-time strategy elements. It has a sci-fi plot and it’s updated on a constant basis. Each new release brings more and more features, and the current version is no different.
The latest version available is Unvanquished Alpha 34, which has been recently released, coming with the below changes:
- Revert “Increase particle system limits.” This prevents the game from starting on Windows.
- Turn DropClientMsg into a SyncMessage because it will call back into the VM
- Version bump to Alpha 33.1
- Revert “Turn DropClientMsg into a SyncMessage because it will call back into the VM”
- Revert “Revert “Turn DropClientMsg into a SyncMessage because it will call back into the VM””
- Small improvements to the /play[Sound|Music] commands
- Revert “Stop using entityState_t.solid for transmitting bboxes over the”
- Revert “Fix 615c3c3.”
- Remove stereo support
- Remove r_HeatHazeFix that noone uses anyway
- Remove light/entity/interaction occlusion culling
- GLSL function declarations should be after the compile macros
- Remove CVAR_ARCHIVE cgame variables
- Load the map when playing a demo
- Add support for the “colorGrade” world spawn key Fixes #473
- Figured out the difference between SERVERINFO and SYSTEMINFO
- Remove some redundancy and reorder SV_DropClient
- Remove arg of BotAllocateClient and introduce SV_IsBot
- Remove unused declaration and vars
- Fix a copy paste error
- Fix download-pk3.sh for BSD md5sum
- Fix last download-pk3.sh patch for with a space
- Remove SDL1 support
- Fix UI lags
- Version bump to Alpha 34
- Remove warning for when I->oav is NaN
- Update travis to use SDL2
- Revert “Merge remote-tracking branch ‘origin/remove_sdl1_support'”
- Revert “Update travis to use SDL2″
In this article I will show you how to install Unvanquished Alpha 34 on Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna, Deepin 2014, Peppermint Five, LXLE 14.04, Linux Lite 2.0, Debian Jessie, Debian Sid, Debian Wheezy and other Ubuntu and Debian derivative systems.
Because it is available via repository, installing Unvanquished Alpha 33 on Ubuntu, Debian and derivative systems is easy. All you have to do is add the repository and the key to your system, update the local repository index and install the unvanquished package.
Follow the instructions for your system exactly, in order to get a successful installation.
How to install Unvanquished Alpha 34 on Ubuntu 14.10 and derivative systems:
$ sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://debs.unvanquished.net utopic main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/unvanquished.list'
$ wget http://debs.unvanquished.net/unvanquished-archive-key.gpg.asc
$ sudo apt-key add unvanquished-archive-key.gpg.asc
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install unvanquished
How to install Unvanquished Alpha 34 on Ubuntu 14.04 and derivative systems:
$ sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://debs.unvanquished.net trusty main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/unvanquished.list'
$ wget http://debs.unvanquished.net/unvanquished-archive-key.gpg.asc
$ sudo apt-key add unvanquished-archive-key.gpg.asc
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install unvanquished
How to install Unvanquished Alpha 34 on Debian Sid and derivative systems:
$ sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://debs.unvanquished.net sid main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/unvanquished.list'
$ wget http://debs.unvanquished.net/unvanquished-archive-key.gpg.asc
$ sudo apt-key add unvanquished-archive-key.gpg.asc
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install unvanquished
How to install Unvanquished Alpha 34 on Debian Jessie and derivative systems:
$ sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://debs.unvanquished.net jessie main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/unvanquished.list'
$ wget http://debs.unvanquished.net/unvanquished-archive-key.gpg.asc
$ sudo apt-key add unvanquished-archive-key.gpg.asc
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install unvanquished
How to install Unvanquished Alpha 34 on Debian Wheezy and derivative systems:
$ sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://debs.unvanquished.net wheezy main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/unvanquished.list'
$ wget http://debs.unvanquished.net/unvanquished-archive-key.gpg.asc
$ sudo apt-key add unvanquished-archive-key.gpg.asc
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install unvanquished
Optional, to remove unvanquished from Ubuntu, Debian or a derivative system, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove unvanquished