Installation
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Windows
War§ow has two ways of installation on Windows. The first and recommended method is the installer. Simply run the installer and follow the instructions on the screen. The installer will also register certain file extensions which means you will be able to double-click on demo files to play them.
War§ow is also shipped in a zip archive, for which all you need to do is extract it where you want it to be stored (be sure to keep the folder structure). File extensions will not be registered using this method.
Linux
Most linux users will know how to extract any archive, but heres the command:
unzip warsow_0.5_unified.zip
You will now have a new folder called “warsow_0.5_unified“, in which you’ll have to make some files executable:
chmod u+x warsow warsow.i386 warsow.x86_64
After this, you can just run Warsow by using the “warsow“-script.
Gentoo
War§ow 0.41 is in Gentoo’s official portage archive, so you can install it via emerge. However, it is still masked, so you need to take some steps to be able to emerge it. Unmask Warsow and create the use flags for the game (e.g. change games-fps/warsow openal sdl irc to games-fps/warsow -openal -sdl -irc dedicated if you wish to run a dedicated server only)
echo games-fps/warsow ~* >> /etc/portage/package.keywords echo games-fps/warsow openal sdl irc >> /etc/portage/package.use
Now, you’re ready to install Warsow:
emerge warsow
Add the user(s) who should be able to run Warsow to the “games“ group:
gpasswd -a USER games
Fedora 7, Fedora 8 & openSUSE 11
You will get an error from Warsow about a particular file which is present on your Fedora 7/8, openSUSE 11 install but not in the filename Warsow is looking for. You will have to sym link this file in order to work around that. You will need your system's root password to perform the following command in your linux terminal: (Replace /usr/lib with /usr/lib64 for 64bit version)
ln -s /usr/lib/libcurl.so.4 /usr/lib/libcurl.so.3
Source Mage
A binary release of War§ow is available in z-rejected grimoire, just:
cast warsow-bin
Ubuntu
Warsow is available in the Ubuntu repository. It is under the Games and Amusements (Universe) section.
