Re: how to install

["Callum McKenzie" <callum physics otago ac nz>]

> How do you install the games once you have them downloaded?

The easiest way to install them is to get them from the peopler who
provided your operating system and install it the same way you would any
other piece of software from them.

Alternatively, unpack the archive somewhere convenient and follow the
instructions in the README file under the heading "Building Gnome-Games".
More detailed, but generic, instructions can be found in the file INSTALL.

On almost any Linux, BSD, or Unix system these two commands, issued from
the shell in the directory with the unpacked the source code, will do most
of the work:

./configure
make

After this you will have to run the command "make install" to install the
games, but you will need to have root privileges to be able to it.

You can install the games without special privileges by adding the option
"--prefix=~/gnome" to the end of the configure command. e.g.

./configure --prefix=~/gnome
make
make install

You will then find the games in the directory ~/gnome/bin/. Some things,
like icons in the menu, won't work automatically in this case.

You can of course choose any directory for the prefix, just make sure that
you can write to that directory when running "make install" and that the
"bin" directory is in your path if you want to be able to launch the games
from the command-line.

 - Callum