<TITLE>Tuxedo T. Penguin stars in TuxKart!</TITLE> <BODY BACKGROUND="background.png"> <TABLE> <TR> <TD> <center> <A href="http://sourceforge.net"> <IMG src="http://sourceforge.net/sflogo.php?group_id=2554&type=1" width="88" height="31" border="0"></A> </center> <p> <center> <FONT SIZE=+7><b>T</b></FONT SIZE><b>UXEDO</b> <FONT SIZE=+7><b>T. P</b></FONT SIZE><b>ENGUIN STARS IN</b> <FONT SIZE=+7><b>T</b></FONT SIZE><b>UX</b><FONT SIZE=+7><b>K</b></FONT SIZE><b>ART!</b> </center> <br> <center>by Steve and Oliver Baker</center> </TD> <TD> <IMG SRC="title_screen.png"> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <TABLE> <TR> <TD valign=top align=left> <A HREF="index.html"><IMG SRC="homepage_button.png" ALT="HomePage" BORDER="0"></A><br> <A HREF="screenshots.html"><IMG SRC="screenshots_button.png" ALT="Screenshots" BORDER="0"></A><br> <A HREF="downloads.html"><IMG SRC="downloads_button.png" ALT="Downloads" BORDER="0"></A><br> <A HREF="installation.html"><IMG SRC="installation_button.png" ALT="Installation" BORDER="0"></A><br> <A HREF="trackdesign.html"><IMG SRC="trackdesign_button.png" ALT="TrackDesign" BORDER="0"></A><br> <A HREF="requirements.html"><IMG SRC="requirements_button.png" ALT="Requirements" BORDER="0"></A><br> <A HREF="license.html"><IMG SRC="license_button.png" ALT="License" BORDER="0"></A><br> <A HREF="controls.html"><IMG SRC="controls_button.png" ALT="Controls" BORDER="0"></A><br> <A HREF="support.html"><IMG SRC="support_button.png" ALT="Support" BORDER="0"></A><br> <A HREF="links.html"><IMG SRC="links_button.png" ALT="Links" BORDER="0"></A><br> </TD> <TD> <H2>INSTALLATION:</H2> First, make sure that you have the following packages installed: <ul> <li> <A HREF="http://www.opengl.org">OpenGL</A> (or <A HREF="http://www.mesa3d.org"> Mesa 3.0 or later</A>) <li> <A HREF="http://plib.sourceforge.net"> PLIB version 1.8.0 or later </A>. </ul> Unpack the files from the tarball like this: <pre> tar xzf tuxkart-*.tar.gz cd tuxkart-* </pre> (where '*' is the version of TuxKart you downloaded - eg 0.4.0) ...and then: <pre> ./configure make </pre> <p> You can run the game from the directory you downloaded it into - or (as 'root') you can install it into /usr/local/share/games/tuxkart by typing; <pre> make install </pre> <H2>But it didn't work!</H2> Well, the most common (by FAR) reason for problems is that your OpenGL/Mesa is incorrectly installed - so before you complain to any of the PLIB or TuxKart mailing lists, first try running one of the example programs that comes with your OpenGL implementation - or one of the Mesa or GLUT sample programs. <p> If you those examples run OK - then go to the <A HREF="http://plib.sourceforge.net">PLIB home page</A> and download the PLIB examples. <p> If THOSE run correctly - but TuxKart doesn't then please get in touch with the TuxKart mailing list and we'll do our best to get you up and racing. </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <hr> Steve Baker <br> <A HREF="mailto:sjbaker1@airmail.net"><sjbaker1@airmail.net></A> <br> <A HREF="http://www.sjbaker.org">http://www.sjbaker.org</A>