{"id":4899,"date":"2015-04-21T17:48:53","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T17:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=4899"},"modified":"2016-07-02T02:48:08","modified_gmt":"2016-07-02T02:48:08","slug":"install-supertuxkart-0-9-ubuntu-14-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2015\/04\/install-supertuxkart-0-9-ubuntu-14-04\/","title":{"rendered":"Install Kart Racing Game SuperTuxKart 0.9 in Ubuntu 14.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/supertuxkart-icon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4900\" alt=\"SuperTuxKart Racing Game\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/supertuxkart-icon.png\" width=\"245\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/supertuxkart-icon.png 245w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/supertuxkart-icon-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>SuperTuxKart, an open-source kart racing game, finally gets a new stable release after nearly one and a half year since the last release.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>SuperTuxKart 0.9<\/b> comes with a new rendering engine that&#8217;s fully shader-based, two completely new tracks, online log-in support, different Kart physics, an achievement system, and numerous other improvements. With now needing OpenGL3.1+, SuperTuxKart developers recommend at least having one of below graphics for playing the game:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AMD Radeon HD 3650<\/li>\n<li>Intel HD Graphics 3000<\/li>\n<li>NVIDIA GeForce 8600<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SuperTuxKart 0.9 Official Trailer\" width=\"610\" height=\"343\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0FEwDH7XU9Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>Highlights of SuperTuxKart 0.9:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fully shader-based rendering engine\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0New tracks Cocoa Temple and Gran Paradiso<\/li>\n<li>Graphical improvements to many other tracks<\/li>\n<li>New karts Amanda, Gavroche, Sara (as wizard and racer)<\/li>\n<li>Improved tux, adiumy, Suzanne and Xue.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Online login which allows to:\n<ul>\n<li>connect with friends and see when they are playing<\/li>\n<li>vote for addons<\/li>\n<li>collect online achievements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Different kart physics<\/li>\n<li>In-game Grand Prix editor<\/li>\n<li>Random Grand Prix generation<\/li>\n<li>Achievement system<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>How to Install SuperTuxKart 0.9 in Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Elementary OS Freya:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>1<\/b>. For all Linux users, select download <i>&#8220;supertuxkart-0.9-linux.tar.gz<\/i> or <i>&#8220;supertuxkart-0.9-linux.tar.xz&#8221;<\/i> from the link below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sourceforge.net\/projects\/supertuxkart\/files\/SuperTuxKart\/\" target=\"_blank\">Download SuperTuxKart 0.9<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>2<\/b>. Install the required library <b>libopenal1<\/b> via Ubuntu Software Center, or by running below command in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get install libopenal1<\/pre>\n<p><b>3<\/b>. Unpack the downloaded archive and run the <b>run_game.sh<\/b> script from in the result folder to start the game:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/run-supertuxkart.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/run-supertuxkart.jpg\" alt=\"run-supertuxkart\" width=\"580\" height=\"282\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/run-supertuxkart.jpg 580w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/run-supertuxkart-300x145.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>For those who don&#8217;t see the <b>Run<\/b> option, go to Nautilus file browser&#8217;s menu Edit -> Preferences -> Behavior -> select &#8220;Run executable text files when they are opened&#8221;, and re-open the file browser.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>To Create a launcher for the game, so you can launch it from Application Menu or the Unity Dash.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>In below steps, I assume that you&#8217;ve extracted the game to your user Downloads folder.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>1<\/b>. Open terminal from menu or the Dash. When it opens, run command to edit the .desktop file:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">gedit ~\/Downloads\/supertuxkart-*-linux\/data\/supertuxkart.desktop<\/pre>\n<p>When the file opens, replace values of <b>Icon<\/b> and <b>Exec<\/b> with file path to the icon and run_game.sh script.<\/p>\n<p><i>In below picture, you may replace &#8220;handbook&#8221; (without quotes) with your username.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/supertuxkart_launcher_file.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/supertuxkart_launcher_file-580.jpg\" alt=\"supertuxkart launcher file\" width=\"580\" height=\"297\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/supertuxkart_launcher_file-580.jpg 580w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/supertuxkart_launcher_file-580-300x153.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>2<\/b>. Finally copy or move this file to user&#8217;s Home <b>.local\/share\/applications\/<\/b> folder (press Ctrl+H to view hidden folder), so that your system can read it.<\/p>\n<p>Do it in your file browser, or just run below command in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">mv ~\/Downloads\/supertuxkart-*-linux\/data\/supertuxkart.desktop ~\/.local\/share\/applications\/<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SuperTuxKart, an open-source kart racing game, finally gets a new stable release after nearly one and a half year since the last release. SuperTuxKart 0.9 comes with a new rendering engine that&#8217;s fully shader-based, two completely new tracks, online log-in support, different Kart physics, an achievement system, and numerous other improvements. 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