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Old version (May 23rd 2009, 11:53 PM)

At Christiaan's request I'm writing a summary of how to play Dink Smallwood under GNU/Linux

Basics:
- you'll use the GNU FreeDink engine, the improved yet compatible Dink engine
- preferably you use a package from your distribution (ArchLinux, Debian, Fedora, OpenSUSE, Ubuntu) or you compile it by hand
- the package includes a version of the Dink data that lack some sounds (http://www.freedink.org/doc/sounds/) that Seth can't make free software. Please contribute replacements

The suite contains DFArc version 3 that can run the game and install D-Mods.

Easy install:

* Debian and Ubuntu: click on System > Administration > Synaptic, then install the 'freedink' package.
Then click on Applications > Games > DFArc

* Fedora: click on System > Administration > Add/Remove software, then install the 'freedink' package.
Then click on Applications > Games > DFArc

* OpenSUSE: enable the Games repository (Control Center > Community Repositories > openSUSE BuildService - Games), then install package 'freedink'

* ArchLinux: type in a terminal: yaourt -S freedink-engine freedink-dfarc

You can find more information at: http://www.freedink.org/.
The latest FreeDink release at the DN is at: http://www.dinknetwork.com/file/gnu_freedink/.

Alternatively (more difficult) install manually:
- Download and uncompress the engine (freedink-1.08.DATE.tar.gz from http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/freedink/) and follow instructions in the BUILD file
- Download and uncompress the data (freedink-data-1.08.DATE.tar.gz), and type 'make install'
- Optional: download and uncompress dfarc (dfarc-3.2.tar.gz), and follow instructions in the BUILD file
- Run Dink from Applications > Games > FreeDink (or DFArc)