getting the linux version started

[Wredi]

Hi,

i hope with my question i dont scare away everyone, but i hope somebody will have sympathy with me and give me advice.

i want to run the linux version for me, not needing to use windows.

ok, some of you may think, just do it. but thats not for me. i am really bad at getting things done, when it comes to software and such things, i dont have any talent in this. so i would like to have a step-to-step advisor, who would kindly explain those things to me. i am eager to learn and open for new things. so if anybody wants to help me, i would be so much thankful, you cant believe.
and by that i really mean, from the first step till the last one.

So if you want to help me, i would appreciate it very much. i think that would be great for some future users as well.

If anybody is interested: System is Xubuntu 12.04 LTS, that means Ubuntu-distribution (Debian-based) with Xfce 4.10 as the desktop.

Thank you so much.

Regards,
Wredi

[MorphiusFaydal]

1. Download the game from factorio.com
2. Browse to where you downloaded the game file to
3. Extract (either Thunar should do it for you, or you may need to do it from the command line, in which case it's `tar x factorio_alpha*`)
4. You should now have a folder named 'factorio'. Go in to this folder.
5. Go to the folder 'bin\'
6. Go to folder 'x64' (or 'x86', if you're on a 32-bit system and downloaded the 32-bit version)
7. Double click on 'factorio'
8. Game should now be running.

If you need any additional help/instruction, I'm happy to help.

[Wredi]

Hi,

thank you so much.

i thought it was way more difficult, to build a package and install that or something similar. i read a bit about it and got to some strange things which i didnt nearly understand. how could i imagine it would be that easy .

thank you so much.

Regards,
Wredi

[MF-]

There used to be .deb packages in the past, but now it's just a "portable version"
There is still a slim chance you might need to install required libraries IMO.
($ ldd <factorio_executable> will be your friend in that case)

So.. you didn't run into https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... f=7&t=2229 ?
Can you confirm that?