How to install on Linux

[Rizzano]

I downloaded the linux version but ive no idea how to install it. Any help would be appreciated - I use Ubuntu.

[Koub]

Put the downloaded file where you want the game
Ungzip
Untar
Go in the factorio folder
Go in the bin folder
Go in the x64 folder
Run Factorio

[Rizzano]

tried that, it didn't work - you can't run an exe or whatever solo, you usually have to use a package manager or install via command.

[Loewchen]

Are you sure you have a 64bit OS?

[DaveMcW]

Open your downloads folder.
Double-click the factorio.tar.xz file.
Click Extract
Select your desktop
Click Extract
Browse Desktop -> factorio -> bin -> x64 and double-click factorio to launch.

[Zavian]

I'm far from a linux expert, but my home server has been running Debian for years. Admittedly it's a headless server, so not setup for playing games, and I've never installed factorio on it, but you should be able to get factorio running without converting it to a .deb and using a package manager. The simplest way is installing it somewhere under your home directory. (That is suitable for a game that only you will be running. If you want to set it up so that other people who share your machine can also run it then it should probably go into /opt).

Put the downloaded file where you want the game
Ungzip
Untar
Go in the factorio folder
Go in the bin folder
Go in the x64 folder
Run Factorio

Assuming similar versions to debian stable (which Ubuntu should have), you can probably simplify that to

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cd path/to/where/you/downloaded/factorio_alpha_x64_0.16.51.tar.xz
tar -xf factorio_alpha_x64_0.16.51.tar.xz
mv -i factorio ~
~/factorio/bin/x64/factorio

If that doesn't work what error message do you get? What does

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uname -m

print?

Note that the above steps don't add factorio to your path. For me, I've added ~/bin to my path, so I would also add either a symbolic link in ~/bin or a wrapper/launcher script in ~/bin. (Personally I would probably also have factorio in either ~/bin/factorio or in /opt/factorio. If I was going to run a server, then factorio would go in either /opt/factorio or in /home/factorio, depending on how many different servers I envisaged running, how I planned to start factorio and handle users, ownership, permissions, and where I wanted the saves and logfiles).

[ibuteb]

Hey there,

here is a detailed explanation:
https://gist.github.com/othyn/e1287fd93 ... 07227ed48c

its not complicated, but this tutorial is for debian. maybe some commands are different on ubuntu.

good luck