How to install Dom3 on Ubuntu?

[Falkor]

I just got new laptop with Ubuntu 7.04. Wanted to install Dominions3 to play when traveling. Unfortunately I can't open installing file. In the readme file I found that in such case I need to install SDL. Downloaded it, but how to install that? Is there an easy way to install dom3 on ubuntu?
I would be grateful for some hints.

p.s. I found that I actually can't open any installing file of any software.

[Foodstamp]

Do a search, I am pretty sure there is another thread dealing with this same issue.

[llamabeast]

I can't remember how I did it, since it was a really long time ago, but I can say that it was straightforward and I didn't have to do anything clever. Are you sure you clicked on the right install file (not the Windows one)? What's SDL?

Incidentally there is nothing different about Ubuntu compared to any other flavour of linux as far as Dominions is concerned.

[lch]

http://gaming.gwos.org/doku.php/guides:32bit:dominions_3

It basically repeats the installation instructions from the README again.

If you don't have it installed yet, then install libSDL through your package manager (synaptic or similar, in System/Administration tab). Alternatively, install some other free game with 3D graphics, it should install these things.

[Falkor]

Thanks Ich. I couldn't find libSDL in package manager.
But instaling other games can help. I'll try that.

[lch]

If installing e.g. the UT 2004 or Quake 4 demo doesn't help, then this should help:

http://ubuntu-gamedev.wikispaces.com/How-To+Setup+SDL+for+games+development

You can install the packages listed via "sudo apt-get install <package names>"

This will probably install more than you need - development stuff which is used for programming, which you could ignore, but it will probably produce a working copy after all. Maybe the only things that you really need are libsdl-1.2debian and libglu1-mesa-dev, maybe mesa-common-dev and libsdl-net1.2 too. Try installing one by one and experiment.

[Falkor]

I installed it succsessfully. I think installing some other games helped, but I'm not sure.
Thank you Ich.