Installing Glest, which is a well done 3-D rpg game, on Kubuntu Edgy.

Open the terminal and type:

sudo mkdir /usr/local/games/glest 

cd /usr/local/games/glest

sudo wget http://liflg.0wnitsch.de/files/native/glest_2.0.0-multilanguage.run 

chmod a+x glest_2.0.0-multilanguage.run

sudo sh glest_2.0.0-multilanguage.run
 

Glest will be installed in your home directory. Type glest to run the game or make a link in your menu(s), desktop, whatever.

If the game runs, but the main game displays only white AND you have an ATI video card. Follow the first part, method 1, of this fglrx setup to get your card working. The default setup by Kubuntu 6.10 did not work well for a lot of opengl things, but strangely worked for some, including Beryl. Most games were not functioning, which I only noticed because my son likes to game.

Also, for other 3-D issues check that libopenal0a is installed.

Enjoy...