Cant Install Games

How can i install games on ubuntu 8.10? i have some file with .sh and .tbz can some 1 help me please?

Probably your game has a readme file where it tells you how to do it. If the .sh file its called "install", then run it like this in a terminal:

chmod +x install.sh
sudo ./install.sh

Before running anything with the sudo command, verify that it come from a trustworthy source.

A very quick guide: http://martin.ankerl.com/2007/04/19/how-to-install-anything-in-ubuntu-condensed/

but which folder i put the "install" to install it?

after i installed it how can i play?

Don't you have a menu option now??? If not try typing the name of the game, example:

pacman -h

*next time give more info about what you are doing, like the name of the game or any error messages, so you'll get quicker responses.

ok, the name of the game is darwinia. error: Verifying archive integrity... All good. Uncompressing Darwinia full 1.4.0b9...................................................................... /home/snipe76/.setup8599: error while loading shared libraries: libgtk-1.2.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I googled the error and I'm guessing that you are on a 64 bit computer, right?

how can i check it?

Execute:

uname -m

and paste the output here.

i686

sudo apt-get install libgtk1.2

nvm, you are not on a 64 bit machine. Yep, I was just about to tell you to install that library.

binbash said: sudo apt-get install libgtk1.2

what it installed?

A library called libgtk1.2.

binbash said: sudo apt-get install libgtk1.2

woohoo thanks man! its worked

Diabolis said: A library called libgtk1.2.

but why the installation ask for CD?

I don't know, I haven't installed it.

ok i installed it now how i run it?

Just run the game.

i click on the launcher in the games but nothing happan

Run it in a terminal, just as before, so you can see the error message.

error: /usr/local/games/darwinia/lib/darwinia.bin.x86: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

You need another library:

sudo apt-get install libstdc++5

You need another library:

sudo apt-get install libstdc++5

thnks! i downloaded other game and its work! i thing the problem is in darwinia! thnks very much people!