Puzzle Pirates installation guide (Linux Ubuntu)
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This installation guide is for people who want to use Linux to play Puzzle Pirates, but might not be Linux experts.
This guide is written for Ubuntu however may work on other forms of Linux
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Getting Started
The first step for downloading and installing Puzzle Pirates is opening the terminal. The terminal should be found in the Applications drop-down menu under Accessories (If you have this you do not need to read the rest of this section). If you do not have this do Applications-->Ubuntu Software Center (if it is an earlier version then Ubuntu 9.10 then you do Applications-->Add/Remove Programs). In the Software Center in the top right corner of the window that pops up there is a search bar in that search for Terminal. Then double-click the result called "terminal (gnome-terminal)" and hit the install button. It should ask you for your password (assuming there is one), just enter it and then it will install. You can then open up the terminal by doing Application-->Accessories-->Terminal
Install Java
In order to play Puzzle Pirates you will need Java. In order to do so you just need to use the terminal. In the terminal type sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre and then enter your password there will then be two different possibilities of what it will do. If it comes up with:
Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done sun-java6-jre is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
You do not need to finish reading this section, you already have Java.
However if it starts doing an install thing just hold enter to read the terms of agreement and go on to the next step if it asks a question and then has Y/N? just type y and then hit enter. And enter your password whenever it asks. It should be working after that.
Downloading the Game
You download the game by clicking here. That will pop up with a window saying Save File or Cancel press the button Save File it will then download. On that page that you clicked it shows the steps on downloading you will need these later, so keep this page open.
Finding the game
In order to actually download the game you will need to know where it is. It is probably under downloads check this by going to Places-->Downloads and then look for something like yohoho in that folder if you find it in there go to the next section. If you do not go to Places-->Home Folder and look through the folders you have and take note of which folder it is in (The Desktop counts as a folder if you find it there then the desktop is your folder).
Using the Location
Now that you have found it you just need to install it. You do this by going to the terminal and typing cd Downloads. (This is case sensitive) If you had trouble finding it in the last section and did not find it in the Download folder but rather the desktop simply write cd Desktop or cd Documents. Just type cd (Folder Name).
Entering the Download Code
This is the part where you put everything together to finally get it. You will need the page where you downloaded the game from and clicked the button that said Save File. On that page it shows 2 steps. Ignore the first step you've already done that by clicking save file. In the second step it shows a little phrase in red that should look something like % sh yohoho-0--en-install.bin. You will need to copy and paste this into the terminal. Do not however copy the percent sign. Of that phrase you should only copy the sh yohoho-0--en-install.bin.
License Agreement
After that it then should say:
Ahoy matey and welcome to the Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates installer!
Please press enter to view the license agreement.
You do just that. Hit enter when you want it to scroll down hit enter again. At the very bottom it says: Ye must type 'yes' or 'no' to answer the question.
Do you agree to the above license terms? [yes or no]
Simply type Yes and then hit the enter button.
It will then ask you which Java Virtual machine would you like to use. Hit enter do not type anything. And same for when it asks you where you would like to install yoclient. Just hit enter. It has successfully installed.
Play the game
It has now made an icon on your desktop which you can click to open. It may ask you if you are sure that it can be trusted just say click the button that says Mark as Trusted. For extra help please check out the forums.
19:18, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
