freeciv: A Civ II like multiplayer strategy game¹

Package available in: [trunk] [8.0] [7.0] [6.0] [2.1]

Freeciv is a multiuser reimplementation for Unix/X of the famous Microprose game of Civilization. By default, the game is an improved Civ II, but this can be customized; modpacks for near-100% compatibility with Civ I and Civ II are included. Multiuser gameplay is real-time: in each turn, all human players move concurrently. The game is designed to remain fairly playable even on poor network connections. Freeciv can also be played on standalone machines, and its AI players are a good challenge for beginners. The source code comes with the server, two X clients, and non-X clients for MS Windows and Amiga. Freeciv is released under the GNU General Public License. It is maintained by an international team of coders and enthusiasts, and is easily one of the most fun and addictive network games out there.

... part of T2, get it here

URL: http://www.freeciv.org

Author: Peter Joachim Unold <pjunold [at] daimi [dot] aau [dot] dk>
Author: Claus Leth Gregersen <leth [at] daimi [dot] aau [dot] dk>
Author: Allan Ove Kjeldbjerg <allan [at] daimi [dot] aau [dot] dk>
Maintainer: The T2 Project <t2 [at] t2-project [dot] org>

License: GPL
Status: Stable
Version: 2.2.0

Download: http://dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/freeciv/ freeciv-2.2.0.tar.bz2

T2 source: freeciv.cache
T2 source: freeciv.conf
T2 source: freeciv.desc
T2 source: subconfig-games.hlp
T2 source: subconfig-games.in

Build time (on reference hardware): 75% (relative to binutils)²

Installed size (on reference hardware): 23.78 MB, 1063 files

Dependencies (build time detected): 00-dirtree alsa-tools atk bash binutils bzip2 cairo cf coreutils diffutils emacs expat file findutils fontconfig freetype gawk gcc gettext glib glibc glitz grep gtk+ gzip imake kbproto libice libpng libpthread-stubs libsdl libsdl_mixer libx11 libxau libxcb libxcomposite libxcursor libxdamage libxext libxfixes libxi libxinerama libxrandr libxrender linux-header make mktemp ncurses net-tools pango pixman pkgconfig readline renderproto sed sysfiles tar xcb-util xproto zlib

Installed files (on reference hardware): n.a.

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²) Compatible with Linux From Scratch's "Standard Build Unit" (SBU).