Aleph One, Install Number 2

    Ok, in my last post I commented on issues with the previously posted way of installing Aleph One. So here we are, doing the install again, but with the tried and true method through the Terminal. Yes, for those of you newer, the mention of Terminal can be scary, but I promise it isn't. If you follow my tutorial word for word, it will work.

    Once again, I'm installing this on a TOshiba Satellite M115-S1061 laptop running Ubuntu 10.04.3. No, it isn't the most updated version of Ubuntu, but it does work better for me.

   Ok, lets get started. First thing you need to do is download the latest Aleph One source file from Bungie. This will get you the tar.gz file. Place this file on your desktop if it isn't there already. Some tutorials online say to extract it using Terminal, but you know what? It's just as easy to right-click and select extract here. So do that. Now you should have a folder named AlephOne-20120128 on your desktop.

    Now, before we go on, we need to install some extra things so that once Aleph One is installed, it will run. Copy and paste (CTRL+Shift+V) the following into Terminal:

sudo apt-get install libsdl1.2-dev libsdl-net1.2 libsdl-net1.2-dev zziplib-bin libzzip-dev libboost-dev libsndfile1 libsndfile1-dev libsdl-ttf2.0-dev libsdl-image1.2-dev libmadlib-dev libsmpeg-dev libspeex-dev libspeexdsp-dev libmad0-dev build-essential 

    Enter your password and hit enter. Select yes if it asks you to for the install. You'll see your screen scroll with a bunch of text. No need to worry about what it says, unless there's an error. If there is an error during the install of the files, go to the Ubuntu Forums and post there. After it finishes, it's time to compile Aleph One and install it. So in Terminal, we need to go to the Aleph One folder as the directory. Enter:

cd /home/username/Desktop/AlephOne-20120128

    Put your username in there, then hit enter. You just went into that specific folder. Now the fun begins. :) Enter the following into Terminal, each line being separate of course.

./compile

make

sudo make install

    Now your screen will scroll for a little while again, while it compiles the software. Once it finishes, it should look like this.

    See how it shows no errors for the compile step? Does yours look the same? Yes? Good. Then do what it says. Enter "make", without the quotes, and press enter. More scrolling will happen while it works. It will take a while so relax and do something or watch the scrolling text. :) Once it finishes, enter "sudo make install", without quotes, of course. Just enter your password and press enter.

   Now there you have it! Aleph One is installed. :) But before you can play your favorite Marathon scenario, you need to install the game files. Not hard or a lengthy process, so let's get started. :) It's time to go back to the Bungie webpage again. Pick out your fav scenario, and download it to your desktop. I'll be doing Marathon Infinity this time.

    When you download your scenario, you should have a ZIP file. Right-click and extract it. Once you have it downloaded and extracted, you should have a folder with contents similar to this.

    Now, press Alt and F2. You should have a window pop up like this.

    Enter "gksudo nautilus", without quotes. Enter your password when it asks for it and after that, you have a superuser Nautilus window. Now we have to find the Aleph One folder.Go to file system/usr/local/share/AlephOne. I recommend you create a backup folder in your home folder of the contents of the Aleph One folder. After you do that, just drag everything from your scenario folder into the Aleph One folder. Overwrite anything there it asks for.

    And there you have it! If you want a menu entry for the game, go to System/Preferences/Main Menu and create a new entry in the area of choice, using "alephone" as the command.



More coming soon!