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6 freeciv-mp-gtk2, freeciv-mp-gtk3, freeciv-mp-qt, freeciv-mp-cli - Cus‐
7 tom content installers for the Freeciv game
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10 freeciv-modpack [ -d|--debug level_number ] [ -h|--help ] [
11 -i|--install URL ] [ -L|--List URL ] [ -p|--prefix directory ] [
12 -v|--version ]
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15 Freeciv is a free turn-based multiplayer strategy game, in which each
16 player becomes the leader of a civilization, fighting to obtain the
17 ultimate goal: To become the greatest civilization.
18 Players of Civilization II® by Microprose® should feel at home, since
20 one aim of Freeciv is to have compatible rules.
21 Freeciv is maintained by an international team of coders and enthusi‐
23 asts, and is easily one of the most fun and addictive network games out
24 there!
25 This is the custom content installer program - see also freeciv-
27 server(6) freeciv-client(6) .
28 This program allows users to select and download add-on content ("mod‐
30 packs") for Freeciv from the Internet, either from a list maintained by
31 the Freeciv team, or by using a URL obtained by other means. It takes
32 care of installing the files in the correct place under the user's home
33 directory for this version of Freeciv; it does not install anything for
34 system-wide use.
35 This manual page only lists the command line arguments. For details
37 regarding the options when using freeciv-modpack see the documentation
38 at the Freeciv website ⟨http://www.freeciv.org/⟩ as well as the docu‐
39 mentation which is part of the Freeciv distribution.
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42 All options have a short form (single hyphen and single letter) and a
43 long form (double hyphen and a complete word); their effects are iden‐
44 tical.
45 -d level_number, --debug level_number
47 Sets the amount of debugging information to be logged. Accept‐
48 able values for the level_number are:
49 0 for fatal messages only.
51 1 for fatal and error messages.
53 2 for fatal, error and normal messages (default).
55 3 for fatal, error, normal, and verbose messages.
57 -h, --help
60 Prints a short summary of the command line options.
61 -i URL, --install URL
63 Automatically install modpack from a given URL.
64 -L URL, --List URL
66 Gets modpack list from given URL, rather than the standard loca‐
67 tion on the Freeciv team's servers.
68 -p directory, --prefix directory
70 Installs modpacks under given directory hierarchy.
71 -v, --version
73 Prints the version number and exits.
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76 freeciv modpack installer installs files to the following subdirecto‐
77 ries of the user's home directory (or another directory specified with
78 --prefix), as appropriate:
79 · .freeciv/scenarios/
81 · .freeciv/2.6/
83 freeciv-mp-cli is version of the modpack installer usable from command
85 line. By default it lists modpacks from the default list or from list
86 specified with --List. One can then run it again by giving appropriate
87 URL from the list for --install parameter.
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91 freeciv modpack installer accepts these environment variables:
92 HOME Specifies the user's home directory.
94 http_proxy
96 Set this variable accordingly when using a proxy.
97 LANG or LANGUAGE
99 Sets the language and locale on some platforms.
100 LC_ALL or LC_CTYPE
102 Similar to LANG (see documentation for your system).
103 USER Specifies the username of the current user.
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107 Please report bugs to the Freeciv bug tracker
108 ⟨https://www.hostedredmine.com/projects/freeciv⟩ .
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112 See the Freeciv homepage ⟨http://www.freeciv.org/⟩ .
113 Updates and new info is first posted there.
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117 The Freeciv Team <freeciv-dev AT freelists.org>.
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121 freeciv-server(6) freeciv-client(6)
122 May 24th 2014 FREECIV(6)