freeciv-modpack(6)

1FREECIV(6)                       Games Manual                       FREECIV(6)
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NAME

6       freeciv-mp-gtk2,   freeciv-mp-gtk3,   freeciv-mp-gtk4,   freeciv-mp-qt,
7       freeciv-mp-cli - Custom content installers for the Freeciv game
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SYNOPSIS

10       freeciv-mp-XXX [ -d|--debug level ] [ -h|--help ] [ -i|--install URL  ]
11       [ -L|--List URL ] [ -p|--prefix directory ] [ -v|--version ]
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DESCRIPTION

14       Freeciv  is  a free turn-based multiplayer strategy game, in which each
15       player becomes the leader of a civilization, fighting to obtain the ul‐
16       timate goal: To become the greatest civilization.
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18       Players  of  Civilization II® by Microprose® should feel at home, since
19       one aim of Freeciv is to have compatible rules.
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21       Freeciv is maintained by an international team of coders  and  enthusi‐
22       asts, and is easily one of the most fun and addictive network games out
23       there!
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25       This is the custom  content  installer  program  -  see  also  freeciv-
26       server(6) freeciv-client(6) .
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28       This  program allows users to select and download add-on content ("mod‐
29       packs") for Freeciv from the Internet, either from a list maintained by
30       the  Freeciv  team, or by using a URL obtained by other means. It takes
31       care of installing the files in the correct place under the user's home
32       directory for this version of Freeciv; it does not install anything for
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35       freeciv-mp-cli is a version of the modpack installer usable  from  com‐
36       mand  line.  By default it lists modpacks from the default list or from
37       list specified with --List. One can then run it again by giving  appro‐
38       priate URL from the list for --install parameter.
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40       This manual page only lists the command line arguments. For details re‐
41       garding the operation of freeciv-mp-XXX see README.modpack_installer in
42       the  Freeciv distribution, and the documentation at the Freeciv website
43       ⟨https://www.freeciv.org/⟩
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OPTIONS

46       All options have a short form (single hyphen and single letter)  and  a
47       long  form (double hyphen and a complete word); their effects are iden‐
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50       -d level, --debug level
51              Sets the amount of debugging information to be logged.   Accept‐
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58              normal    for fatal, error and normal messages (default).
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60              verbose   for fatal, error, normal, and verbose messages.
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66       -i URL, --install URL
67              Automatically install modpack from a given URL.
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69       -L URL, --List URL
70              Gets modpack list from given URL, rather than the standard loca‐
71              tion on the Freeciv team's servers.
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74              Installs modpacks under given directory hierarchy.
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76       -v, --version
77              Prints the version number and exits.
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FILES

80       freeciv modpack installer installs files to the  following  subdirecto‐
81       ries  of the user's home directory (or another directory specified with
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84       • .freeciv/scenarios/
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86       • .freeciv/3.0/
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88       The modpack installer maintains a record of installed modpack names and
89       versions in these files:
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91       • .freeciv/scenarios/.control/modpacks.db
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95       This  information is used for display, and for deciding whether any new
96       modpacks' dependencies are already satisfied. It is  not  used  by  the
97       other Freeciv programs, and can fairly safely be removed if it gets out
98       of sync with the actual state of installed  modpacks.  These  are  text
99       files whose format is subject to change.
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ENVIRONMENT

103       freeciv modpack installer accepts these environment variables:
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105       HOME   Specifies the user's home directory.
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107       http_proxy
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110       LANG  or  LANGUAGE
111              Sets the language and locale on some platforms.
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113       LC_ALL  or  LC_CTYPE
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116       USER   Specifies the username of the current user.
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BUGS

119       Please     report     bugs     to     the     Freeciv    bug    tracker
120       ⟨https://osdn.net/projects/freeciv/ticket/⟩ .
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MORE INFO

124       See the Freeciv homepage ⟨https://www.freeciv.org/⟩ .
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126       Updates and new info is first posted there.
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AUTHORS

129       The Freeciv Team <freeciv-dev AT freelists.org>.
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