Infogrames/Strategy First/Intoversion have re-released the game Uplink,
and they called it Uplink: Hacker Elite. You can find this game on store
shelves now, and it is a great change of pace from the tired genres such
as first-person shooters, action, and real-time/turn-based strategy. This
tutorial will help you get it installed and working great.
First of all, you need to mount the CD. If you have done this, then great.
If not, you need to know where your CD mounts to. Normally, it mounts to
/mnt/cdrom, so for the purpose of this tutorial, I'll assume this is the case.
Open a console window, and type in
su and hit
Enter. You will
be prompted for the root password. Type that in and press
Enter again.
Insert the game disc into your CD-ROM drive.
Now, type in
mount /mnt/cdrom and hit
Enter. The CD-ROM should now
mount, and you should be able to see the contents in the /mnt/cdrom directory. To
test this, use the command
ls /mnt/cdrom/.
Now, we will assume you want to do a system-wide install, which is what I recommend
for all games. Users will keep their saved games and configuration files in their
home directories, in a hidden directory. This is done automatically by the game, so
don't worry about it if that sounds complex to you. I put my copy of Uplink into
/usr/local/games/uplink, and this tutorial will assume you will do the same.
In the root console, type in
cp -a /mnt/cdrom/linux /usr/local/games/ and
hit
Enter. This will copy the game from the CD-ROM to your hard drive.
Next, you can type in
eject or
umount /mnt/cdrom/ and remove the CD-ROM.
You won't need it anymore.
Now, type in
cd /usr/local/games/ and hit
Enter. We have to rename the directory
we just copied over, so type in
mv linux uplink and hit
Enter.
Next, enter into the directory by running the command
cd uplink/ and then
untar the newest patch. To do this, type in
tar zxvf linuxpatch1.31.tar.gz
and then hit
Enter. Once this is done, you can remove the tarball, as you
don't need it anymore. To do this, type in
rm linuxpatch1.31.tar.gz and
hit
Enter.
Next we need to make sure the permissions are set properly. To do this, type in
the command
chmod 644 * and hit
Enter. Then you need to make sure
the binary is executable, so run the command
chmod +x uplink.
Now the game should be able to be played, but we probably should make a script
to run the game from any directory. Games that use the Loki installer usually
default to install a symlink or a script in /usr/local/bin, and this is where
we will do the same.
Still as root in the console, type in
echo -e "\043\041/bin/sh\ncd /usr/local/games/uplink\n./uplink"
> /usr/local/bin/uplink and hit
Enter. This will create a script to launch
Uplink from any directory. Only thing left to do is ensure it is executable. Type in
the command
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/uplink and hit
Enter to do this.
Now you can close the root console. Make a desktop icon to run the command "uplink"
and you're all good to go! If it doesn't work, try looking at the output in a console
as your user, to see if you get any errors or anything. You shouldn't, but you can
never be certain. Note that Red Hat 8.0 users may require a special fix from the
Uplink website. You can get this image as your icon if you wish:
I created it from one of the images on the website, and I use it with iDesk. Just
right-click on it, and Save Image As... to wherever you wish.
Enjoy the game!