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How to Install Linux Game Robombs on Ubuntu

To Install Linux Game Robombs on Ubuntu

Robombs is a 3D bombing game in which user can play in single player and multiplayer mode. It is free, fun and easy to grasp users attention. This multiplayer game is written in JAVA that run on Windows, Linux (x86), Mac OSX and Solaris. Installation of Linux Game Robombs on Ubuntu is discussed in this article.

Installation of Linux Game Robombs

First install JAVA with the following command.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install default-jre -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  ca-certificates-java default-jre-headless fonts-dejavu-extra java-common libbonobo2-0 libbonobo2-common libgif7 libgnome-2-0 libgnome2-common libgnomevfs2-0 libgnomevfs2-common
  liborbit-2-0 openjdk-8-jre openjdk-8-jre-headless
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Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20160415-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-0ubuntu1) ...

Now, download the game by using wget command.

root@linuxhelp:~# wget http://jpct.de/download/robombs.zip
--2016-08-08 23:46:36--  http://jpct.de/download/robombs.zip
Resolving jpct.de (jpct.de)... 217.160.233.105
Connecting to jpct.de (jpct.de)|217.160.233.105|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 13347419 (13M) [application/zip]
Saving to: ‘ robombs.zip’ 

robombs.zip                                   100%[===============================================================================================> ]  12.73M   662KB/s    in 26s     

2016-08-08 23:47:02 (506 KB/s) - ‘ robombs.zip’  saved [13347419/13347419]

Extract the downloaded zip file, it will create a new directory called robombs.

root@linuxhelp:~# unzip robombs.zip
Archive:  robombs.zip
   creating: robombs/
   creating: robombs/bin/
  inflating: robombs/bin/bin.jar     
  inflating: robombs/botnames.txt    
   creating: robombs/data/
  inflating: robombs/data/banner.png  
  inflating: robombs/data/banner_dead.png
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inflating: robombs/lib/lwjgl-2.7.1/res/spaceinvaders/hit.wav  
  inflating: robombs/lib/lwjgl-2.7.1/res/spaceinvaders/loose.wav  
  inflating: robombs/lib/lwjgl-2.7.1/res/spaceinvaders/pressanykey.gif  
  inflating: robombs/lib/lwjgl-2.7.1/res/spaceinvaders/ship.gif  
  inflating: robombs/lib/lwjgl-2.7.1/res/spaceinvaders/shot.gif  
  inflating: robombs/lib/lwjgl-2.7.1/res/spaceinvaders/shot.wav  
  inflating: robombs/lib/lwjgl-2.7.1/res/spaceinvaders/start.wav  
  inflating: robombs/lib/lwjgl-2.7.1/res/spaceinvaders/win.wav  
  inflating: robombs/lib/lwjgl-2.7.1/res/spaceinvaders/youwin.gif  
  inflating: robombs/Robombs.cmd     
  inflating: robombs/Robombs.sh

In the newly created directory, there will be a script called ‘ Robombs.sh’ .

root@linuxhelp:~# cd robombs/
root@linuxhelp:~/robombs# ls -l
total 24
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 10  2011 bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  226 Jul 16  2008 botnames.txt
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Mar 10  2011 data
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Mar 10  2011 lib
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  205 Mar  1  2011 Robombs.cmd
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  201 Mar  1  2011 Robombs.sh

Set the execute permission for that script file.

root@linuxhelp:~/robombs# chmod a+x Robombs.sh

Run the following command to start playing the Robombs.

root@linuxhelp:~/robombs# sh Robombs.sh

Now click yes option.

Then click play option.

Here you can see the home page of the game.

Start to play the multiplayer 3D game.

To quit the game, click End game option.

Tag : Robombs
FAQ
Q
Is Robombs multiplayer game?
A
Robombs is a 3D bombing game in which user can play in single player and multiplayer mode.
Q
Installation script of Linux Game Robombs is not getting executed, how to resolve this?
A
Check whether the script file has executable permission or not, if not provide permission by "chmod a+x filename".
Q
What version of java required for Linux Game Robombs?
A
Java version 8 is recommended for Linux Game Robombs, Or use the Java repo package which comes by default.
Q
Does Unzip option has arguments while extracting Linux Game Robombs archive format?
A
yes unzip has arguments but to extract the file you don’t require any arguments.
Q
how to go one step back while navigating a folder?
A
You can make use of " cd .. " command to go back to previous folder