Arch
0 A.D. is available in the community repository.
Chakra
0 A.D. is available in the desktop repository.
Debian
0 A.D. is available in Debian’s repositories.
For users of Debian 9.x (Jessie, current stable), the latest version is in the backports repository.
First you have to add the backports to your system by adding to the sources.list:
deb http://http.debian.net/debian stretch-backports main
Then update the repository cache with :
apt-get update
Finally install the last alpha from official repositories using:
apt-get install -t stretch-backports 0ad
For users of Debian 10.x (Buster) or unstable, the latest version is in the default repository:
apt-get install 0ad
Run the game from the command-line as
0ad
or from the application menu item “0 A.D.”
Fedora
0 A.D. is available in the official Fedora repositories. Install the packages by running:
sudo dnf install 0ad
Run the game from the command-line as
0ad
or from the application menu item “0 A.D.”
Frugalware
0 A.D. is the the repositories, install the package:
repoman upd repoman merge 0ad
Gentoo
emerge 0ad
OpenSUSE
- Launch YaST.
- Select “Software” and “Software Repositories”.
- Select “Add” and “Specify URL…”
- Enter one of the following URLs, with name “obs-games”:
- http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/games/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/
- http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/games/openSUSE_Factory/
- http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/games/openSUSE_Leap_42.1/
- http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/games/openSUSE_13.2/
- http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/games/openSUSE_13.1/
- It should prompt “Import Untrusted GnuPG Key” – these packages are not checked or trusted by OpenSUSE. You should not install them in security-critical environments. If you understand and accept the danger of installing unknown software, accept the import.
- Run “Install/Remove Software”
- Select “0ad” to install.
Run the game from the command-line as
0ad
or from the application menu item “0 A.D.”
Sabayon
Install 0 A.D. package using this command:
equo install 0ad
Slackware
0ad and 0ad-data SlackBuilds are available for Slackware 14.1 users. The easiest way to install them is probably using Sbopkg:
su sbopkg -i 0ad-data sbopkg -i 0ad
Run the game from the command-line as:
0ad
Alternatively, you can build the SlackBuilds manually as described in the HOWTO.
Ubuntu
Ubuntu-Provided Packages
For users of Ubuntu Cosmic (18.10) or Disco (19.04), the latest version of 0 A.D. is available in Ubuntu’s universe repository. Make sure universe is enabled in your sources, and install the package by running:
sudo apt-get install 0ad
0 A.D.-Provided Packages
For users of Ubuntu LTS Trusty (14.04), Xenial (16.04) or Bionic (18.04), the latest version of 0 A.D. packages is available from 0 A.D. PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wfg/0ad sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install 0ad
(If you get errors about unmet dependencies, check that you have the Universe repository enabled in /etc/apt/sources.list.)
Development version: You can try a more up-to-date but less-well-tested version from our development snapshot PPA, which should be updated each week. Follow the instructions above but use the ppa:wfg/0ad.dev repository name.
How to Run the Game
Run the game from the command-line as:
0ad
or from the application menu item Games / 0 A.D.
0 A.D. is Still a Work in Progress
The game is currently under heavy development, and many features are currently missing. This release is an alpha version, not a complete game.