Tutorial To Install SuperTuxKart On Linux

Insight: Tutorial To Install SuperTuxKart On Linux

SuperTuxKart is a kart racing game available for Linux based operating systems. SuperTuxKart is completely free and open source. It is similar to Mario kart game.

Tutorial To Install SuperTuxKart On Linux

Install SuperTuxKart On Ubuntu

SuperTuxKart can be easily installed on Ubuntu via software  center. If you prefer installing SuperTuxKart through command line then follow the instructions below:

Run your terminal and execute the following command:

At first add the repository of the game to the system.

sudo add-apt-repository universe

Next, update Ubuntu so that the Universe repository is accessible to the system.

sudo apt update

Run the following command to ensure your Ubuntu is up to date.

sudo apt upgrade -y

Finally, It’s time to install SuperTuxKart in Ubuntu. Execute the following command

sudo apt install supertuxkart

Debian

Install SuperTuxKart In Debain

Run the following command to install SuperTuxKart in Debian:

sudo apt-get install supertuxkart

Fedora

Install SuperTuxKart In Fedora

Run the following command in terminal to install SuperTuxKart in Fedora operating system:

sudo dnf install supertuxkart -y

OpenSUSE

Install SuperTuxKart In OpenSUSE

Leap 15.0

sudo zypper addrepo http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repositories/games/openSUSE_Leap_15.0/ opensuse-games

sudo zypper in supertuxkart

Leap 42.3

sudo zypper addrepo http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repositories/games/openSUSE_Leap_42.3/ opensuse-games

sudo zypper in supertuxkart

Tumbleweed

sudo zypper addrepo http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repositories/games/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/ opensuse-games

sudo zypper in supertuxkart

For Other Linux:

Run your terminal and download the SuperTuxKart using wget:

wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/supertuxkart/files/SuperTuxKart/0.9.3/supertuxkart-0.9.3-linux.tar.xz/download -O supertuxkart-0.9.3-linux.tar.xz

Move your downloaded file to home from download.

mv supertuxkart-0.9.3-linux.tar.xz ~/

Run the following command to extract:

tar -xvJf supertuxkart-0.9.3-linux.tar.xz

Create shortcut on desktop:

cp ~/supertuxkart-0.9.3-linux/data/supertuxkart.desktop ~/Desktop

Run the following nano command to edit:

nano ~/Desktop/supertuxkart.desktop

You need to change the “Exec=supertuxkart” to the following.

Exec=sh /home/yourusename/supertuxkart-0.9.3-linux/run_game.sh

Save the changes that you have made with Ctrl + O, and exit with Ctrl + X.