freeciv-mp-gtk4, freeciv-mp-gtk3, freeciv-mp-qt, freeciv-mp-cli - Custom content installers for the
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Bugs
Please report bugs to the Freeciv bug tracker .
Description
Freeciv is a free turn-based multiplayer strategy game, in which each player becomes the leader of a
civilization, fighting to obtain the ultimate goal: To become the greatest civilization.
Players of Civilization II® by Microprose® should feel at home, since one aim of Freeciv is to have
compatible rules.
Freeciv is maintained by an international team of coders and enthusiasts, and is easily one of the most
fun and addictive network games out there!
This is the custom content installer program - see also freeciv-server(6) freeciv-client(6) .
This program allows users to select and download add-on content ("modpacks") for Freeciv from the
Internet, either from a list maintained by the Freeciv team, or by using a URL obtained by other means.
It takes care of installing the files in the correct place under the user's home directory for this
version of Freeciv; it does not install anything for system-wide use.
freeciv-mp-cli is a version of the modpack installer usable from command line. By default it lists
modpacks from the default list or from list specified with --List. One can then run it again by giving
appropriate URL from the list for --install parameter.
This manual page only lists the command line arguments. For details regarding the operation of freeciv-mp-XXX see README.modpack_installer in the Freeciv distribution, and the documentation at the Freeciv
website
Environment
freecivmodpackinstaller accepts these environment variables:
HOME Specifies the user's home directory.
http_proxy
Set this variable accordingly when using a proxy.
LANG or LANGUAGE
Sets the language and locale on some platforms.
LC_ALL or LC_CTYPE
Similar to LANG (see documentation for your system).
USER Specifies the username of the current user.
Files
freecivmodpackinstaller installs files to the following subdirectories of the user's home directory (or
another directory specified with --prefix), as appropriate:
• .freeciv/scenarios/
• .freeciv/3.1/
The modpack installer maintains a record of installed modpack names and versions in these files:
• .freeciv/scenarios/.control/mp.db
• .freeciv/3.1/.control/mp.db
This information is used for display, and for deciding whether any new modpacks' dependencies are already
satisfied. It is not used by the other Freeciv programs, and can fairly safely be removed if it gets out
of sync with the actual state of installed modpacks. These are sqlite files whose format is subject to
change.
More Info
See the Freeciv homepage .
Updates and new info is first posted there.
Name
freeciv-mp-gtk4, freeciv-mp-gtk3, freeciv-mp-qt, freeciv-mp-cli - Custom content installers for the
Freeciv game
Options
All options have a short form (single hyphen and single letter) and a long form (double hyphen and a
complete word); their effects are identical.
-dlevel,--debuglevel
Sets the amount of debugging information to be logged. Acceptable values for the level are:
fatal for fatal messages only.
error for fatal and error messages.
warning for fatal, error and warning messages
normal for fatal, error, warning and normal messages (default).
verbose for fatal, error, warning, normal, and verbose messages.
-h,--help
Prints a short summary of the command line options.
-iURL,--installURL
Automatically install modpack from a given URL.
-LURL,--ListURL
Gets modpack list from given URL, rather than the standard location on the Freeciv team's servers.
-pdirectory,--prefixdirectory
Installs modpacks under given directory hierarchy.
-v,--version
Prints the version number and exits.
See Also
freeciv-server(6) freeciv-client(6) May 13th 2021 FREECIV(6)
Synopsis
freeciv-mp-XXX[-d|--debuglevel][-h|--help][-i|--installURL][-L|--ListURL][-p|--prefixdirectory][-v|--version]
