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Dwarf Fortress on Digital Ocean (Ubuntu 18.04)
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How to install Dwarf Fortress on Ubuntu 18.04

  1. Download the binary from bay12games

  2. Extract the files

tar xfs df*.tar.bz2
  1. Install the needed libraries
sudo apt install -y libsdl1.2debian xvfb libgtk2.0-0 libsdl-image1.2 libglu1-mesa libsdl-ttf2.0-0
  1. Set dwarf fortress to text mode by editing df_linux/bin/init/init.txt
[SOUND:NO]
[PRINT_MODE:TEXT]
  1. Start fake X session and run dwarf fortress
Xvfb :1 -screen 0 1024x768x16 &
export DISPLAY=:1
./df
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