Dwarf Fortress Linux (Ubuntu 15.04) installation instructions. (Nice graphics but no other crap!)

dwarf-fortress-ubuntu-installation-instructions.sh

# Install a bunch of dependencies (Might not be everything, sorry!)
sudo apt-get install libsdl1.2debian:i386 libsdl-image1.2:i386\
                     libsdl-ttf2.0-0:i386 libglu1-mesa:i386 libgtk2.0-0:i386\
                     libopenal1:i386 libjpeg62:i386 git tar unzip bzip2

# Fetch Dwarf fortress itself (See http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/ )
mkdir dwarf-fortress && cd dwarf-fortress
wget http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/df_42_06_linux.tar.bz2
tar xvjf df_42_06_linux.tar.bz2

# Install Phoebus graphics pack (See http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=137096.0 )
git clone git@github.com:DFgraphics/Phoebus.git
yes | cp -R Phoebus/data df_linux/
yes | cp -R Phoebus/raw/ df_linux/

# Fetch DFHack (See https://github.com/DFHack/dfhack/releases )
wget https://github.com/DFHack/dfhack/releases/download/0.42.06-alpha2/dfhack-0.42.06-alpha2-Linux-gcc-4.8.1.tar.bz2
tar xvjf dfhack-0.42.06-alpha2-Linux-gcc-4.8.1.tar.bz2 -C df_linux/

# Fetch "Text will be text" (See https://github.com/mifki/df-twbt/releases )
wget https://github.com/mifki/df-twbt/releases/download/v5.58/twbt-5.58-linux.zip
unzip -jod df_linux/hack/plugins/ twbt-5.58-linux.zip 0.42.06-alpha2/*

# Enable "Text will be text"
sed -i s/PRINT_MODE\:2D/PRINT_MODE\:TWBT/ df_linux/data/init/init.txt
# Enable sound
sed -i s/SOUND\:NO/SOUND\:YES/ df_linux/data/init/init.txt
# Disable FPS counter
sed -i s/FPS\:YES/FPS\:N0/ df_linux/data/init/init.txt

# Optionally delete some of the left over files
rm -rf Phoebus
rm *.{zip,bz2}

# Optionally create a nice launcher icon
wget https://dwarvenglory.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/dwarf-fortress.jpeg -O icon.jpg
wget https://gist.githubusercontent.com/kzar/341cbb885896e082acb6/raw/dwarf-fortress.desktop
sed -i 's|CURRENT_PATH|'$PWD'|' dwarf-fortress.desktop
chmod a+x dwarf-fortress.desktop

# Finally we're ready to play! Either click the icon or you can launch manually:
df_linux/df_hack

dwarf-fortress.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Exec=/usr/bin/gnome-terminal -x CURRENT_PATH/df_linux/dfhack
Icon=CURRENT_PATH/icon.jpg
Hidden=false
NoDisplay=false
Name=Dwarf Fortress
Comment=Launch the Dwarf Fortress computer game
Keywords=game,dwarf,fortress
OnlyShowIn=GNOME;Unity;

Notes:

• I installed DFHack as it enables the "Text will be text" plugin, which improves the graphics. I installed the Phoebus graphics pack for the same reason. Everything else, like launchers and utilities I have chosen to ignore! (I just wanted to give the game a try!)
• At the time of writing only an alpha version of DFHack supported the latest version of Dwarf Fortress. Using an alpha version of DFHack might cause problems, I advise you to check the linked sites to pick the best versions of Dwarf Fortress, DFHack and "Text will be text".
• You might want to check out the "Lazy newb pack" for Linux. I couldn't make it work, the repository was a mess and old versions of things were included that didn't work on my system at all. But perhaps it has improved since then?