Use the following instructions:

  1. Install the playdeb package.

  2. Or configure the repository manually:

    Go to System-Administration-Software Sources, Third-Party Software tab, Add:

    deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu natty-getdeb games

    Add the repository GPG key, open a terminal window and type:

    wget -q -O- http://archive.getdeb.net/getdeb-archive.key | sudo apt-key add -
  3. Click the "Install this now" button below the screenshot of the desired game.

  4. If you are using Kubuntu please check bug 476853.

  5. If the application cannot be found, run this command and try again:

    sudo apt-get update

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Version: 0.10.3-1~getdeb1

FreeCol is a turn-based strategy game based on the old game Colonization, and similar to Civilization. The objective of the game is to create an independent nation.

Available for Ubuntu: 11.04

Updated: 2011-09-28 12:20:17 | Changes

Version: 2.3.0-1~getdeb2

Freeciv is a free clone of the turn based strategy game Civilization. In this game, each player becomes leader of a civilisation, fighting to obtain the ultimate goal: the extinction of all other civilisations.

Available for Ubuntu: 11.04

Updated: 2011-09-24 12:22:30 | Changes

Version: 0.0.0+r10288~alpha-1~getdeb1

Historically based Real Time Strategy game focusing on the years 500 B.C. to 500 A.D. It is a war/economy strategy game allowing you to recreate or rewrite the ancient history of western civilisations.

Available for Ubuntu: 11.04

Updated: 2011-09-19 16:14:09 | Changes

Version: 2011-09-06-1~getdeb1

In Z you were a commander under General Zod in his attempt to conquer the universe. Your team, Brad and Allan, went from site to site and planet to planet pushing back the Blue forces while getting bitched at by General Zod. In the Zod Engine the doors are opened up so that you can play all the levels and make new levels the way you've always wanted to. The Zod Engine is more then just a remake of Z however, it is a fully commercially supported online game that is perpetually running at all times. Players c

Available for Ubuntu: 10.04, 11.04, 11.10

Updated: 2011-09-08 20:28:27 | Changes

Version: 0.0.0+git20110714-1~getdeb1

Pax Britannica is a one-button real-time strategy game by No Fun Games. Up to four players battle it out underwater, struggling to be the last one standing!

Available for Ubuntu: 10.04, 11.04, 11.10, 12.04

Updated: 2011-07-14 17:28:29 | Changes