macOS and Linux

On macOS and Linux OpenAoK is built from its source code, which takes a few minutes. The build prepares the game's data from your CD the first time.

Install the tools

macOS

# with the Xcode command-line tools
brew install cmake sdl2 freetype cabextract

Debian / Ubuntu

sudo apt install build-essential cmake python3 libsdl2-dev libfreetype-dev zlib1g-dev cabextract

Build and play

Clone the repository, copy your CD into its original_game_1999/ (see Your game files), then:

./build.sh          # prepares the game data on the first run, then builds
./build.sh --run    # build and play

The first build takes about a minute longer while it unpacks and converts your game files. The game runs from build/, where its data paths are relative to:

cd build && ./OpenAoK

The command-line options start straight into a game, a scenario or a network game.