Tribblix: manual page: freeciv-modpack.6

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NAME

freeciv-mp-gtk4, freeciv-mp-gtk3, freeciv-mp-qt, freeciv-mp-cli -
Custom content installers for the Freeciv game

SYNOPSIS

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(R) by Microprose(R) 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 <https://www.freeciv.org/>

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.

-d level, --debug level
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.

-i URL, --install URL
Automatically install modpack from a given URL.

-L URL, --List URL
Gets modpack list from given URL, rather than the standard
location on the Freeciv team's servers.

-p directory, --prefix directory
Installs modpacks under given directory hierarchy.

-v, --version
Prints the version number and exits.

FILES

freeciv modpack installer installs files to the following
subdirectories of the user's home directory (or another directory
specified with --prefix), as appropriate:

+o .freeciv/scenarios/

+o .freeciv/3.1/

The modpack installer maintains a record of installed modpack names
and versions in these files:

+o .freeciv/scenarios/.control/mp.db

+o .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.

ENVIRONMENT

freeciv modpack installer 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.

BUGS

Please report bugs to the Freeciv bug tracker
<https://redmine.freeciv.org/projects/freeciv> .

MORE INFO

See the Freeciv homepage <https://www.freeciv.org/> .

Updates and new info is first posted there.

AUTHORS

The Freeciv Team <freeciv-dev AT freelists.org>.