Gaming

openttd

openttd / upstream

In the upstream project site we can see the latest stable release.

As of 02-2025 :

binary : openttd-14.1-linux-generic-amd64.tar.xz file
source : openttd-14.1-source.tar.xz

openttd / devuan

In devuan pkginfo we can see currently the openttd packages offered by Devuan.

Let analyse one specific version offered:

14.1-1 http://deb.devuan.org/merged ceres/main amd64

From that page we can see the evuan Package Information page : @

13.0-2 http://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus/main amd64
1.10.3-1 http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera/main amd64
1.8.0-2 http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf/main amd64

$ sha256sum ./openttd_14.1-1_amd64.deb 
fa75f1ce8c84f7c87335822c1d77f6a151071313a854abb046ac7e76fd63041c  ./openttd_14.1-1_amd64.deb

openttd / debian

Debian has a page on openttd on tracker.debian.org. There we see :

    o-o-stable: 1.8.0-2
    oldstable: 1.10.3-1
    stable: 13.0-2
    unstable: 14.1-1

There in the internet an info processing machine (with storage) that holds packages that are part of the so called Debian distro. Have a look @

openttd-data_1.8.0-2_all.deb	
openttd-data_1.10.3-1_all.deb	 
openttd-data_13.0-2_all.deb	 
openttd-data_14.1-1_all.deb

openttd_1.8.0-2.debian.tar.xz	
openttd_1.8.0-2.dsc	 
openttd_1.8.0-2_amd64.deb	 
openttd_1.8.0.orig.tar.xz	

openttd_1.10.3-1.debian.tar.xz	
openttd_1.10.3-1.dsc	 
openttd_1.10.3-1_amd64.deb	 
openttd_1.10.3.orig.tar.xz	

openttd_13.0-2.debian.tar.xz	 
openttd_13.0-2.dsc	 
openttd_13.0-2_amd64.deb	 

openttd_13.0.orig.tar.xz	  
openttd_14.1-1.debian.tar.xz		 
openttd_14.1-1.dsc	
openttd_14.1-1_amd64.deb	   


openttd_14.1.orig.tar.xz

install from Devuan repo

$ sudo apt-cache show openttd 
Package: openttd
Version: 13.0-2

install from upstream

You have to install four packages from upstream : @

As of 02/2025 stable version is 14.1

game openttd-14.1-linux-generic-amd64.tar.xz
graphics : opengfx-7.1-all.zip
music openmsx-0.4.2-all.zip
snd opensfx-1.0.3-all.zip

1. We unpack and unpack game file in our games location. 2. We uncompress (but not unpack , keep the tar files) the other files

   and place them in ~/mygames/openttd/baseset

openttd / inspect deb package

 
$ dpkg-deb --info openttd_14.1-1_amd64.deb 
 new Debian package, version 2.0.
 size 4113960 bytes: control archive=1664 bytes.
    1174 bytes,    20 lines      control              
    1886 bytes,    25 lines      md5sums              
 Package: openttd
 Version: 14.1-1
 Architecture: amd64
 Maintainer: Matthijs Kooijman <matthijs@stdin.nl>
 Installed-Size: 15836
 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.38), libcurl4t64 (>= 7.16.2), libfluidsynth3 (>= 2.0.5), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12.6), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.4), libharfbuzz0b (>= 1.2.6), libicu72 (>= 72.1~rc-1~), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614), liblzo2-2 (>= 2.02), libpng16-16t64 (>= 1.6.2), libsdl2-2.0-0 (>= 2.0.12), libstdc++6 (>= 13.1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), openttd-data (= 14.1-1)
 Recommends: openttd-opengfx, openttd-openmsx, openttd-opensfx
 Suggests: timidity
 Section: games
 Priority: optional
 Homepage: https://www.openttd.org/
 Description: reimplementation of Transport Tycoon Deluxe with enhancements
  OpenTTD is a reimplementation of the Microprose game "Transport
  Tycoon Deluxe" with lots of new features and enhancements.
  .
  OpenTTD is playable with the free graphics files from the openttd-opengfx
  package and optional sound and music files from the openttd-opensfx and
  openttd-openmsx packages Alternatively, OpenTTD can use the graphics files
  from the original Transport Tycoon Deluxe game (See README.Debian on how to set
  this up).