# How do I play Cataclysm DDA on ubuntu 14.04

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**Created:** [June 6, 2014, 7:40am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-play-cataclysm-dda-on-ubuntu-14-04/6408 "2014-06-06T07:40:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![cloudyrads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@cloudyrads](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/cloudyrads)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2014, 7:40am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-play-cataclysm-dda-on-ubuntu-14-04/6408/1 "2014-06-06T07:40:16Z")

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How do I play Cataclysm DDA on ubuntu 14.04? I downloaded the tar.gz file from here [http://dev.narc.ro/cataclysm/jenkins-latest/Linux/Curses/](http://dev.narc.ro/cataclysm/jenkins-latest/Linux/Curses/) double clicked cataclysm nothing happened

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**Author:** ![LazyCat-rus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@LazyCat-rus](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/LazyCat-rus)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2014, 7:56am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-play-cataclysm-dda-on-ubuntu-14-04/6408/2 "2014-06-07T07:56:42Z")

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Hello.  
Download SDL build and do same things.  
btw, may be you need to install some packages:  
sudo apt-get install libsdl2 libsdl2-image-2.0 libsdl2-ttf-2.0 libsdl2-mixer-2.0 lua5.1 liblua5.1

or

you need run cataclysm from terminal.

1. Run terminal emulator
2. cd 
3. ./cataclysm.