How to install super tux kart game in Ubuntu

To install super tux kart game in Ubuntu 16.04

SuperTuxKart is a free, cross-platform racing game available for Linux, OS X and Windows. This article explains the installation of super-tux-kart game in Ubuntu.

Features

• Supports New AI for soccer mode
• Added 3 new arenas are added
• New tracks are included
• Added TTF (True Type Font) Font support which ensures nice display of all main languages
• Ability to record races and ghost replay

To install supertuxkart

Open browser and to download Supertuxkart from the following link

https://sourceforge.net/projects/supertuxkart/

And then click to save file.

After downloading, extract that tar file.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1/Downloads# tar xvf supertuxkart-0.9.2-linux.tar.xz
supertuxkart-0.9.2-linux/
supertuxkart-0.9.2-linux/lib-64/
supertuxkart-0.9.2-linux/lib-64/libfribidi.so.0
supertuxkart-0.9.2-linux/lib-64/libjpeg.so.8
supertuxkart-0.9.2-linux/lib-64/librtmp.so.0
supertuxkart-0.9.2-linux/lib-64/libz.so.1
supertuxkart-0.9.2-linux/lib-64/libssh2.so.1
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supertuxkart-0.9.2-linux/bin/
supertuxkart-0.9.2-linux/bin/supertuxkart-editor
supertuxkart-0.9.2-linux/bin/supertuxkart
supertuxkart-0.9.2-linux/run_game.sh
supertuxkart-0.9.2-linux/bin-64/
supertuxkart-0.9.2-linux/bin-64/supertuxkart-editor
supertuxkart-0.9.2-linux/bin-64/supertuxkart
root@linuxhelp:/home/user1/Downloads# cd supertuxkart-0.9.2-linux
root@linuxhelp:/home/user1/Downloads/supertuxkart-0.9.2-linux# ls
bin bin-64 data lib lib-64 README run_game.sh

Go to the Extracted directory and then execute run_game.sh script to start the game.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1/Downloads/supertuxkart-0.9.2-linux# sh run_game.sh
Running 64-bit version...

Supertuxkart main page appears as follows.

Select the player of your choice.

Next select your Kart.

Select a game mode.

Choose your preferred track.

Start playing !!!