Problem opening Freeciv [SOLVED]

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Problem opening Freeciv [SOLVED]

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Running Linux Mint 17.3 (Rosa) 64-bit, I tried to open freeciv (I have version 2.4.2 gui-gtk 3.0) and I get error messages about not being able to connect to a local server and suggesting I do it manually.

I have installed and uninstalled several times using Software Manager and I am somewhat at a loss.
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Re: Problem opening Freeciv

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If you want to play it on your own computer you must also install freeciv-server. While you will also see "Freeciv server" in your menu after install it, you can just start Freeciv from your menu and start a new game. It will start the server in the background automatically and terminate it after you exit Freeciv.
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Re: Problem opening Freeciv

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xenopeek wrote:If you want to play it on your own computer you must also install freeciv-server. While you will also see "Freeciv server" in your menu after install it, you can just start Freeciv from your menu and start a new game. It will start the server in the background automatically and terminate it after you exit Freeciv.
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Re: Problem opening Freeciv

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cecilieaux wrote:How do you know all these things?
Software Manager doesn't show you this but several other package managers do: when you install the package freeciv it recommends you to also install freeciv-server. From the error you gave it is a small leap to assume probably this recommended freeciv-server is needed for local play :wink: I think there are other open source games around that have such a client/server architecture where you need the server for local play and I had that nugget of information stored somewhere in my memory also. I confirmed by installing freeciv and afterwards freeciv-server before offering the solution to you.
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