BSD Ports

games/netrek-BRMH-bin 2.2.2_2 DragonFly

16-player network space battle/conquest game with a Star Trek theme

System
DragonFly
Repository
DPorts
Maintainer
[email protected] (as in FreeBSD)
Categories
games
Package size
258.3 KiB, 652.0 KiB installed

Description

Netrek is a multiplayer (up to 16 players) network space battle/conquest game, with a Star Trek theme. Players can command one of several ship types (Federation/Romulan/Klingon/Orion) and can band up in teams. The object of the game is, basically, to control the Universe, by capturing enemy planets, killing the enemy, etc.

NOTE: This is the "BRMH" client. It is optimized for speed, and so is well suited to you if you have a slowish system. However, you don't get any of the fancy extras, like colors, sound, etc.

NOTE 2: This client is distributed in binary form, because it is a "Blessed" client, meaning that it has been approved by the "Gods of Netrek" and has had an RSA key embedded in it. You can, of course, compile your own client if you wish, but keep in mind that, if you do so, your client will be "Un-Blessed" and will probably be kicked out of the official servers. This is to prevent some unscrupulous player from hacking his/her client to give him/her superhuman powers ("cyborgs", or "borgs").

In the other systems

The newest version among them is 2.2.2, as upstream numbers it.

SystemPortVersionVulnerabilitiesStatusMaintainerLast update
DragonFlygames/netrek-BRMH-bin2.2.2_2 newestnone known-[email protected]-
FreeBSDgames/netrek-BRMH-bin2.2.2_2 newestnone known-[email protected]-
HardenedBSDgames/netrek-BRMH-bin2.2.2_2 newestno data-[email protected]-
GhostBSDgames/netrek-BRMH-bin2.2.2_2 newestno data-[email protected]-

Install

Binary package:

pkg install netrek-BRMH

From DPorts:

cd /usr/dports/games/netrek-BRMH-bin && make install clean

Dependencies

No port depends on this one.

Related ports

The same software or family in DragonFly: one homepage, or one name but for a version or a variant.

Configuration

No options to configure.

Service scripts
none

Message after installing

The Netrek client is now installed.  You may start it by typing "netrek".

Be sure and read the Netrek web site (http://www.netrek.org/) before you
play!  It contains many useful documents for the new (and not-so-new)
Netrek player, including the Netrek FAQ.  Highly recommended reading!

NOTE: Since this client was compiled, the address of the Netrek metaserver
has changed.  The new metaserver address is "metaserver.netrek.org">
To fix this, please insert the following into your ${HOME}/.netrekrc
file:

metaserver:		metaserver.netrek.org

Enjoy, have fun, and may you live long and prosper...

===>   NOTICE:

The netrek-BRMH port currently does not have a maintainer. As a result, it is
more likely to have unresolved issues, not be up-to-date, or even be removed in
the future. To volunteer to maintain this port, please create an issue at:

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla

More information about port maintainership is available at:

https://docs.freebsd.org/en/articles/contributing/#ports-contributing