The Netrek COW client
There are a number of Netrek clients available for Linux. COW is the most actively supported and developed. If you are interested in clients besides COW, we've got a page full of them. See the following table for instructions for installing COW on your system. Once installed, run the client by typing "netrek-client-cow" in a terminal window.
| Your distribution | Instructions |
|---|---|
| Debian | sudo apt install netrek-client-cow (see 1) |
| Ubuntu | sudo apt install netrek-client-cow (see 1) |
| FreeBSD | pkg install netrek-client-cow |
| Mageia | urpmi netrek-client-cow |
| Debian, Ubuntu manual installation from .deb | Follow the COW .deb instructions at (2) |
| Not listed above, give me a binary tarball | Try directions at (3) |
| I want to build from source code | Follow the source build directions at (4) |