Docking Station Downloads

Docking Station Client - Linux

Docking Station is a free, standalone Creatures game and the first Creatures title ported to Linux.

In order to use Docking Station, you will need to register first. Once registered, your username and password will be sent to you via email.

Please note that these downloads are offered as a service and there is no warranty express or implied regarding their suitability for any given purpose. Gameware can not guarantee that they will install on your system and can not offer customer support for free downloads.

Download Creatures Docking Station for Linux from Linux Games (click on the demo link near the bottom of the page) or from Big Pond.

Registered users: log in and update your profile
New registrations: register your Docking Station

Need help getting started? Try this Quick Start or peruse the Docking Station manual.

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Downloading the Linux Tarball
This method lets you download the game as one file.
Start an X terminal window as an ordinary user
Download the installation tarball to your home directory
Type tar xvfj dockingstation_195_64.tar.bz2 to extract to a temporary folder.
Type cd dockingstation_195_64 and ./dstation-install to start installation (notice the period before the slash).

After initial installation, type dockingstation to check for updates and run the game.
You can now delete the temporary folder with rm dockingstation_195_64.tar.bz2 -fr

ldd output of the Docking Station executable indicating the libraries required:
lc2elib.so - (included with Docking Station)
libSDLStretch.so - (included with Docking Station)
libgtk-1.2.so.0
libgdk-1.2.so.0
libglib-1.2.so.0
libz.so.1
libSDL-1.2.so.0 - (included with Docking Station)
libpthread.so.0
libSDL_mixer-1.2.so.0 - (included with Docking Station)
libstdc++-libc6.1-2.so.3 - (included with Docking Station)
libm.so.6
libc.so.6
libgmodule-1.2.so.0
libdl.so.2
libXi.so.6
libXext.so.6
libX11.so.6

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