1. Download zod_linux-2011-07-07.tar.gz from http://sourceforge.net/projects/zod/...inux_releases/ and my file to MyDocs 2. Run xterm then: cd MyDocs tar -xzvf zod_linux-2011-07-07.tar.gz sudo mkdir /opt/zod sudo mv zod.tar.gz /opt/zod cd /opt/zod sudo tar -xzvf zod.tar.gz sudo ln -s /home/user/MyDocs/zod_engine/assets . sudo cp /home/user/MyDocs/zod_engine/*.map . sudo cp /home/user/MyDocs/zod_engine/*.txt . You should now be able to run the game from /opt/zod directory. For a shortcut you would need to create a .desktop file that would run .sh file that would run one of the commands described in previous posts (fullscreen/windowed).