Installation Instructions

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Install Original Game

To use OpenMW you need a base ESM file. Currently Morrowind.esm is the only one available; see http://openmw.org/faq/, section "Do I need Morrowind?"

Note: you do not have to use Wine to install Morrowind data files on Linux. See this article for details.

Install OpenMW

The (easier) Binary Way

The (bleeding edge) Source Way

See Development Environment Setup for detailed instructions.

After building the engine:

  • Launch "omwlauncher"
  • Play!

The Debian Way

OpenMW is in the experimental repository of Debian contrib.

Installation instructions for Jessie and Sid

If you are using Testing (Jessie) or Unstable, simply add this line to your /etc/apt/sources.list:


deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian experimental contrib

Optionally replace ftp.us.debian.org with whichever mirror is closest to you.

OpenMW can now be installed with a simple:

# apt-get update
# apt-get install openmw

Installation instructions for Wheezy

If you are using Stable (Wheezy), you will need to add both Experimental contrib (in order to access openmw) and Unstable main (in order to access libogre-1.9). You will also want to configure apt so as to never install packages from Unstable unless explicitly instructed to do so.

First, add Experimental contrib and Unstable main to your /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian experimental contrib
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian unstable main

Optionally replace ftp.us.debian.org with whichever mirror is closest to you.

Then, add a policy to your /etc/apt/preferences (create it if it does not already exist):

Package: *
Pin: release a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 90

Details about apt-pinning:
https://wiki.debian.org/AptPreferences
http://jaqque.sbih.org/kplug/apt-pinning.html

OpenMW can now be installed:

# apt-get update
# apt-get -t unstable install openmw

The Ubuntu Way

A Launchpad PPA is available. Add it and install OpenMW:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:openmw/openmw
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install openmw

The Arch Linux Way

The binary package is available in the official [community] Repositories.

To install simply run the following as root (or in sudo):

# pacman -S openmw

Running OpenMW

After the installation is complete, run "omwlauncher". You will get an error message stating "Error detecting Morrowind installation". Do not be alarmed, this is perfectly normal. Press the "Browse..." button and navigate to the directory containing the file "Morrowind.esm" and select it. For example, if you have Morrowind installed in Wine via Steam, this file will be located in "~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Steam/SteamApps/common/Morrowind/Data Files/".

You will be asked if you wish to import settings from Morrowind.ini. Select "Import", otherwise OpenMW will not work. You do not need to check the box "Include selected masters and plugins". The OpenMW launcher window should now open. Switch to the "Data Files" tab and check the box to the left of "Morrowind.esm". You are now ready to play!