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 #Within Software Center of your distribution (or Package Manager), pick OpenTTD
 #Click install
 
+=== Install Manually ===
+#Head to the [https://www.openttd.org/downloads/openttd-releases/latest downloads page] and under Download Stable select openttd-##.#-linux from the drop down. 
+#Download the Linux Generic Binaries (x86_64, 64bit) (xz/lzma archive) to your computer. 
+#Open your terminal and navigate to where the archive was downloaded. 
+#extract the contents from the terminal <code>sudo tar -xvzf openttd-13.4-linux-generic-amd64.tar.gz -C /usr/share/openttd</code>
+#Copy the Share folder inside your new openttd folder to your system's share folder. <code>sudo cp -Tr /usr/share/openttd/share /usr</code>
+#Open the openttd.desktop file in your terminal text editor of choice. <code>sudo nano /usr/share/applications/openttd.desktop</code>
+
+Now OpenTTD will appear where other installed apps appear on your system. For Ubuntu you'll see OpenTTD in the "Show Apps" menu. You'll be able to pin the application to the dash as well.
+
 You can now choose either OpenGFX graphics, or use original TTD graphics if you have a copy of original game around.
 OpenGFX is faster and prefered.