Terraria 1449 Multi9 Gnu - Linux Native Install

Ubuntu/Debian (apt):

sudo apt update
sudo apt install libsdl2-2.0-0 libsdl2-mixer-2.0-0 libopenal1 libcurl4 libxrandr2 libgl1-mesa-glx

Fedora (dnf):

sudo dnf install SDL2 SDL2_mixer openal-soft libcurl libXrandr mesa-libGL

Arch Linux / Manjaro (pacman):

sudo pacman -S sdl2 sdl2_mixer openal curl libxrandr mesa

OpenSUSE (zypper):

sudo zypper install libSDL2-2_0-0 libSDL2_mixer-2_0-0 openal-soft libcurl4 libXrandr2 Mesa-libGL1

Some archive sites offer the raw Linux build (verify SHA256 checksums for security!). This is identical to the Steam/GOG version but without any launcher. terraria 1449 multi9 gnu linux native install

tar -xzf terraria-1449-linux-native.tar.gz
cd terraria-1449/
./Terraria.bin.x86_64

You will need to manually create the config directory:

mkdir -p ~/.config/Terraria
cp default_config.json ~/.config/Terraria/config.json

Once Terraria is installed and running, enabling multiplayer is straightforward: Ubuntu/Debian (apt): sudo apt update sudo apt install

Install language-specific fonts:

# For Chinese/Japanese/Korean (CJK)
sudo apt install fonts-noto-cjk
# For Russian (Cyrillic)
sudo apt install fonts-liberation