1. cd ~
2. mkdir hlds install
3. cd install
4. wget http://www.steampowered.com/download/hldsupdatetool.bin
5. chmod +x hldsupdatetool.bin
6. ./hldsupdatetool.bin

A ToS will show up and you have to accept it to continue installation.

The following command might need to be repeated a few times before the download begins. It begins once the download progress shows up.

7) ./steam -command update -game valve -dir ../hlds

HLDS is now installed.

Open the terminal and enter the following commands to install Sven Co-op Game Content.

1) cd ../hlds

Download svencoop46.zip from a server. You can find a list of available mirrors on the file mirrors page.

Make sure you pick the archive / server version!

2) wget http://SERVER_URL_HERE.com/svencoop46.zip

3) unzip svencoop46.zip

Sven Co-op Game Content is now installed.

All you need to do is extract the file in the archive.

NOTE! The binary for SC 4.6 is in beta. There may be issues. Please report any issues you find on the Sven Co-op forums.

1) wget http://files.svencoop.com/sc46_linux.tar.gz

2) tar -xzf sc46_linux.tar.gz

Sven Co-op Linux files are now installed.

You want to edit some of the config files for Sven Co-op. Mainly server.cfg. Use "nano svencoop/server.cfg" to edit through the command line.

Additional configuration help can be found on http://www.svencoop.com/manual/server-config.html

cd to the hlds directory and enter the following to start a SC Linux server. You can change/add anything you want after "-num_edicts 3072" to fit your needs.

./hlds_run -game svencoop -num_edicts 3072 +port 27015 +maxplayers 5 +map sandstone