---
name: "gnocatan-meta-server"
section: "6"
platform: "linux"
package: "gnocatan-meta-server"
version: "0.8.1.59-1sarge1"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gnocatan-meta-server"
---

# gnocatan-meta-server(6)

meta game server for Gnocatan

## NAME

gnocatan-meta-server - meta game server for Gnocatan

## SYNOPSIS

**gnocatan-meta-server** \[ **-d** \] \[ **-r** *location* \]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **gnocatan-meta-server** command.

**Gnocatan** is an implementation of the popular, award-winning "Settlers of Catan" board game for the GNOME desktop environment.  It uses a client/server model for networked play. This program provides a piece of network infrastructure that helps match gnocatan clients to gnocatan servers. Casual players of gnocatan probably do not need to run this program.

## OPTIONS

- **-d**

  Run in daemon mode.

- **-r** *location*

  Redirect to *location*.

## ENVIRONMENT

The default settings of the meta-server can be influenced with the following three environment variables:

- **GNOCATAN\_META\_SERVER**

  The hostname the meta-server will use when creating new games. This should be a hostname that can be resolved by all clients that will connect.

- **GNOCATAN\_SERVER\_CONSOLE**

  The path to **gnocatan-server-console**. If it is not set, the default installation path will be used.

- **GNOCATAN\_DIR**

  The path to the game definition files. If it is not set, the default installation path will be used.

## FILES

**/usr/share/games/gnocatan/\*.game**

Game definitions

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Jeff Breidenbach \<jab@debian.org\>, and updated by Roland Clobus \<rclobus@bigfoot.com\>. Gnocatan was written by Dave Cole \<dave@dccs.com.au\>, Andy Heroff \<aheroff@mediaone.net\>, and Roman Hodek \<roman@hodek.net\>, with contributions from many other developers on the Internet; see the AUTHORS file in the gnocatan distribution for a complete list of contributing authors.

## SEE ALSO

**[gnocatan(6)](/gnocatan/6.md)**, **[gnocatan-server-gtk(6)](/gnocatan-server-gtk/6.md)**, **[gnocatan-server-console(6)](/gnocatan-server-console/6.md)**