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

# gnocatan(6)

network implementation of Settlers of Catan

## NAME

gnocatan - network implementation of Settlers of Catan

## SYNOPSIS

**gnocatan** \[ **-s** *server* \] \[ **--server** *server* \] \[ **-p** *port* \] \[ **--port** *port* \] \[ **-n** *name* \] \[ **--name** *name* \]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **gnocatan** 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 of between two and eight players.  You will need to connect to a machine running either **gnocatan-server-gtk** or **gnocatan-server-console** to play.  An AI client, **gnocatanai**, is also available.

## OPTIONS

Gnocatan accepts the standard GTK+/GNOME commandline options,  and the following options:

- **-s, --server** *server*

  Hostname of the server

- **-p, --port** *port*

  Portname of the server

- **-n, --name** *name*

  Name of the player

When the options are provided, the client automatically quits when  the connection is broken.

## ENVIRONMENT

The default settings can be influenced with the following environment variable:

- **GNOCATAN\_META\_SERVER**

  The hostname of the meta-server. If it is not set, the default meta-server will be used.

## DEVELOPERS AND TRANSLATORS

With the commandline option **--language** *code* the values of the environment variables **LANGUAGE** and **LC\_ALL** can be overriden. The  *code* should be one of the 2-letter language code gnocatan understands.

## FILES

**/usr/share/games/gnocatan/themes/\***

Themes for display of the map. Each theme goes in a separate subdirectory.

**/usr/share/pixmaps/gnocatan/\***

Icons

**/usr/share/pixmaps/gnome-gnocatan.png**

Main icon

**$HOME/.gnome2/gnocatan**

Saved settings

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Steve Langasek \<vorlon@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

More detailed user documentation is available in the online help.

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