---
name: "lierolibre"
section: "6"
platform: "linux"
package: "lierolibre"
version: "0.5-5+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/lierolibre"
---

# lierolibre(6)

script to launch lierolibre

## NAME

lierolibre - script to launch lierolibre

## SYNOPSIS

**lierolibre** \[*inputfile* \[*inputdir* \[*outputfile*\]\]\]

**lierolibre** \[**-f\|--file** *inputfile*\] \[**-d\|--dir** *inputdir*\] \[**-w\|--write** *outputfile*\] \[**-v\|--sdlvideo** *videodriver*\] \[**-h\|--help**\]

## DESCRIPTION

lierolibre is an  old-school earthworm action game. It is a direct fork of Liero.

- Features:

  - •

    2 worms, 40 weapons, great playability, two game modes: Kill'em All and Game of Tag, plus AI-players without true intelligence!

  - •

    Extensions via a hidden F1 menu:

    - •

      Replays, game controller support, powerlevel palettes

  - •

    Fullscreen, x2, x3 and x4 scaling via the F5, F6, F7 and F8 keys

**lierolibre** is a script which executes the **lierolibre** binary from the */usr/lib/games/lierolibre* directory. The script defaults to using the directory */usr/share/games/lierolibre* as the *inputfile* parameter.

If *inputfile* points to a directory (which is the default case), **lierolibre** copies the file *liero.cfg* from this directory to *$HOME/.lierolibre/* unless it already exists in this location. *liero.cfg* is a plain text file which can be modified, go wild! But don't be surprised if the game crahes ;)

## OPTIONS

- \[**-f**\|**--file**\] *inputfile*

  *Reads game variables from the given file or directory.*

-

  *If* *inputfile* *points to a directory or a file with an unknown extension, and* *inputdir* *is not set,*\
   *OR*\
   *if* *inputfile* *points to a directory and* *inputdir* *is set,*\
   *the game will try to load the* *liero.cfg* *file from* *$HOME/.lierolibre/* *first, otherwise it loads it from the directory of* *inputfile*.

- *\[***-d**\|**--dir**\] *inputdir*

  *Reads the files* *LIERO.CHR LIERO.SND NAMES.DAT* *from the given directory. If not set, the game uses the directory of* *inputfile* *instead.*

- *\[***-w**\|**--write**\] *outputfile*

  *Writes all game variables to a plain text file.*

- **-v**\|**--sdlvideo** *videodriver*

  *Sets the SDL\_VIDEODRIVER environment variable.*

- **-h**\|**--help**

  **Print a brief help overview.**

## EXAMPLES

**lierolibre mymod/LIERO.EXE**

**Reads game variables from a (potentially) modded EXE file, and reads game data from files in** *mymod/*.

**lierolibre -f mymod/LIERO.EXE -d /usr/share/games/lierolibre -w mymod\_liero.cfg**

**Reads game variables from a (potentially) modded EXE file and writes them to a plain text config file (and starts the game).**

**lierolibre mymod\_liero.cfg mydata**

**Reads game variables from a custom plain text config file, and reads the game data from another directory.**

## AUTHORS

**This manual page was written by Martin Erik Werner \<martinerikwerner@gmail.com\>**

## HISTORY

**Joosa Reikkinen "Mets„nEl„imet"**\
 **created the original Liero game and graphics.**

**Erik Lindroos "Gliptic", with help from Mario Carbajal "basro"**\
 **re-created Liero as OpenLiero, which later became the official version of Liero.**

**Martin Erik Werner "arand"**\
 **created lierolibre as a direct fork from Liero (OpenLiero).**

**"sea"**\
 **created the replacement sounds used in lierolibre.**

## SEE ALSO

[**lierolibre-extractgfx**(6)](/lierolibre-extractgfx/6.md) [**lierolibre-packgfx**(6)](/lierolibre-packgfx/6.md)\
 [**lierolibre-extractsounds**(6)](/lierolibre-extractsounds/6.md) [**lierolibre-packsounds**(6)](/lierolibre-packsounds/6.md)\
 [**lierolibre-extractlev**(6)](/lierolibre-extractlev/6.md) [**lierolibre-packlev**(6)](/lierolibre-packlev/6.md)