Download xsnow

The current version is 3.9.3.

Source

Current version: xsnow-3.9.3.tar.gz

Installation:

 umask 022
 tar xf xsnow-3.9.3.tar.gz
 # Make sure you have installed the packages mentioned in the file xsnow-3.9.3/dependencies
 cd xsnow-3.9.3
 ./configure
 make
 sudo make install

xsnow should now be installed as /usr/local/games/xsnow .

The file README in the tarball contains detailed installation instructions.

On sourceforge

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Previous versions are also available on sourceforge

Use your package manager

If you want to be on the safe side, install xsnow using your package manager, e.g. for Debian-like distributions (Ubuntu, Linux mint, ...):

  apt install xsnow

Understandable, the distributions often do not offer the newest version or even do not offer xsnow at all.

Origin

The current xsnow wouldn't have existed without Rick Jansen's xsnow-1.42. That version is still available here .