Tierra

Source code of Tom Ray's artificial life model "Tierra" from http://tomray.me/tierra/source/

Tierra Simulator V6.02: Copyright (c) 1990 - 2004 Thomas S. Ray

Versions

• Patched for Linux (Ubuntu 20.04): main branch
• Original v6.02: v6.02-original branch

How to run Tierra

On Linux (Ubuntu 20.04), run following commands.

WARNING: At this time, a build error occurs on Ubuntu 22.04

# Install required libraries
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y build-essential libncurses-dev libxt-dev libxaw7-dev libtirpc-dev x11-apps

# Clone this repository
git clone https://github.com/bioerrorlog/Tierra.git

# Build Tierra
cd Tierra/tierra
./configure
make clean
make

# Generate gb (gene bank)
cd ./gb0
../arg c 0080.gen 0080aaa.tie
../arg x 0080.gen aaa
cp 0080.gen 0080gen.vir

# Execute Tierra
cd ..
HOSTNAME=localhost ./tierra si0

To visualize the Tierra runnning process, use Beagle Explorer.
Open new terminal and run following commands:

# Build Beagle Explorer
cd ../Bglclnt/
make -f Makefile.Bgl clean
make -f Makefile.Bgl

# Run Beagle Explorer
HOSTNAME=localhost ./bgl-GUI_X11-Linux

For more detail, see Tierra.doc.

Running Tierra (Video)

Blog post

• Running "Tierra": Tom Ray's Artificial Life Simulation - BioErrorLog Tech Blog

Reference

• http://tomray.me/tierra/source/
• https://github.com/Mortal/tierra/commit/92ff9f2a9ad76b0c08ea93cb10d2d8f539c5cbae