I followed the directions found at:
http://ufoai.ninex.info/wiki/index.php/Debian for installing UFO:AI on my Ubuntu box [Dapper Drake/AMD X64]. Two of the packages listed in the second piece of code [development packages] have been superceded, and it would be nice if somebody with Wiki write permission could make the following changes:
libsdl-dev -> libsdl1.2-dev
xlibmesa-gl-dev -> x11proto-gl-dev
