Install dependencies:
sudo apt build-dep wesnoth
sudo apt install libsdl2-dev libsdl2-image-dev libsdl2-mixer-dev libsdl2-ttf-dev libboost-all-dev libvorbis-dev libcairo2-dev libpango1.0-dev libssl-dev libreadline-dev cmake make scons pkgconf
Download the source code from https://wiki.wesnoth.org/Download, extract and compile.
tar -xf wesnoth-1.14.9.tar.bz2
cd wesnoth-1.14.9
scons
To play the game, you don’t need to install it, simply type in the same direcroty:
./wesnoth
Enjoy!