installing on Ubuntu 20.04

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installing on Ubuntu 20.04

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Sorry if this has been asked before, but I'm trying to install on Ubuntu 20.04, but am having trouble figuring out how. It seems like the information I am finding is out dated. If I could find updated instructions to do so either by command line or adding to the software installer, I would be grateful.

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Welcome aboard we are just getting ready to release 0.7 and we do have .deb files built check https://github.com/vegastrike/Vega-Stri ... tag/v0.7.0 for the engine and https://github.com/vegastrike/Assets-Pr ... tag/v0.7.0 for the game assets all you need to do is double-click and put in your password when asked.Use the py3 one for focal as Python 2 support is EOL.

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Re: installing on Ubuntu 20.04

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Just wanted to make use of this thread to ask, is installing this on an Ubuntu 20.04 Virtual Machine recommended? Has it been tested before? Or do you recommend native installs?
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Try to avoid installing in a Virtual Machine as vegastrike has a tendency of overwhelming the graphics drivers and VM's use what is essentially software rendering so your frame rate is very low and border line unplayable,It can be done but not a nice experience.

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Re: installing on Ubuntu 20.04

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Understandable, native installs it is then. Thank you!
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BTW there are .deb's and .rpm's available on the GitHub release page https://github.com/vegastrike/Vega-Stri ... tag/v0.8.0 there are two versions of the 64-bit build for focal GLVND and LEGACY differing ways of handling Open GL.

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Re: installing on Ubuntu 20.04

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Hi Loki, hi there!
made a while I didn't check how goes this nice vs project... just noticed it is now going 0.8 :shock: nice!!
And as I'm using currently ubuntu 20.04, well, told to myself "just have a try"...

so I followed the tuto given here https://www.vega-strike.org/blog/2022/0 ... 0-release/ but finally got the following:

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 vega-strike : Dépend: libboost-atomic1.74.0 mais il n'est pas installable
               Dépend: libboost-chrono1.74.0 mais il n'est pas installable
               Dépend: libboost-date-time1.74.0 mais il n'est pas installable
               Dépend: libboost-filesystem1.74.0 mais il n'est pas installable
               Dépend: libboost-log1.74.0 mais il n'est pas installable
               Dépend: libboost-python1.74.0 mais il n'est pas installable
               Dépend: libboost-regex1.74.0 mais il n'est pas installable
               Dépend: libboost-system1.74.0 mais il n'est pas installable
               Dépend: libboost-thread1.74.0 mais il n'est pas installable
               Dépend: libffi8ubuntu1 mais il n'est pas installable
               Dépend: libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 mais il n'est pas installable
               Dépend: libicu67 mais il n'est pas installable
               Dépend: libnsl2 mais il n'est pas installable
It seems many packages are not officially available for ubuntu 20. So my only concern is: as it is proposed in this topic it's possible to install on 20.04, is it safe to install those packages that rather seems to be designed for 21.04+ ?? I'm just worried about the idea I could break something in my system that could lead to serious/critical problems latter... It is in general not advised to use a version package not design for other system versions.
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Not sure asked one of the code mavins to come comment.

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Re: installing on Ubuntu 20.04

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Hmm. That's surprising.

Which package did you install? Vega-Strike_v0.8.0-py3-GLVND-Ubuntu-focal_x86_64.deb? Or Vega-Strike_v0.8.0-py3-LEGACY-Ubuntu-focal_x86_64.deb? (The "focal" is the most important part.)
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Re: installing on Ubuntu 20.04

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Hi all,
the_mtn_who_glides, you're right... I stupidly followed the link from the install link on home page, without taking care of that (it leads to hirsute version deb file by default for me). So it couldn't work. Just tried now with the focal version from the github page, and it installed without any problem...

:D

Just now have to try it and I'll report if success or not.

Thx for the help !
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Re: installing on Ubuntu 20.04

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loki1950 wrote: Thu Apr 28, 2022 1:57 am BTW there are .deb's and .rpm's available on the GitHub release page https://github.com/vegastrike/Vega-Stri ... tag/v0.8.0 there are two versions of the 64-bit build for focal GLVND and LEGACY differing ways of handling Open GL.

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This link doesn't seem to be working for me, just wondering if it's something on me end?
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