Help with repositories

[Izzy]

OK Im am a total idiot. So be gentle with me. I have tried to add the repository to my Synaptic Package Manager and it does not show up. Could someone give specific directions for doing this. I have tried a direct download and compile and that dont work either. I would love to give this game a try but its not working out too good.

Izzy

[Izzy]

Here is what I get whit the direct download configure.
james@james-Linux ~/Downloads/vegastrike-src-0.5.1.r1 $ ls
acctserver.ico DOCUMENTATION NEWS
acinclude.m4 dossify.pl objconv
aclocal.m4 doxygenConfig README
AUTHORS English.lproj README.MACOSX.rtf
autom4te.cache FindFFMPEG.cmake README.sgi
boost FindGTK2.cmake resource.h
boost_gcc44.patch FindMATH.cmake Resources.rc
bootstrap-sh FindOGRE.cmake Resources.RES
buildmac.sh FindPNG.cmake saveinterface
buildrpm FindVorbis.cmake setup
ChangeLog icon2.ico src
cmake-config.h.in icon3.ico stringsort.cpp
CMakeLists.txt icon4.ico ToDo.txt
config.guess INSTALL tools
config.h.in install-sh ts.ico
config.sub intel-mac-conf.sh undos.pl
configure launcher vc98
configure.ac license.txt VegaStrikeOSXApp.pbproj
COPYING m4scripts VegaStrikeOSX.icns
cursor1.cur Makefile.am vegastrike.spec
CVSROOT Makefile.in vs_cubemap_gen
CYGWIN.NOTES makerelease.bash vssetup-gtk+osx.sh
datascripts missing
depcomp mission
james@james-Linux ~/Downloads/vegastrike-src-0.5.1.r1 $ ./configure
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configure: Using C++ compiler: g++.
configure: Using C compiler: gcc.
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checking for python... configure: error: *** Python version 2.2 or later not found!
james@james-Linux ~/Downloads/vegastrike-src-0.5.1.r1 $

[klauss]

To build from source, you need to install all of VS dependencies. Having the package installed isn't enough, you need the "development headers" version of the packages. In this case, it's saying you need python. It's usually called something like "python-dev". There are more dependencies, OTOMH, freeglut, libjpeg, libpng, sdl, and openal.

To set up a repo, you have to tell us which distribution you're on first.

[Izzy]

Thanks for your reply, I am using Limux Mint 13 maya. Hope thats what you are asking for.
Izzy

[klauss]

Ok, we don't have any repo for Mint, so you're better off building from source.

Follow these instructions. There you have everything, from the packages you need to install before you build, to the commands you have to run and the path everything's installed to.

Note, however, if you downloaded the released tarballs you have to follow some special instructions to unpack them in the right folders. Did you, or did you check out the SVN tree?

[Izzy]

I downloaded the tar but when I could not get it to work I deleted the tar and the extracted folder also. I will folow you directions. Whish me luck. Thanks for your help here.
Izzy

[Izzy]

Got this far with this error code.
James@james-Linux ~/VegaStrike $ sudo apt-get install libpng12-0 libpng12-dev python2.6-dev libexpat1-dev \
> libjpeg62-dev freeglut3-dev libopenal-dev libgtk2.0-dev libogg-dev libvorbis-dev \
> build-essential libgl1-mesa-dev automake autoconf libsdl1.2-dev
[sudo] password for james:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package python2.6-dev
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'python2.6-dev'
james@james-Linux ~/VegaStrike $

[Izzy]

I checked and have python2.7 installed

[klauss]

Yes, try the package names without version number, VS doesn't really care about a particular version of any of them.

PS: And please post the version-agnostic names so we can update the wiki - or better yet, update it yourself

[Izzy]

Well Im not to sure I should be changing the wiki page as I have no idea what Im doing here.
This is the code I used that seem to work. It sure did a lot of stuff when I input the code.

sudo apt-get install libpng12-0 libpng12-dev python-dev libexpat1-dev \
libjpeg62-dev freeglut3-dev libopenal-dev libgtk2.0-dev libogg-dev libvorbis-dev \
build-essential libgl1-mesa-dev automake autoconf libsdl1.2-dev

[gonzo]

Ok, we don't have any repo for Mint, so you're better off building from source.

Wrong. Mint Maya is Ubuntu 12.04 so you can now install it from the playdeb repo.
http://www.playdeb.net/updates/ubuntu/1 ... vegastrike

[klauss]

Ok, we don't have any repo for Mint, so you're better off building from source.

Wrong. Mint Maya is Ubuntu 12.04 so you can now install it from the playdeb repo.
http://www.playdeb.net/updates/ubuntu/1 ... vegastrike

Didn't know about that one. Who's packaging there? Should I stop packaging debs in OBS? (no need to duplicate effort)

[Izzy]

I got it working thanks for all the help. I think the python thing was the problem. I would mark this as solved but I dont know how.

Izzy

[loki1950]

I would mark this as solved but I dont know how.

Don't worry about it this time as some did it for you but next time just edit your first post's subject line.
BTW welcome aboard.

Enjoy the Choice

[gonzo]

Who's packaging there? Should I stop packaging debs in OBS? (no need to duplicate effort)

I don't know, I couldn't find a project page with work/development info. I wouldn't be surprised if they just pull in your packages.