How to install vega strike under Ubuntu 13.10

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alex5389
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How to install vega strike under Ubuntu 13.10

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I am trying to install vega strike under Ubuntu 13.10, and there are no instructions to be found for Ubuntu 13.10.

So first I tried the 13.04 installation procedures http://software.opensuse.org/download.h ... trike-data, but they do not work. There is no command 'deb' in Ubuntu 13.10.

Next I downloaded the tar files, and extracted them: http://software.opensuse.org/download.h ... trike-data. However, now I do not know how to install this game. I tried to run 'vsinstall.sh', but no success. Also there is no Makefile etc.

I also tried to compile the code from source (vegastrike-src-0.5.1.r1.tar), but when I run configure I encounter an error:

checking for python... configure: error: *** Python version 2.2 or later not found!

although I have python 2.7.5 installed on the system.

How to best install vega strike on Ubuntu 13.10. Maybe it cant be installed on Ubuntu 13.10? Any useful help appreciated!!!
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Re: How to install vega strike under Ubuntu 13.10

Post by alex5389 »

As none is willing to help or just does not know, here is the solution:

The solution given on the web page so work (so far, probably the game will not run, or it will crash or something). The problem is following line:

echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositori ... ntu_13.04/ /' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vegastrike-data.list

which might not work in all bashes, when run with sudo!

Solution is to create a file by its own:

sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vegastrike-data.list

and here just put in the following content:

deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositori ... ntu_13.04/ /

After that, apt-get is working,
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Re: How to install vega strike under Ubuntu 13.10

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There is no such thing as a deb command in any Linux system .deb is package file for Debian based distros that is installed will the Debian package manager commands of the apt-get family just follow the instructions for 13.04
We have not used configure/make for about a year now we use cmake because it works on Windows and OSX as well as Linux cmake files are easier to maintain.

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echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:klaussfreire:debian/xUbuntu_13.04/ /' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vegastrike-data.list 
apt-get update
apt-get install vegastrike-data
AS root that as root means put sudo before the echo you will need to type in your password before it will do any installing.

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Re: How to install vega strike under Ubuntu 13.10

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I'm building a package for 13.10, but it's still unstable (ie: untested).

If anyone feels like testing it, I'll appreciate the help.

Ubuntu 13.10 repo
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