Installing Armagetron on Ubuntu (by a noob!)

[mathot]

Hi,

Yesterday evening I installed Ubuntu 6.1 i386 on one of my PC's. Before I only used MS Win so I am a real Linux noob (I did try Linux a couple of times but never really used it).

First I used the Synaptic Package Manager to install an old version of Arma, but most servers won't let me play using that old version (2.7.x). So Now I would like to install 2.8.x but I have no idea where to start. I read a couple of threads but ehh........ well there seem to be several approaches or something.

My first question is what package should I download and (try to) install?

This is the end-user package. It's what lets you play the game.

* rpm (x86)
* bin package (x86)
* dmg (universal ppc/x86)
* exe (gcc)

I only know the exe is *not* what I need this time

Then my second question will probably be or I need to install using sudo or not? And how and where! I know sudo means administrator, and I need to unpack the package somehow......

thnx in advance

edit: I forgot, I found the terminal window as well I guess I need to use it for this installation? (I got the feeling this sounds stupid )

[ed]

try this method:

http://wiki.armagetronad.net/index.php/ ... n_Advanced

you may have to :

sudo ./armagetronad(-dedicated)-<VERSION>.<SYSTEM>.package -t

Then put your password in.

[Z-Man]

Here's a general report, sort of a HOWTO, to get the game going on various distributions:
http://wiki.armagetronad.net/index.php/ ... eld_Report

The package you need to download is the bin package. The instructions refer to it as the Autopackage. And good thing you found the terminal: the commands in the instructions have to be entered there. And yes, for you, every of those commands needs to be entered with sudo in front of it, and you need to give it your password. So you get the bin package, open the terminal, enter the directory it was downloaded to ( cd <directory name> ), and enter the commands

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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libstdc++5 libsdl-image1.2
sudo sh ./armagetronad-0.2.8.2.1.i686-generic-linux-gnu.package -t

You may be prompted for the password each time, and maybe for your Linux installation CD. The last command will give you the choice to install the game system wide or just for your user. See here for a bit more detailed description of what will happen: http://wiki.armagetronad.net/index.php/ ... package.29

Edit: darn, ed beat me However, the apt-get step is really important, the pure autopackage method seems to be buggy.

[mathot]

Thanks a lot for the fast replies!

I will read the docs (edit: reading right now). But for now I post where I got stuck when I tried the above:

paulus@paulus-desktop:~/arma$ dir
armagetronad-0.2.8.2.1.i686-generic-linux-gnu.package
paulus@paulus-desktop:~/arma$ sudo sh ./armagetronad-0.2.8.2.1.i686-generic-linux-gnu.package -t
./armagetronad-0.2.8.2.1.i686-generic-linux-gnu.package: 28: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
paulus@paulus-desktop:~/arma$

(the update and install where without error messages, it only said the system already was up to date)

[mathot]

I read something about a possible error and I did:

package remove sdl_image

and then installed it again using the terminal, but it does not help.

[ed]

did you make the file executable?

chmod 755 armagetronad-0.2.8.2.1.i686-generic-linux-gnu.package

[mathot]

No I did not chmod yet, but now I did. To be sure checked the permissons:

paulus@paulus-desktop:~/arma$ chmod 755 ./armagetronad-0.2.8.2.1.i686-generic-linux-gnu.package -v
mode of `./armagetronad-0.2.8.2.1.i686-generic-linux-gnu.package' retained as 0755 (rwxr-xr-x)

[Z-Man]

Ah, sorry, in the last command, the sudo isn't required. The autopackage deals with that itself. So you just do

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sh ./armagetronad-0.2.8.2.1.i686-generic-linux-gnu.package -t 

Maybe try "bash" instead of "sh".

[mathot]

I also tried an older version now ( armagetronad-0.2.8.2.i686-generic-linux-gnu.package ) but I get the same Syntax error

[mathot]

Maybe try "bash" instead of "sh".

Yes, that works. And the game runs perfectly now! (did a quik test only).

Thanks a lot ed and z-man!

[Z-Man]

Cool, I updated the wiki accordingly.

[oO.k3nNy]

i installed arma ad just on my just reinstalled ubuntu 6.10 a min. before.
(same way: bash ./armagetronad-0.3.0.i686-generic-linux-gnu.package -t )

but i also had some problems with the following missing package:
libsdl-mixer1.2
(installed it with: sudo apt-get install libsdl-mixer1.2)

btw. if u have problems with a ati graphics card & opengl install the following driver:
xorg-driver-fglrx
( google for guides )

if your apt cant find some of these packages u need to add universe multiverse
and do a sudo apt-get update