Problems upgrading to Oolite 1.80

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Problems upgrading to Oolite 1.80

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Hi,

I am trying to upgrade from 1.77 to 1.80.

I have tried using the command oolite-upgrade but I get the message 'command not found'.

I have uninstalled my copy of Oolite 1.77, and downloaded the 1.80 installer from the http://www.oolite.org download page.

It is sitting in my downloads folder as oolite-1.80.linux-x86.tgz. I have extracted oolite-1.80.linux-x86.run from this and double clicked on it.

Nothing happens...

What am I missing here?

All help appreciated!

Roger
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Re: Problems upgrading to Oolite 1.80

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the installer should be executed by bash, open a terminal and navigate to the folder you extracted the installer to.

then execute ./oolite-1.80.linux-x86.run

Note : you are aware you downloaded the 32-bits version ?
most pcs/laptops newer then 3/4 years run 64-bit linuxes.
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Re: Problems upgrading to Oolite 1.80

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Hi Lone_Wolf,

Thanks, that worked a treat.

I am running the software on an old Dell laptop which is very much a 32 bit machine. One day I'll get something a little more up-to-date!!

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Re: Problems upgrading to Oolite 1.80

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Arsemyth wrote:
Hi,

I am trying to upgrade from 1.77 to 1.80.

I have tried using the command oolite-upgrade but I get the message 'command not found'.
Just for the record, the command is oolite-update. If you have Oolite installed system-wide, you can just execute it from a command prompt, no matter the path. If Oolite is installed in the user home, then you must define the location path too; ~/GNUstep/Applications/Oolite/oolite-update
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Re: Problems upgrading to Oolite 1.80

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Getafix wrote:
Just for the record, the command is oolite-update. If you have Oolite installed system-wide, you can just execute it from a command prompt, no matter the path. If Oolite is installed in the user home, then you must define the location path too; ~/GNUstep/Applications/Oolite/oolite-update
Hmm.. but wouldn't the change from terrastorage.dyndns.info to terrastorage.no-ip.info break the update even if the correct command was given? After all, there's no way for it to have been corrected once 1.77.1 was installed.
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Re: Problems upgrading to Oolite 1.80

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No it wouldn't. :)
It would fail for terrastorage and then it would try with alioth server and upgrade from there.
(alioth had an issue with the 64bit linux updates, but I have contacted winston on the matter and this has been fixed)

Anyhow, for Oolite 1.80 I recommend a normal "clean" installation; at least the first time it is installed.
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Re: Problems upgrading to Oolite 1.80

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Ahh.. alioth has been failing for so long for me I never even gave it a thought.. :lol:
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