Oolite Bulletins

Hi all!

I'm new on Linux, and want to install 1.80. When I try to open the .run file the script open in a gedit-file. 1.77 installed via the Ubuntu Software-Center runs smoothly, so it should work.
Can anybody help?
Thx in advance

Welcome aboard, Commander! I can't help as I'm a Microsofty, but I expect a Penguinista will be along shortly with advice!

G'day Crown Home! Welcome aboard..

Ok.. when you say you're trying to 'open' the file, I assume you're double-clicking on it?

Instead, what you need to do is open a terminal window, then drag the .run file into the terminal window. The terminal will then show the file name at the end of the path to the file, with a flashing cursor after it. Just hit the <Enter> key, and the file will unpack itself, and ask if you want to install system wide (useful if the computer is used by multiple people), or in your home directory (best if you're the only person who uses the computer). If you just hit <Enter> at this point, it will default to home (shown by the 'h' being capitalised). If you choose system, you will have to provide your password to authorise a system-wide install.

Anyway, once you've done that, the installation will proceed automatically.

Good luck, and don't hesitate to yell out if you have problems.

G'day to you too, Diziet Sma!

Thank you very very much !

Installation worked perfectly, just took me some time to find out how to launch the game. Finally I managed and now I'm off to Zaonce to get me a beercooler!

Looks great and hey - its full of stars!

<chortles>

Another satisfied customer.. good to hear.

Is ist somehow possible to get a binary file for oolite-update or something?

OldThrashbarg wrote:

Is ist somehow possible to get a binary file for oolite-update or something?

Are you tried to run the oolite-update script within your oolite.app folder?
If your script is older than 2014-05-01 then download and run the current script which contain a new server location.
Edit: forget it, see the next post.

Norby wrote:

OldThrashbarg wrote:

Is ist somehow possible to get a binary file for oolite-update or something?

Are you tried to run the oolite-update script within your oolite.app folder?
If your script is older than 2014-05-01 then download and run the current script which contain a new server location.

Ahem.. DON'T TRY THIS.

To quote our resident Linux Guru, Getafix:

The first installation of Oolite 1.82 (and this is valid for all new releases) must be a "clean" one. On that matter, download the package that is relevant to your architecture. Avoid performing an update using the oolite-update tool. Consider oolite-update as a shortcut to restore the initial Oolite installation, in case it's been accidentally broken.

Avoid possible pain, download and run the installer, after removing the old repo version.

Ok. Thank you for dispelling my concerns. I willl now backup the savegames and purge the package from the ubuntu-repositories