Ubuntu Update to new version

[Blondsasquatch]

Is the version of BzFlag on the ubuntu software center the newest version? If it is not how do i get the newest version?

[JeffM]

Nope, You must build from source to use the current version.

[Blondsasquatch]

How do i do that? I am really new to ubuntu.

[blast]

First, uninstall the 2.0 version of BZFlag you got from the software center.

After that, I'd recommend grabbing the source code from our SVN repository using this command:

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svn co https://bzflag.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/bzflag/trunk/bzflag/ bzflag-2.4

(Note that you'll probably have to install subversion first so you can run the 'svn' command)

After that, read the README.Linux file in there and install the necessary dependencies using apt-get (or your package manager) and then do:

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./autogen.sh
./configure
make
sudo make install

Note, however, that you won't have a nice menu entry for the game, but you can run 'bzflag' from the terminal.

[Blondsasquatch]

How do I know which dependincies to install and how exactly do i go about installing them?

[JeffM]

Get the source from SVN ( http://wiki.bzflag.org/BZFlag_Source#Re ... stribution )
There is a read me for Linux. Read it. It contains the dependency list.
All the info you need is documented there and on the wiki.

[Blondsasquatch]

okay, I installed all the required dependincies. Now what do i do? I have almost no experience using code in the terminal.

[blast]

You should do what I said.

[Blondsasquatch]

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./autogen.sh
./configure
make
sudo make install

How do I do this step?

[blast]

From the terminal. You need to 'cd' (change directory) into the source directory and run those four commands.

[Blondsasquatch]

Thank you for all your help and patience. I finally got it.

[bulanule]

Sorry for the necrobump but I found this really quick and easy to install the latest 2.4 version on Ubuntu 12.04 and possibly other distros :

Install the repository GPG key:
# wget -q -O- http://archive.getdeb.net/getdeb-archive.key | sudo apt-key add -
Add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu/ precise-getdeb games
Update the package index:
# sudo apt-get update
Install bzflag-client deb package:
# sudo apt-get install bzflag-client

Works like a charm after you installed the graphics drivers too ! And make sure to leave vsync on in nividia settings control panel for opengl applications..

[joevano]

Sorry for the necrobump but I found this really quick and easy to install the latest 2.4 version on Ubuntu 12.04 and possibly other distros :

Install the repository GPG key:
# wget -q -O- http://archive.getdeb.net/getdeb-archive.key | sudo apt-key add -
Add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu/ precise-getdeb games
Update the package index:
# sudo apt-get update
Install bzflag-client deb package:
# sudo apt-get install bzflag-client

Works like a charm after you installed the graphics drivers too ! And make sure to leave vsync on in nividia settings control panel for opengl applications..

Install at your own risk... this is not an official build.