I don't know if you're up for it, but you could always compile it. I've compiled every version of BZFlag that I play (even OS X, which was a pain), and I've never had a problem (well, one that I couldn't solve in a day or more). To do this you must have basic compilers installed, as well as SDL, the openGL libs, and CVS. Once you have all those installed, you need to type this in a terminal (in your home directory):
cvs -d:pserver:
anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/bzflag login
(This will log you into the sourceforge server, then we need to actually get the source)
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:
anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/bzflag co -r v2_0branch bzflag
(that will get you the 2.0 branch, doing this will get you the 2.1 branch)
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:
anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/bzflag co -P bzflag
(you'll want the 2.0 branch because it's the only one people play, in large numbers)
Ok, we've finished downloading the source, which should be about 162MB (hope you have highspeed). Next thing you want to do is cd into the directory, I will not describe the following steps in detail, you can just run them.
cd bzflag
./autogen.sh
./configure
(if you want it to install to the non-default directory (/usr/local/bin/bzflag), type this after configure:
./configure --prefix=/path/to/new/install
if you don't mind it installing in the default directory, then it this commmand is not needed. NOTE: if you install it to a non-default directory, you will have to add it to your path, which I believe is kept in ~/.bashrc, which points on my OS to /etc/bashrc so you might have to edit that file. If you edit that file, you'll need to log out of that terminal before it will start using the new .bashrc file, it is not required to log out of X, just out of the current terminal)
after you've run configure, its time to make the source into something that the computer can read, so here are the next commands:
make
su -
cd /home/user/bzflag/
make install
exit
and that's it, you've made and installed bzflag, I run IceWM, so it doesn't show up in the menu system, but you might run something that does. If you have a conflict between versions, such as when you type in bzflag in a terminal, it launches BZFlag 2.0.4 then you need to uninstall BZFlag 2.0.4, and if it wont launch after that, you need to su - to root, and cd /home/user/bzflag/ make install again. And that's it. If you want a new CVS version, ie. it's been a week, and new features have been added, then just repeat the steps up to the actual downloading of the source. Once you've downloaded the source do this (to make a NEWER version)
cd bzflag/
make clean
./configure
make
su-
cd /home/user/bzflag/
make install
exit
And there you have it, you've just installed BZFlag, or updated it, good luck.
Private message with/if you get any make errors.
