New user issues

[Dewbacca]

Experimenting with Ubuntu and being pressured by the kids to set up a "Minecraft" server... but I like the looks of Minetest better.

Issue I am having right away is I know very little about this sort of game, have installed Minetest 0.4.9 from the Ubuntu Software Center, and no mods are showing up in the Mod store. I was trying to find the tutorial to get started...

Wiki has been a good read but isn't helping resolve the question. Where can download the tutorial and I'll try to manually install it.

Or should I try to get a more current version before moving forward?

[Don]

You would be better off getting the latest minetest.
http://www.minetest.net/downloads/

To install mods
http://dev.minetest.net/Installing_Mods

Please note that the minetest folder is called .minetest
That means it is a hidden folder. Press ctr h to show hidden folders. Your mods get placed into the mods folder inside the .minetest folder.


If you need more help just ask.

[blockybison]

I might get sh** for saying this but, if they asked for a Minecraft server, just go ahead and get a Minecraft server, chances are they know what they want and don't care about the things Minetest is supposed to be better at.

[Dewbacca]

You would be better off getting the latest minetest.
http://www.minetest.net/downloads/

Thanks, a bunch of confusion at this link... makes little or no sense, to be more accurate THIS link http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=minetest

I do appreciate you trying.

As for Minecraft... I'd just as soon not give Microsoft any more of my money. If the kids had come to me before they bought it...

[rubenwardy]

To upgrade, first uninstall the minetest currently installed, then open a terminal and run this:

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sudo apt-get install git build-essential libirrlicht-dev libgettextpo0 libfreetype6-dev cmake libbz2-dev libpng12-dev libjpeg8-dev libxxf86vm-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libsqlite3-dev libogg-dev libvorbis-dev libopenal-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libluajit-5.1-dev liblua5.1-0-dev libleveldb-dev; cd; git clone https://github.com/minetest/minetest.git; cd minetest/games; git clone https://github.com/minetest/minetest_game.git; cd ..; cmake . -DENABLE_GETTEXT=1 -DENABLE_FREETYPE=1 -DENABLE_LEVELDB=1; make -j$(nproc); sudo make install; minetest; echo -e "\n\n\e[1;33mYou can run Minetest again by typing \"minetest\" in a terminal or selecting it in an applications menu.\nYou can install mods in ~/.minetest/mods, too.\e[0m"

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[Xanthin]

Please note that the minetest folder is called .minetest
That means it is a hidden folder. Press ctr h to show hidden folders. Your mods get placed into the mods folder inside the .minetest folder.

Thanks so much, Don. I spend lots of hours reading and searching why my subgame is not noticed. Had to create a games folder there and drop the subgame in this. :)

[Don]

It might seem confusing at first but it doesn't take long to learn how to do things. It wasn't too long ago that I was wondering how to do things. The community is great and willing to help. Keep asking questions and someone will answer.

[Dewbacca]

To upgrade, first uninstall the minetest currently installed, then open a terminal and run this:

Outstanding function, worked flawlessly to install current version, but after closing it I am having to dig into how to make a shortcut.

I have found the new installation location and confirmed mod, texture and game folders... so I am going to proceed to install a few interesting mods... but still am having trouble locating the "Tutorial" mod for my own introduction to the "minecraft" type game, and the differences between mine "craft" and minetest.

I appreciate all of the input and thank everyone for their replies and the many discussions I have been reading here over the last few days.

[Don]

If you want to get a deb package you can download the version here.
https://code.launchpad.net/~minetestdevs/+archive/ubuntu/daily-builds/+packages

Near the bottom click the version of your os then pick the deb package for your processor.

Here is the tutorial game.
http://wiki.minetest.net/Subgames/Tutorial

[rubenwardy]

You'll need to restart your computer for the menu item to appear.

[Hybrid Dog]

You'll need to restart your computer for the menu item to appear.

l'm using lubuntu and when l install something, it appears in the start menu without restarting

l recommend you to use sudo checkinstall instead of sudo make install.