Having trouble updating minetest from linux command line

[boonscape3]

I am needing help updating my version of minetest from0.4.9 to a newer version and am unable to update using "sudo apt-get install minetest" in the command line I am using Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS

[slopsbucket]

It would help if you told us which Linux you're using.

using "sudo apt-get install minetest"

sugests that you're using a Debian type Linux, probably Ubuntu, but giving advice without knowing this for sure may cause you problems rather than achieve results.

[slopsbucket]

A couple of things you could try in the mean time:-

for debian based linuxes like Ubuntu

sudo apt-get update minetest

Or for rpm based Linuxes like Fedora

sudo yum update minetest

Cheers,

Andrew.

[Nathan.S]

You might need to add the daily ppa, or the non-daily to upgrade as the 'official' repositories take forever to update most cases. Otherwise you can always pull from git and compile yourself.

[firefox]

You might need to add the daily ppa, or the non-daily to upgrade as the 'official' repositories take forever to update most cases. Otherwise you can always pull from git and compile yourself.

everything said.

i'm using linux mint (wich is based on ubuntu) and from my experience, games are never updated by the system.
you have to add external sources or do it yourself.
for "the Battle for Wesnoth" i'm doing it myself using cmake. the source package has everything prepared and i just need to run the install command in a terminal.
for minetest i added the dayly ppa to my software sources of the package manager and then loaded the newest version.
this does not work for all games, because the dayly ppa doesn't support everything, but it has the latest stable version of minetest.
i also heard about the possibility to add github as a source, but i haven't tried that.

[lightonflux]

You might need to add the daily ppa, or the non-daily to upgrade as the 'official' repositories take forever to update most cases. Otherwise you can always pull from git and compile yourself.

If you mention compiling to beginners don't forget to link! (•ω•)

Compiling Minetest (wiki) (ᵔᴥᵔ)


Edit: MT can be installed via Lutris (~FOSS Steam) → Minetest via Lutris

[slopsbucket]

Shamelessly lifted from:

http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2014/12/minetest-0-4-11-available-ubuntu-1404/

To add the PPA and install the game, press Ctrl+Alt+T to open terminal. When it opens, run the commands below one by one:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:minetestdevs/stable

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install minetest

Also, if you don't like the Ubuntu Software installer try Synaptic Package Manager.

Cheers,

Andrew.

[boonscape3]

I have a PPA package I've downloaded from code.launchpad.net that is the latest build for Ubuntu 14.01.1 LTS. I have downloaded a tarball of a pre-built PPA, but I can't find the executable binary file.

[slopsbucket]

PPA's are not packages that you download containing games or binaries.

PPA stands for Personal Package Archive, with the emphasis on Archive.

Poorly named, it's actually a repository of files and binaries on the internet, just like the one you get your system updates from. So you don't download PPA's, you enable them.

Also, there's a lot of very bad people out on the net that will serve up all sorts of rubbish, just because the file says it's a Minetest PPA doesn't mean that's what it really is.

downloaded from code.launchpad.net

That's where your troubles probably began. If you want Minetest get it from Minetest or from a trusted source such as your Linux main repositories.

Try following the instructions in my previous post and if it fails write back telling us what error message you received.

Cheers.

[rubenwardy]

Launchpad is officially supported. (Somebody puts stuff there.)

I personally build minetest myself.

[boonscape3]

I just got a new hard disk in my linux machine and want to install the developer build of minetest 0.4.12 so I have the minimap.

[Marshall_maz]

I just got a new hard disk in my linux machine and want to install the developer build of minetest 0.4.12 so I have the minimap.

https://launchpad.net/~minetestdevs/+ar ... ily-builds