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hey, im running ubuntu 11.04 and i dont know how to reach my minetest folder to put in mods, nor do i know how to download mods or install them, could someone help me? thanks

If you installed it from a ppa, the minetest folder should be a folder named ".minetest" in your home folder. Because of the dot before the name, the folder is hidden; pressing ctrl-h will show hidden files in most file managers. To install a mod, just copy the folder containing the "init.lua" to .minetest/data/mods.

i found this file, but the only folders/reas inside were world, debug.txt and minetest.conf, inside of world, there are only players, auth.txt, env_meta.txt, ipban.txt, map.sqlite, and map_meta.txt.
no data or mod folder

Oh, silly me, if you installed from the ppa, the data folder would be in /usr/share/minetest. I compile and run in place, so I'm used to it being in one folder. Anyways, try creating data/mods in the .minetest in your home folder, and putting the mods in like I said. If that doesn't work, then try (as root) putting them in /usr/share/minetest/data/mods.

my usr/share/minetest folder does not have data, only a list of the textures used and the font. is my version outdated?

Scott, create .minetest/usermods or .minetest/world/worldmods folder in your home. I use the latter and it works just fine.
Also to use use mods you have to install 0.4 version.

LOL sorry, it's been a really long time since I've actually installed minetest. The run in place version must be really different from the installed version in 0.4.

i created the worldmods folder in the world folder in the .minetest folder in home, the one that has the above stated folders in it. so if i have a texture pack that i want to use, do i just put it in there? im sorry, i realy am a noob to modding

where can i find the 0.4 version for linux, i have installed the one for amd 64 linux

Here is the link for 0.4 daily-builds in Ubuntu:
https://code.launchpad.net/~minetestdevs/+archive/daily-builds

the link you provided will not work for me as i am running ubuntu, and the extraction keeps failing

Did you add the PPA to your system or are you downloading the .deb file?

thanks, but the links not working i mean, im getting there but were i usually click to install, is just regular text

the message below your link, splizard, is intended for jsonic

In your home folder, open .minetest - put the mods in a "usermods" folder created inside.
If you want the 0.4 version, you should try the Git version (Main site > Github). Open a terminal, then type this:

Use your admin password to confirm.
Then, this:

Then, compile it by following the instructions on the main site (however, do NOT compile using RUN_IN_PLACE, else the user data will not be in .minetest).

If you want to update the git, cd to the minetest's folder then type "git pull". You will have to recompile it.

thanks! these are really detailed instructions. but i added the site to my software sources, and did a sudo-apt update and that may or may not have worked. i now go into the .minetest folder and go into world, where this is a data folder, with a mods folder. so in there do i just drop the folder of the mod into there? or is there something else i need to do, and are different textures dropped in as a mod or some other folder still seemingly non-existent to me on my possibly outdated version. i will try these instructions and report back to this thread.