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When I came to Minetest 0.4.3, I created a world under Minimal, but didn't realize about the features being low. I had the HUD, I just couldn't dig. I create a map that is Minetest mode, but I still can't dig, and there are no object signs in the HUD. Can someone please help?

PS- I run Ubuntu 12.04

Edit: Try PilzAdam's solution first (next post)!

I prefer to compile the latest minetest on my Lubuntu, following the steps in the readme.txt on minetest.net, Github under Compiling on GNU/Linux (scroll down til you find it): https://github.com/celeron55/minetest

If you didn't try that already, here's an extensive explanation to do that (I don't know how much you know about minetest/Linux):

You can copy the next 11 alineas, one by one and paste them in your Terminal (under Accessoires, gives you a medium sized black screen) followed by an enter after each alinea. (the first alinea is 1 line, although it looks like 2, to get your libraries).

NB!! it is possible that the second link isn't copied and paste right because of it's length. Here is the complete text, where I leave https out to prevent the forming of a new shortened link in this post. You should have the whole line, https included, in your terminal --> ://github.com/celeron55/minetest_game/tarball/master :



sudo apt-get install build-essential libirrlicht-dev cmake libbz2-dev libpng12-dev libjpeg8-dev libxxf86vm-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libsqlite3-dev libogg-dev libvorbis-dev libopenal-dev

wget https://github.com/celeron55/minetest/tarball/master -O master.tar.gz

tar xf master.tar.gz

cd celeron55-minetest-25cf375

cd games/

wget https://github.com/celeron55/minetest_game/tarball/master -O master.tar.gz

tar xf master.tar.gz

mv celeron55-minetest_game-* minetest_game

cd ..

cmake . -DRUN_IN_PLACE=1

make -j2



Now you can type exit in your terminal and go to your home folder, where there should be a directory like this:

/home/Tacos4Ever23/celeron55-minetest-25cf375

Doubleclick bin, and then minetest and choose singleplayer, new

I hope it works or that else others can help you better!

Try to hold down the left mouse button to dig a block. It wil appear in your inventory and you can place it by selecting it with the mouse wheel and click the right mouse button.

Thank you, that worked!