Having trouble updating minetest from linux command line

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Having trouble updating minetest from linux command line

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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
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Re: Having trouble updating minetest from linux command line

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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.

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Re: Having trouble updating minetest from linux command line

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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

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Re: Having trouble updating minetest from linux command line

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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.
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Re: Having trouble updating minetest from linux command line

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Nathan.S wrote: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.
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Re: Having trouble updating minetest from linux command line

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Nathan.S wrote: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.
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Re: Having trouble updating minetest from linux command line

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Shamelessly lifted from:

http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/201 ... untu-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.

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Re: Having trouble updating minetest from linux command line

by boonscape3 » Post

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.

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Re: Having trouble updating minetest from linux command line

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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.

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Re: Having trouble updating minetest from linux command line

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

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Re: Having trouble updating minetest from linux command line

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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.

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Re: Having trouble updating minetest from linux command line

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boonscape3 wrote: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

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Re: Having trouble updating minetest from linux command line

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I have a Dell Studio laptop running Linux Mint 18.3 with Minetest 5.4.1 which needs to be upgraded to 5.6.1 for Mesecraft. Have read and watched videos for the last week and tried Software mgr., launchpad, ppas, etc. without success. As a matter of fact, one attempt downgraded Minetest to 5.2.0. Save me from returning to Minecraft! Help.

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Have you tried the Flatpak or the AppImages? (Personally I always found AppImages to be more reliable than Flatpak) Barring that, you could always compile it. It's easier than you might think.
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Re: Having trouble updating minetest from linux command line

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Flatpak yes, will try AppImages, thanks.

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Re: Having trouble updating minetest from linux command line

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AppImages tried and failed.

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Re: Having trouble updating minetest from linux command line

by Mantar » Post

Wow, AppImages are pretty bomb-proof, so I'm surprised. Has this Mint install been through a few upgrades? I dropped Mint after its Franken-buntu setup started to get snarled up by upgrades.

You might be left with compiling from source, for which there are directions in the forums. Though usually it's just: download and extract the source, "sudo apt build-dep minetest" to get the various library headers and dependencies needed to compile it, then cmake ./ and make in the source directory to compile it.
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Re: Having trouble updating minetest from linux command line

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Hi Carz :) ill always be around to help. You can email me or use our contact form on mesecraft.com

use the ppa i shared when we talked in mesecraft.

Run these in terminal and then get rid of the flatpak version. Flatpak mainainers dont reliably update their stuff sometimes.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:minetestdevs/stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install minetest
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Re: Having trouble updating minetest from linux command line

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Also, consider upgrading to a newer version of mint too. Backup important files first. Then upgrade mint then install the ppa and minetest with the commands above.

terminal Commands to upgrade mint

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade -y
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Re: Having trouble updating minetest from linux command line

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Komodo wrote:
Sat Nov 12, 2022 06:00
Also, consider upgrading to a newer version of mint too. Backup important files first. Then upgrade mint then install the ppa and minetest with the commands above.

terminal Commands to upgrade mint

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade -y
Thats to update mint. To upgrade run sudo apt install mintupgrade
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Re: Having trouble updating minetest from linux command line

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Gave up on linux, loaded 5.6.0 on iMac.

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Re: Having trouble updating minetest from linux command line

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CARZOMG wrote:
Fri Nov 11, 2022 17:11
AppImages tried and failed.
I know this is irrelevant for CARZOMG, but for future users: ensure that the AppImage file has been given execute permission.

Additionally, for people wishing to run an AppImage files on LinuxMint versions based on Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy they need to install the libfuse2 package. See this tutorial regarding AppImages on Ubuntu.
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Re: Having trouble updating minetest from linux command line

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5.6.1. loaded on iMac with 2 issues can't access markets and hyphen key for contractions na.

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