[Debian / Ubuntu] 1-line script: install Minetest Git

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Thanks Exterdad, now I think I'll just wait till you finish polishing your script instead of building it myself.
I'm not actually sure if my build even works!
Edit: I just realized there are official Ubuntu daily builds on the download page, lol.

[Glorfindel]

This script still installs the last 0.4.13-dev build, rather than the 0.4.14-dev build, is there a way to change this to 0.4.14?

[Fixer]

Didn't know where to post, but this can be very handy for linux people who need to log their compilation (if you use script)
So you do like this:

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#!/bin/bash
{
your usual commands
} |& tee build.log

This will show output as usual, but also record everything in build.log file, very useful!

[Wayward_One]

This script still installs the last 0.4.13-dev build, rather than the 0.4.14-dev build, is there a way to change this to 0.4.14?

Actually,

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git clone https://github.com/minetest/minetest.git

will always install the latest HEAD (0.4.14-dev), as that is the main repository where all the latest commits end up. Perhaps try a fresh clone?

[Glorfindel]

This script still installs the last 0.4.13-dev build, rather than the 0.4.14-dev build, is there a way to change this to 0.4.14?

Actually,

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git clone https://github.com/minetest/minetest.git

will always install the latest HEAD (0.4.14-dev), as that is the main repository where all the latest commits end up. Perhaps try a fresh clone?

How would I do that? Doesn't the script download a new clone every time I run it?

[Mainpage]

This script still installs the last 0.4.13-dev build, rather than the 0.4.14-dev build, is there a way to change this to 0.4.14?

Actually,

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git clone https://github.com/minetest/minetest.git

will always install the latest HEAD (0.4.14-dev), as that is the main repository where all the latest commits end up. Perhaps try a fresh clone?

How would I do that? Doesn't the script download a new clone every time I run it?

IDK much but what I do is delete the old clone then just clone again.

[Glorfindel]

Hmmmm... looking at my original post, I forgot to mention that I was talking about the shorter update script :o
I guess that may be a wee bit important...

[XtremeHacker]

I used the non-portable install script, and had issues with sudo not be used in the right place, and libjpeg8 got replaced in Debian 8, so I removed it from being installed, and added It's replacement (I tested the the original, and revised script on Debian 8, A.K.A. "Jessie".
Here is my revised version.

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sudo apt-get install -y git build-essential cmake libjpeg62-turbo-dev libirrlicht-dev libgettextpo0 libfreetype6-dev cmake libbz2-dev libpng12-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; sudo mkdir /minetest; cd; sudo git clone https://github.com/minetest/minetest.git; cd minetest/games; sudo git clone https://github.com/minetest/minetest_game.git; cd ..; sudo 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"

[Hiradur]

Here is my revised version.

sudo should not be put before every command. It's a security risk and possibly breaks permissions for files. The 1-line script works fine on Debian 8 without these added sudos (only needs a replacement for libjpeg8).

[XtremeHacker]

Here is my revised version.

sudo should not be put before every command. It's a security risk and possibly breaks permissions for files. The 1-line script works fine on Debian 8 without these added sudos (only needs a replacement for libjpeg8).

OK, it seems you were right, maybe I didn't setup sudo right, thanks.

[octacian]

On latest Debian 8, libjpeg does not appear to be valid. Maybe it's just my repo configuration. Instead, as Debian suggested, I simply used libjpeg62-turbo-dev.

Edit: Just noticed XtremeHacker pointed this out as well. Oh well, it should be more than clear now for newb Debian users :D

(newb as in people who don't read what Debian suggests as a replacement package, and instead have a mental breakdown)

[DreamKeeper]

Hello, friends!

Please be kind to answer the question:

I have Debian Wheezy, so.... do I need to get better OS version (config)... or... I can install minetest fresh version without any negative effetcts on my Debian Wheezy?

I appreciate your help.

[Calinou]

Hello, friends!

Please be kind to answer the question:

I have Debian Wheezy, so.... do I need to get better OS version (config)... or... I can install minetest fresh version without any negative effetcts on my Debian Wheezy?

I appreciate your help.

This script might work on Debian wheezy, but I'm not sure. In any case, at the time of writing, you can still build Minetest yourself on Debian wheezy (or even Ubuntu 12.04, which is almost 5 years old now).

[DreamKeeper]

Hello, friends!

Please be kind to answer the question:

I have Debian Wheezy, so.... do I need to get better OS version (config)... or... I can install minetest fresh version without any negative effetcts on my Debian Wheezy?

I appreciate your help.

This script might work on Debian wheezy, but I'm not sure. In any case, at the time of writing, you can still build Minetest yourself on Debian wheezy (or even Ubuntu 12.04, which is almost 5 years old now).

Thank you very much.

[DreamKeeper]

Oh my.... I have almost running my own server.....

Only one bug (of feature?) I've got: I see nothing (black screen) when authorized as admin.
But, when authorized as normal user - I can see world and all is OK and perfect.

What's wrong with admin's view?
Do I need some mod to be installed? Or is this some sort of bug?

[kaeza]

Oh my.... I have almost running my own server.....

Only one bug (of feature?) I've got: I see nothing (black screen) when authorized as admin.
But, when authorized as normal user - I can see world and all is OK and perfect.

What's wrong with admin's view?
Do I need some mod to be installed? Or is this some sort of bug?

Your "admin" player may be buried underground. Try enabling noclip (H key) and fly (K key), and fly up.

[DreamKeeper]

Oh my.... I have almost running my own server.....

Only one bug (of feature?) I've got: I see nothing (black screen) when authorized as admin.
But, when authorized as normal user - I can see world and all is OK and perfect.

What's wrong with admin's view?
Do I need some mod to be installed? Or is this some sort of bug?

Your "admin" player may be buried underground. Try enabling noclip (H key) and fly (K key), and fly up.

Absolutely correct. Now it's ok.
Thank you all!

[Lejo]

I can't install minetest with my new Ubuntu 16.10 Version.
It allways says:

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E: Für Paket »libpng12-dev« existiert kein Installationskandidat.

And then I don't get the bin folder.

Please Help.

[Lejo]

I now install libpng12-dev manual, but now i can't start minetest.

Lejo

[Calinou]

I now install libpng12-dev manual, but now i can't start minetest.

Lejo

Ubuntu 16.10 has upgraded to libpng16 instead of libpng12, you should both compile and run using that version.

[BBmine]

I switched from Ubuntu 16.04 to the latest Debian testing today, and tried different ways to install Minetest with git. I've done it before just fine with Ubuntu. Here is what I got each time:

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-- The CXX compiler identification is unknown
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:9 (project):
  No CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER could be found.

  Tell CMake where to find the compiler by setting either the environment
  variable "CXX" or the CMake cache entry CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER to the full path
  to the compiler, or to the compiler name if it is in the PATH.


-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "/home/user/git/minetest/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
See also "/home/user/git/minetest/CMakeFiles/CMakeError.log".
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.

[Calinou]

I switched from Ubuntu 16.04 to the latest Debian testing today, and tried different ways to install Minetest with git. I've done it before just fine with Ubuntu. Here is what I got each time:

The build-essential package should normally always install GCC (which lets you compile C/C++ code).

Alternatively, you may try to install the clang package, which also is a C/C++ compiler.

You can force the use of a specific compiler (Clang as an example, here) in a CMake project (which Minetest is) with these commands:

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export CC=/usr/bin/clang
export CXX=/usr/bin/clang++

[BBmine]

I switched from Ubuntu 16.04 to the latest Debian testing today, and tried different ways to install Minetest with git. I've done it before just fine with Ubuntu. Here is what I got each time:

The build-essential package should normally always install GCC (which lets you compile C/C++ code).

Alternatively, you may try to install the clang package, which also is a C/C++ compiler.

You can force the use of a specific compiler (Clang as an example, here) in a CMake project (which Minetest is) with these commands:

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export CC=/usr/bin/clang
export CXX=/usr/bin/clang++

I tried that and got farther, but now it's saying this:

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- *** Will build version 0.4.14-dev ***
-- Could NOT find Irrlicht (missing:  IRRLICHT_LIBRARY IRRLICHT_INCLUDE_DIR)
-- Could NOT find CURL (missing:  CURL_LIBRARY CURL_INCLUDE_DIR)
CMake Warning at src/CMakeLists.txt:52 (message):
  cURL is required to load the server list


-- Could NOT find GetText (missing:  GETTEXT_MSGFMT)
-- Could NOT find Freetype (missing:  FREETYPE_LIBRARY FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS)
-- Could NOT find LuaJit (missing:  LUA_LIBRARY LUA_INCLUDE_DIR)
-- LuaJIT not found, using bundled Lua.
-- Detecting GMP from system failed.
-- Using bundled mini-gmp library.
-- ncurses console enabled.
-- Could NOT find PostgreSQL (missing:  PostgreSQL_LIBRARY PostgreSQL_INCLUDE_DIR PostgreSQL_TYPE_INCLUDE_DIR)
-- PostgreSQL not found!
-- LevelDB not found!
-- Redis not found!
CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-3.7/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:138 (message):
  Could NOT find SQLite3 (missing: SQLITE3_LIBRARY SQLITE3_INCLUDE_DIR)
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  /usr/share/cmake-3.7/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:378 (_FPHSA_FAILURE_MESSAGE)
  cmake/Modules/FindSQLite3.cmake:8 (find_package_handle_standard_args)
  src/CMakeLists.txt:255 (find_package)


-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "/home/user/git/minetest/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
See also "/home/user/git/minetest/CMakeFiles/CMakeError.log".
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.

Sorry, I don't really know much about compiling :P. Especially in Debian.

[ClaudiusMinimus]

Your script installs libirrlicht-dev, do you know what version that is for LinuxMint 18.x (based on Ubuntu 16.04)? I need irrlicht 1.8.4 or greater to use the clipboard between LinuxMint & MT 0.4.15

[QTZ7aRLAjB*z]

Thank you so much for this!! saved me hours - works perfectly on ubunutu 16.04 server