[SOLVED] Unable to install Minetest system wide

[wolf_ram]

Hello,

Despite following instruction on how to install Minetest from source on Debian, system wide installation doesn't work.

When I used cmake command with -DRUN_IN_PLACE=FALSE during compilation game had been installed in ~/.minetest folder not in /usr/share/minetest.

Am I missing something?

[kaeza]

Need more information. What exactly does not work?

Problems installing? Does not start? Some other error?

[wolf_ram]

Post edited to include more details.

[rubenwardy]

Did you run sudo make install?

[Calinou]

Configuration files will always go in ~/.minetest, so that they are per-user. The game files will go in /usr/ (and /usr/local) once installed using sudo make install.

[wolf_ram]

@Calinou

I was aware that config files are stored in ~/.minetest

@rubenwardy @Calinou

In fact I didn't issue command sudo make install to finalize installation. That was the reason that game wasn't installed system wide and it was compiled to the folder where the source code was downloaded.

Thanks for helping me to solve the problem.

BTW make install command is missing in README.txt on Minetest GitHub page.

[Calinou]

BTW make install command is missing in README.txt on Minetest GitHub page.

"make install" is not mandatory to run a Minetest client or server, you can just run the binary that landed in the bin/ folder.

[wolf_ram]

I agree.