[Linux] luk3yx's unofficial Minetest snap.

[luk3yx]

luk3yx's unofficial Minetest snap

This is my unofficial Minetest snap package, derived from the Minetest snap in the snappy playpen.

Deprecation notice

I no longer maintain or update this snap, I recommend using the Flatpak instead.

How to install

Using sudo: (Ubuntu & Derivatives)

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$ sudo snap install minetest-luk3yx

Using su:

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$ su -c 'snap install minetest-luk3yx'

Note: Make sure that snapd is installed before running the above commands.

Related snaps

You can replace minetest-luk3yx in the above commands to install one of these instead.

• minetest-luk3yx-4: A fork of Minetest 0.4, will not be updated to Minetest 5.0.
• minetest-luk3yx-dev: Recent development build of Minetest.

FAQ

What is a snap?

Snaps are universal Linux packages.

Where can I find snapcraft.yaml?
You can find it here, on GitHub. Remember it is also licensed under LGPL 2.1+.

How do I install snapd?
Debian, Ubuntu, and Ubuntu derivatives:

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sudo apt install snapd

OpenSuse:

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sudo zypper addrepo http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/system:/snappy/openSUSE_Leap_42.2/ snappy
sudo zypper install snapd

Arch Linux:

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sudo pacman -S snapd
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket

More:
http://snapcraft.io/docs/core/install

Credit to http://snapcraft.io for the resources shown in the FAQ.

[ClaudiusMinimus]

Thank you for your minetest snap app. Unforutunately without irrlicht 1.8.4 or greater, the copy/paste from LinuxMint 18.x does not work. See my posts in this thread for more details: https://github.com/minetest/minetest/issues/373

[luk3yx]

Thank you for your minetest snap app. Unforutunately without irrlicht 1.8.4 or greater, the copy/paste from LinuxMint 18.x does not work. See my posts in this thread for more details: https://github.com/minetest/minetest/issues/373

Thank you for notifying me of this issue. Unfortunately, I am using Ubuntu 16.04 to compile the builds, that only provides 1.8.3. If there is any way I can upgrade this library, preferably without destroying my system, please let me know. Also note that the official Minetest builds for Ubuntu 16.04 also seem to have this issue.

[ClaudiusMinimus]

Thank you for notifying me of this issue. Unfortunately, I am using Ubuntu 16.04 to compile the builds, that only provides 1.8.3. If there is any way I can upgrade this library, preferably without destroying my system, please let me know. Also note that the official Minetest builds for Ubuntu 16.04 also seem to have this issue.

The only thing that comes to mind is to use VirtualBox or some other VM to run Ubuntu 16.10 and compile with the newer library.

[luk3yx]

The only thing that comes to mind is to use VirtualBox or some other VM to run Ubuntu 16.10 and compile with the newer library.

I'll try a couple of boot USBs.

[ClaudiusMinimus]

I'll try a couple of boot USBs.

Thank you! I look forward to hearing what your results were.

[luk3yx]

Thank you! I look forward to hearing what your results were.

I have released an update that fixes this bug. Thank you ClaudiusMinimus for notifying me that this bug affected my snap.

[ClaudiusMinimus]

I have released an update that fixes this bug. Thank you ClaudiusMinimus for notifying me that this bug affected my snap.

Thank you for fixing this bug. Unfortunately, I cannot update the snap

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sudo snap refresh minetest-luk3yx
error: cannot refresh "minetest-luk3yx": snap "minetest-luk3yx" has no updates available

[luk3yx]

Thank you for fixing this bug. Unfortunately, I cannot update the snap

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sudo snap refresh minetest-luk3yx
error: cannot refresh "minetest-luk3yx": snap "minetest-luk3yx" has no updates available

That's strange. Maybe it updated automatically. Try this:

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snap list | grep minetest-luk3yx

You should get something like this:

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minetest-luk3yx  0.4.15       5    luk3yx     -

The number, in this example '5', should be at least 5. If it is 4 or under, you are still affected by this bug.

[ClaudiusMinimus]

That's strange. Maybe it updated automatically. Try this:

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minetest-luk3yx --version

If you get a few lines beginning with '+', the update hasn't been applied.

Thank you for your reply. I added the --version flag and this was the output:

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sudo snap refresh minetest-luk3yx --version 
...
snap       2.17.1ubuntu1
snapd      2.17.1ubuntu1
series     16
linuxmint  18.1

And it worked! Thank you very much for your studious attention to this issue.

[luk3yx]

Thank you for your reply. I added the --version flag and this was the output:

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sudo snap refresh minetest-luk3yx --version 
...
snap       2.17.1ubuntu1
snapd      2.17.1ubuntu1
series     16
linuxmint  18.1

And it worked! Thank you very much for your studious attention to this issue.

I am sorry, but I think you misunderstood my instructions.
In that example, I meant to omit 'sudo snap refresh'. I have modified the instructions so they are more straight-forward.

[ClaudiusMinimus]

After getting your snap to work on a test machine, I then tried to install it on my regular pc and minetest would not open. When I ran the following in a terminal it output the following:

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env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/minetest-luk3yx_minetest.desktop /snap/bin/minetest-luk3yx
aa_change_onexec failed with -1. errmsg: No such file or directory

This system has a working copy of 0.4.15 from the dev ppa, but I would rather use yours since it includes irrlicht 1.8.4. I have tried removing your snap and the ppa install, then reinstall your snap, but I still get the error.

[luk3yx]

After getting your snap to work on a test machine, I then tried to install it on my regular pc and minetest would not open. When I ran the following in a terminal it output the following:

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env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/minetest-luk3yx_minetest.desktop /snap/bin/minetest-luk3yx
aa_change_onexec failed with -1. errmsg: No such file or directory

This system has a working copy of 0.4.15 from the dev ppa, but I would rather use yours since it includes irrlicht 1.8.4. I have tried removing your snap and the ppa install, then reinstall your snap, but I still get the error.

For future reference, just run:

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minetest-luk3yx

You could try updating ubuntu-core, and checking if that has worked.

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sudo snap refresh ubuntu-core

[BBmine]

Hi, I have Debian testing. I followed the directions and got this:

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error: cannot install "minetest-luk3yz": snap not found

[luk3yx]

Hi, I have Debian testing. I followed the directions and got this:

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error: cannot install "minetest-luk3yz": snap not found

Hello BBmine,

Try doing "minetest-luk3yx", not "minetest-luk3yz"

Thanks,

luk3yx

[BBmine]

Hi, I have Debian testing. I followed the directions and got this:

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error: cannot install "minetest-luk3yz": snap not found

Hello BBmine,

Try doing "minetest-luk3yx", not "minetest-luk3yz"

Thanks,

luk3yx

Oh, got your name wrong :P/

[ClaudiusMinimus]

You suggested i refresh ubuntu-core, which I did

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$ sudo snap refresh ubuntu-core
error: cannot refresh "ubuntu-core": cannot find snap "ubuntu-core"

I then checked to see if it was installed and found it appears to be broken:

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$ snap list
Name             Version  Rev  Developer  Notes
core                      641  canonical  broken
minetest-luk3yx  0.4.15   6    luk3yx     devmode

I then added the --version flag and the output was:

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sudo snap refresh ubuntu-core --version 
snap       2.17.1ubuntu1
snapd      2.17.1ubuntu1
series     16
linuxmint  18.1

I've tried running the launcher directly and found this:

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 /snap/minetest-luk3yx/6 $ ./launcher 
./launcher: 16: cd: can't cd to .
./launcher: 40: exec: /bin/minetest: not found

minetest is in fact not in the bin directory

[luk3yx]

You suggested i refresh ubuntu-core, which I did

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$ sudo snap refresh ubuntu-core
error: cannot refresh "ubuntu-core": cannot find snap "ubuntu-core"

I then checked to see if it was installed and found it appears to be broken:

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$ snap list
Name             Version  Rev  Developer  Notes
core                      641  canonical  broken
minetest-luk3yx  0.4.15   6    luk3yx     devmode

I then added the --version flag and the output was:

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sudo snap refresh ubuntu-core --version 
snap       2.17.1ubuntu1
snapd      2.17.1ubuntu1
series     16
linuxmint  18.1

I've tried running the launcher directly and found this:

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 /snap/minetest-luk3yx/6 $ ./launcher 
./launcher: 16: cd: can't cd to .
./launcher: 40: exec: /bin/minetest: not found

minetest is in fact not in the bin directory

I'm sorry, but Minetest won't launch like that. It needs the snappy environment variables.
If you get confused, please refer to https://snapcraft.io
Just launch it by running

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minetest-luk3yx

[ClaudiusMinimus]

I'm sorry, but Minetest won't launch like that. It needs the snappy environment variables.
If you get confused, please refer to https://snapcraft.io
Just launch it by running

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minetest-luk3yx

I have tried launching as you suggest, and I'm not confused. Everything else is trying to find out what is happening. I had hoped I was providing information to help find the cause. If have any suggestions of how to debug this I would appreciate it. The main thing I have noticed is that there is no:

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/bin/minetest

I tried making a symbolic link to the snap /bin/minetest and it did not help.

[luk3yx]

I have tried launching as you suggest, and I'm not confused. Everything else is trying to find out what is happening. I had hoped I was providing information to help find the cause. If have any suggestions of how to debug this I would appreciate it. The main thing I have noticed is that there is no:

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/bin/minetest

I tried making a symbolic link to the snap /bin/minetest and it did not help.

To try and fix the underlying issue, try this:

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sudo snap refresh

...then launch the snap using the GUI.

For the issue about /bin/minetest (try the above first):

Can you please read up on snappy's environment variables, confinement, and the source of the launcher script. There is not intended to be /bin/minetest, as everything is contained within /snap/minetest-luk3yx. If you have errors because of /bin/minetest not existing, you may not be launching the snap correctly.

I am trying to help you understand this issue, I'm sorry if you don't. All my Minetest builds are tested before publishing them. You are providing enough information at the moment, I'm struggling to try and explain the issue.

[ClaudiusMinimus]

Can you please read up on snappy's environment variables, confinement, and the source of the launcher script. There is not intended to be /bin/minetest, as everything is contained within /snap/minetest-luk3yx. If you have errors because of /bin/minetest not existing, you may not be launching the snap correctly.

I am trying to help you understand this issue, I'm sorry if you don't. All my Minetest builds are tested before publishing them. You are providing enough information at the moment, I'm struggling to try and explain the issue.

Your points are well taken and I greatly appreciate the effort you have placed in trying to help me. I have attempted to launch the snap as you have instructed, the other attempts were my of my own accord and without properly understanding the snap system. I will do as you suggest through reading the documentation and hopefully I will be able to resolve this issue.

Thank you for your patience.

[lightonflux]

Is the snapcraft.yaml public?

[luk3yx]

Is the snapcraft.yaml public?

Yes, thank you for reminding me.
Seeing you are requesting it, I'll put a copy of the link here. (Sorry I couldn't manage GitHub)
My snapcraft directory
LGPL 2.1+

[lightonflux]

Is the snapcraft.yaml public?

Yes, thank you for reminding me.
Seeing you are requesting it, I'll put a copy of the link here. (Sorry I couldn't manage GitHub)

I would like to see an official MT snap at some point. Therefore it would be beneficial to have the files publicly on Github or Gitlab, so other people can learn how to snap stuff or improve this specific MT snap.

Do you need help with git and github/gitlab? I am happy to help. I could open a repo with my account, but i don't want people to think it is the upstream snapcraft.yaml.

[luk3yx]

Is the snapcraft.yaml public?

Yes, thank you for reminding me.
Seeing you are requesting it, I'll put a copy of the link here. (Sorry I couldn't manage GitHub)

I would like to see an official MT snap at some point. Therefore it would be beneficial to have the files publicly on Github or Gitlab, so other people can learn how to snap stuff or improve this specific MT snap.

Do you need help with git and github/gitlab? I am happy to help. I could open a repo with my account, but i don't want people to think it is the upstream snapcraft.yaml.

I am fine with GitHub, and seeing you are asking, I'll start a GitHub project.