Wesnoth for Linux

[Tux2B]

I've just installed Kubuntu on my computer, and noticed that the current version on the kynaptic repositories was version 1.0 . Has anyone any idea of how to update this?

[Soliton]

(It's a bit annoying actually; I'd prefer to have both stable and development installed simultaneously).

emmm...
type as user (if you need root powers somewhere, something went wrong):
mkdir tmp/wesnoth
cd /tmp/wesnoth
tar zxf wesnoth-1.0.tar.gz
cd wesnoth-1.0
./configure --prefix=~/path/to/wesnoth
make
make install

then you've your own wesnoth stable somewhere in your home directory, easy to remove (rm -rf ~/path/to/wesnoth)

All the dependencies are (likely) met, since wesnoth itself is running as well. (OK, you need gcc etc.)

That is unlikely as on most distributions you need the appropriate development (*-dev) packages to compile programs.

Using '~' in --prefix= doesn't work but you can use $HOME.

If you install several versions of Wesnoth simultaneously I strongly recommend to use --with-preferences-dir= as well.

I've just installed Kubuntu on my computer, and noticed that the current version on the kynaptic repositories was version 1.0 . Has anyone any idea of how to update this?

Same thing I said to irrevenant in case you don't want to update the whole distribution.

[db0]

Someone must get around to packaging it. I have Ubuntu and I find most programs are always behind in version. When I want bleeding edge I usually compile myself.

Klik however usually has the latest stable versions ready

[martenzo]

(It's a bit annoying actually; I'd prefer to have both stable and development installed simultaneously).

emmm...
type as user (if you need root powers somewhere, something went wrong):
mkdir tmp/wesnoth
cd /tmp/wesnoth
tar zxf wesnoth-1.0.tar.gz
cd wesnoth-1.0
./configure --prefix=~/path/to/wesnoth
make
make install

then you've your own wesnoth stable somewhere in your home directory, easy to remove (rm -rf ~/path/to/wesnoth)

All the dependencies are (likely) met, since wesnoth itself is running as well. (OK, you need gcc etc.)

However, if you leave out --perfix=/home/path/to/wesnoth/ You will require root rights, as by default, It'll try to install to /usr/local/share/wesnoth/, and only root has write access to usr and it's subdirectories.

[Soliton]

Someone must get around to packaging it. I have Ubuntu and I find most programs are always behind in version. When I want bleeding edge I usually compile myself.

Klik however usually has the latest stable versions ready

The Debian package, which is what Ubuntu uses as well afaik, is always the first package available.

If you want more bleeding edge than Ubuntu gives you you need to think about switching distributions or convince your favourite distribution to change their packaging philosophy.

[Florob]

Ubuntu is VERY cutting edge when the stable releases come out, but of course it ages within the 6 month until the next release.
This is why current stable (aka. 5.10 aka. breezy badger) has 1.0.
Current development branche (aka. dapper drake and will be 6.04) has 1.1 and considers upgrading to 1.1.1 because online gaming is broken with 1.1 because your server only supports the latest release (If I understood it correctly). That actually has them considering shipping with 1.0.2 because stable is not released as frequently.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubunt ... 00506.html

(just pure information)

[Tux2B]

Would you know where to find the adres of the new ubuntu synaptic repositories?

[Florob]

Would you know where to find the adres of the new ubuntu synaptic repositories?

There is no such thing as "synaptic repositories".
If you mean the repositorys used by the apt system (including synaptic) they are the same as the stable release ones, but with"breezy" substituted by "dapper".
You can just do:
sudo sed -i -e 's/breezy/dapper/g' /etc/apt/sources.list ("-i" is to edit the files in place)
in a terminal.
Remember this is a unstable/experimental version (even if it is quite stable already).