apt-get

conchubhar1

hi

i sudo apt-get install ('d) some game packages

lincity and gnuboy


but when i tried to run them they didnt work

''lincity
-bash: lincity: command not found''

other apt-get worked - 2 chess ones for example a command line text one and a visual one that ran through terminal and used the other one to get commands/moves from

so it works - just those two dont

any ideas?

thanks

budgemook

conchubhar1 wrote: »

hi

i sudo apt-get install ('d) some game packages

lincity and gnuboy


but when i tried to run them they didnt work

''lincity
-bash: lincity: command not found''

other apt-get worked - 2 chess ones for example a command line text one and a visual one that ran through terminal and used the other one to get commands/moves from

so it works - just those two dont

any ideas?

thanks

What happened after you did the apt-get? I got the following and then the command lincity worked:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
python-zopeinterface python-twisted-names python-twisted-core gimp-help-en python-twisted-web python-twisted-runner gimp-help-common python-twisted-mail
python-twisted-lore python-twisted-conch python-twisted-news python-twisted-words python-twisted liblo0 jackd python-twisted-bin
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
lincity
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 524kB of archives.
After this operation, 2949kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe lincity 1.13.1-7ubuntu1 [524kB]
Fetched 524kB in 2s (176kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package lincity.
(Reading database ... 276545 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking lincity (from .../lincity_1.13.1-7ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Setting up lincity (1.13.1-7ubuntu1) ...

conchubhar1

im nearly sure that that is not what i got

i did it under fink on leopard?

conchubhar1

this is what i get now

not what i got the first time but hey

''sudo apt-get install linciv
Password:
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
E: Couldn't find package linciv''

budgemook

Sorry, I'm more of a ubuntu man really. Have you tried "apt-get update"?

conchubhar1

ye i thought so - lots of mentions of ubuntu


nah this is apt get for the mac

iamhunted

apt-get is basically the same thing on ubuntu and os x - ubuntu is based on linux, os x on BSD and both have nearly interchangeable commands.

Looks like you need to update your sources.

conchubhar1

cool, how do i do that?

iamhunted

apt-get dist-upgrade

A regular upgrade will read your list of packages, check online for newer versions, and install them as needed. It will NOT, however, perform any upgrades that would require new packages installed, or existing ones removed. This is what dist-upgrade is for. It will get every newer version it finds, even if it involves installing something new (such as a dependency) or removing an existing package (if it’s obsolete or is no longer needed).

http://maketecheasier.com/become-an-apt-guru/2009/02/24

Knasher

I use fink myself, but afaik they are very similar. Try doing an "echo $PATH" and make sure that there are entries under /sw there.

conchubhar1

Knasher wrote: »

I use fink myself, but afaik they are very similar. Try doing an "echo $PATH" and make sure that there are entries under /sw there.

''echo $PATH
/sw/bin:/sw/sbin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin''

what does that all mean?

Thanks.