write permission...

[Moose187]

ok i was told to type in "sudo apt-get install 'game name and version'" and thats what i did

but it always says either E: cannot find 'game name' or it says do not have write permission for usr/local/games/game folder/game


i dont have internet and im updating from a disk.... do i need internet? :mad:

[tangibleorange]

ok i was told to type in "sudo apt-get install 'game name and version'" and thats what i did

but it always says either E: cannot find 'game name' or it says do not have write permission for usr/local/games/game folder/game


i dont have internet and im updating from a disk.... do i need internet? :mad:

i'm confused. what exactly are you trying to do? install a game or update a game?

[Moose187]

no im trying to install the game but i have been updating my ubuntu from a disk.<i run ubuntu 7.10 cause i cant get 8.04.1 to run properly on my old computer>

but when i install the game it gives me those error listings and i tried to set admin on my name but that didnt work... also tried the sudo nautilus to install and it did install but now i cantplay it ....and now i cant uninstall it

[tangibleorange]

ah i see and the game's package is on the CD?

[Moose187]

ah i see and the game's package is on the CD?

no i download on to my other pc <windows> but its a linux game that is compatible with ubuntu<i know i googled> i have two dev packages and one run game.

[tangibleorange]

ah ok and you double clicked the packages and installed whilst under 'gksu nautilus' ? did the packages install correctly?

how are you trying to start the game? from an icon on the desktop? do you get any errors when launching it?

[Moose187]

i got no errors but it wont come up i double click the icon and it does nothing and it wont let me use the add remve theing cause 'my list is not updated' so i cant remove it ...

[tangibleorange]

i got no errors but it wont come up i double click the icon and it does nothing and it wont let me use the add remve theing cause 'my list is not updated' so i cant remove it ...

ok. if the icon is on your desktop, could you right click it, select properties, and then in the new window, click the 'launcher' tab. where it says 'command:', what is written?

[Moose187]

hold on lemme turn on my other comp

[Moose187]

ok it says 'usr/local/games/quake3/tremulous/tremulous.sh'

[tangibleorange]

ok it says 'usr/local/games/quake3/tremulous/tremulous.sh'

ok lets try the following from a terminal:

sudo sh usr/local/games/quake3/tremulous/tremulous.sh

and post anything that comes up in the terminal if it doesn't work.

[Moose187]

Its says error cannot opened usr/local/game/quake3/tremulous/tremulous.sh

that all it really says

[tangibleorange]

sorry that should be:

sudo sh /usr/local/games/quake3/tremulous/tremulous.sh

and if it still doesn't work, please post the output of:

cat /usr/local/games/quake3/tremulous/tremulous.sh

[Moose187]

cat: /usr/local/games/quake3/tremulous/tremulous.sh there is no such file directory.


how do i re install it with admin access<ubuntu itself>

[Moose187]

ok i tried lots of stuff to get it to work and to get it off of the computer... nothing worked... the only thing that did work is reinstall the ubuntu to get it off of my computer and its still saying that i dont have write permission... do i need to get internet to install stuff on the computer?

[DoktorSeven]

You are, I assume, trying to install Tremulous. Go to its download page: http://tremulous.net/files/

Download: Linux tremulous-1.1.0-installer.x86.run

Save it and remember where it's been saved (for Firefox, the default is under Desktop in your home directory.

Open a terminal and use the cd command to go to where the file was saved (e.g. cd ~/Desktop if it's saved where Firefox defaults to).

Type:
sudo bash tremulous-1.1.0-installer.x86.run
and enter your password when prompted by sudo.

Hopefully that will get you pointed in the right direction...

[Moose187]

the big problem is that the comp that has ubuntu doesnt have internet yet.... so im downloading from windows, then using usb device to transfer to desktop, then running...? is this a problem?

also im trying to get the compizconfig-settings-manager_0.7.6-3_i386.deb to work... how do i do that for this one?

[Artificial Intelligence]

Tremulous guide: http://gaming.gwos.org/doku.php/guides:64bit:tremulous ignore the first part of installing ia32-libs (only needed if you're on 64-bit system).
No need to install it as admin, only if you're running multiply acounts on your Ubuntu system where every user(s) are playing Tremulous.

[Moose187]

WHAT ARE THE requirements for tremulous? cause im running a compaq presario with a celeron one processor and 633 mhz and prolly a crappy gfx card....

[Artificial Intelligence]

Absolutly minimal;

CPU : Pentium II 233 (MHz) Processor
RAM : 64 Megabytes (MB) of RAM
Video Card : 4 Megabyte (MB) Video Card
Modem : 56 kbps Modem

[Moose187]

so what about the compizconfic settings manager? do u know how i get that on the comp? its all the cool cube stuff!

[Moose187]

ok it says that i cant unzip it cause its not found...
then when i do the cd command it just says that no command found
and i dont find the .games folder...so i cant do it by hand...

[Moose187]

ok i got it installed and it gives me no errors when i click on it. but the only problem is that it doesnt come up... i think i did wrong by doing all on the 32mbit part...

[Artificial Intelligence]

Terminal;

cd ~/.Games/tremulous
./tremulous.x86

or

/home/USERNAME/.Games/tremulous/tremulous.x86