Ubuntu install

2009-09-10T23:47:30Z

Jasper1984:

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We now have a maintained and up to date APT repository for Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty), 8.10 (Intrepid).(The 8.04 repo is here, but likely out of date, unsure about 8.10, someone try/who knows please update.) If you have some older version of ubuntu, you can easily upgrade with these instructions: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading.

The components necessary for a fully playable spring game are the spring engine, a lobby client (already installed in Ubuntu), a mod and at least one map. Currently the repository contains everything except mods.

= Installation =

To install the engine, lobby client and maps follow the instructions for either the GUI or CLI installation method below.

== Graphical Interface ==

First, we need to add the Launchpad PPA package-signing key; this allows Ubuntu to know the packages have been provided by the right people can can be trusted to be installed. You _can_ skip this step if you don't care about it, only Synaptic and other package-management tools will complain about it every now and then. It's better to fix that from the start.

To do this, go to :
http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xFC66403D8670A035

Cut-n-paste the page contents to a file called "ppa-spring.pgp" or something recognizable like that. Do not use 'Save As' in your browser as this will likely not work because of added HTML formatting. You can use Applications->Accessories->Text Editor to cut-n-paste into and save to disk.

Security-conscious people can go to the Spring Developers PPA page on launchpad.net at https://launchpad.net/~spring/+archive/ppa to verify that the key mentioned above is indeed the right one to trust.

Now go to System -> Administration -> Software Sources and click on the 'Authentication' tab to add the saved 'ppa-spring.pgp' with the 'Import Key File' button. The new key should now pop up in the list.

Now click on the Third-Party Software tab. Then, click the Add button, and paste one of the two lines corresponding to your Ubuntu release (9.04, 8.10, or 8.04).

'''Ubuntu 9.04 "Jaunty Jackalope"''':
<code><pre>
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/spring/ubuntu jaunty main
</pre></code>

'''Ubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid Ibex"''':
Note: Please note if out of date. (It's easy enough to try.)
<code><pre>
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/spring/ubuntu intrepid main
</pre></code>

'''Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron"''':
Note: the version of this is (likely) out of date.
<code><pre>
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/spring/ubuntu hardy main
</pre></code>

Then click Close and Reload.

After that's done, you can just [http://springoo.mooo.com CLICK HERE TO INSTALL EVERYTHING]. Alternatively, you can head to System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager, and search for ''spring''. For the bare essentials, you'll need to install the spring-engine, spring-maps-default, and spring-lobby-springlobby packages. Other maps are available there, so check them off if you'd like to get them. After you're done, click on Apply, and Spring will be downloaded & installed.

Springlobby can be found in Applications -> Games. (Please note that you also need mods to play, and they aren't yet available in the repository. Scroll down to the Mods section of this page on how to get those).

'''At this time, only the Intrepid version of Springlobby supports automatic downloading of maps and mods.'''

== Or in the terminal CLI ==

Press alt-F2 to run a command. Enter:

<code>
gksudo -- wget -O - "http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xFC66403D8670A035" | apt-key add -
</code>

This will add the Spring-Developers PPA package-signing key to the list of keys that Ubuntu should trust for software packages. (See above for more info).

Then do:
<code><pre>
gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list.d/springproject.list
</pre></code>

Copy and paste the following into the file:

Ubuntu 9.04:
<code><pre>
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/spring/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/spring/ubuntu jaunty main
</pre></code>

Ubuntu 8.10:
<code><pre>
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/spring/ubuntu intrepid main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/spring/ubuntu intrepid main
</pre></code>

Ubuntu 8.04:
<code><pre>
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/spring/ubuntu hardy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/spring/ubuntu hardy main
</pre></code>

Save the file. You can then either use the graphical package manager Synaptic (System->Administration->Synaptic Package Manager) and search for spring related packages, or just install spring from a terminal using:
<code><pre>
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install spring spring-maps-default
</pre></code>

Many other map packages are also available in the repository. To add them in a terminal enter.
<code><pre>
sudo apt-get install spring-maps-1v1 spring-maps-deltasiege spring-maps-hunterw
spring-maps-kernelpanic spring-maps-smallsupreme and spring-maps-teamplay
</pre></code>
or go to www.jobjol.com and download them from there

=== Other information ===
The webpage for the repository is here - you can browse other spring packages there as well: https://edge.launchpad.net/~spring/+archive

For configuring the lobbies, you can note that the package installs the Spring executable at <code>/usr/games/spring</code> and
read-only data in <code>/usr/share/games/spring</code>.

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