No. Try apt install bsdgames and see what happens.
-- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. btw, I have that package on my debian bookworm system now. On Tue, 4 Apr 2023, john wrote: > Package doesn't install on Debian Bookworm or latest Raspberry Pi: > > E: Unable to locate package BSD_games > > E: Unable to locate package bsd-games > > Is that something one would have to download separately? > > > On 4/4/2023 19:56, Travis Siegel wrote: > Linux command line games do exist, and in spades. > > One way to get a whole heap of them is to install the package called > BSD_games. That will get you several interesting games, almost all of which > can be played with a screen reader. > > There's also the text adventure games on various systems, AGT, ADVSYS, inform, > and others. > > You can also play games like nethack, umoria, rogue, and other clones with a > bit of work, though that's not as easy as some of the other games. > > Also, there are a couple of trek variants, and other text games such as > battlestar galactica, dinkdum (or something similar, can't remember the > spelling off the top of my head), wumpus, and loads more. I also (at one > point) ported the helicopter game put out something like 20 years ago to > osx/linux if you wanted to play an audio game. I still have that code around > here somewhere, I can dig it out and repost it if folks don't have it, or want > it again. You need to have the SFML development kit/software installed, but > it works just as well now as it did then. > > Oh, So many games you can play on linux, and so many more that can be made to > work. > > Linux isn't the playground windows is, but it's far from barren when it comes > to accessible games for the visually impaired players. > > > On 4/4/2023 6:50 PM, Christy S wrote: > > This is OT I know, however it's a response to people's comments on linux. > > Also, it might be relevant, if anyone knows any decent linux command line > > games. I'm sure they're out there and would be curious if anyone does know > > of some. They could be good when I just want to mess around with something > > that isn't audio based. > > > > > > I wanted to chime in not to forget about WSL when you're talking about > > linux. Depending on what you want to do, you can probably accomplish it on > > WSL, and be able to use your windows screen reader while you're at it. The > > install has gotten tons easier, too. I remember the days of hating to use > > remote linux boxes, because nothing would use ssh and read properly when > > trying to edit config files and so forth. Now, I just pull up wsl, ssh in, > > use nano and I'm good to go. The real advantage though is the ability to use > > most, not all but most, linux command line things right from within windows. > > Last I knew, you couldn't easily get audio from a wsl instance but it's > > possible that's changed by now. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#126170): https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/message/126170 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/98071335/21656 Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/leave/607459/21656/1071380848/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
