Hi Tim, > but the games most recent version is only available for Debian Jessie > and will not install due to varies dependency issue (which is strange > because it is looking for a lower version of a file than I have > currently installed).
What's the command and error? Perhaps there's another package still providing the old one it needs. > should I compile it so that I can just install it and run it, or do I > need to compile it as a deb file? The former is simpler so I'd start with that. > Apart from build essentials what else to I need to make sure I have > installed on my PC so I can compile the source? Inside the tar file is readme.txt and section 7 details some of the things you'll want to have installed, e.g. libpng. And because you want to build a program that uses them, rather than just running that program, you often need a `development' version of the package, e.g. libpng-dev, given how Debian partition things into packages. Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2018-05-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:[email protected] / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
