cPnu Posted August 17, 2018 Report Share Posted August 17, 2018 Hey can anyone help me in installing 0ad for Kali Linux. I have tried the instructions given in the 0ad homepage but the game is not launching at all. Please help me in simple steps, i am new to linux... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted August 17, 2018 Report Share Posted August 17, 2018 Likely because you are root on Kali Linux do you get any sort of errors ? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy5995 Posted August 17, 2018 Report Share Posted August 17, 2018 Please tell us what you've tried step-by-step, and then paste in any errors that were output at the end. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cPnu Posted August 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2018 (edited) @andy5995 @stanislas69 Here is the terminal with commands i have used. I have updated the /etc/apt/sources.list as well but still game is not running from "0ad" command and there is no 0ad program in software search as well. Also i went to the usr/games/pyrogenesis but it didn't load... Please tell me what to do and how to do.... Edited August 17, 2018 by cPnu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy5995 Posted August 18, 2018 Report Share Posted August 18, 2018 > i am new to linux... You should only try to run it as a non-root user. Please see https://askubuntu.com/questions/16178/why-is-it-bad-to-log-in-as-root On Linux, it's best only to use root for system administration. Please post the contents of your /etc/apt/source.list 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cPnu Posted August 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2018 @andy5995 I have following repositories in /etc/apt/sources.list : 1) deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main non-free contrib 2) deb http://http.debian.net/debian jessie-backports main Okay so now i know the importance of using non-root usr for running any 3rd party application. Would it work on non-root usr ? or i have to do something more to run the game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cPnu Posted August 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2018 @andy5995 @stanislas69 thanks for the help, it worked on non root user. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy5995 Posted August 18, 2018 Report Share Posted August 18, 2018 (edited) Hmm.. strange. jessie backports doesn't have a23 available. https://packages.debian.org/jessie-backports/0ad >Okay so now i know the importance of using non-root usr for running any 3rd party application. Would it work on non-root usr ? or i have to do something more to run the game? Probably not, but you should definitely try it. I suggest you ask in the Kali community because the source of this problem is, as far as I can tell, not with 0ad development, but rather specific to installing it on Kali Linux. https://www.kali.org/community/ But perhaps some other user in this forum will be able to guide you further. EDIT: Oh, you got it working, great! Edited August 18, 2018 by andy5995 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 18, 2018 Report Share Posted August 18, 2018 Given that you are just starting out with Linux I would recommend to use another more beginner friendly distro. This view seems to be shared by the Kali community as well. https://docs.kali.org/introduction/should-i-use-kali-linux . That would be quite helpful. This is just my opinion ofcourse and nothing forces you to accept advice from strangers on the internet. I just stated my opinion but you should do what you think is best. Sorry for going offtopic but seems like your issue was resolved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki1950 Posted August 18, 2018 Report Share Posted August 18, 2018 And there is reason that it can not find the 0ad command and the it is not in the root account's PATH Enjoy the Choice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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