[New Release: 0 A.D. Alpha 24: Xšayāršā]

2 hours ago, axi said:

Update: i ran the update manager, and apparently it installed a24 data files only, and uninstalled the program itself. And ofcourse now the A23 game version in my package manager cannot be installed due to broken (mismatching) packages

So i will continue to looking into updating my OS

Can you remove the 0ad packages and install them again? If that doesn't work, Flathub's website says that Mint 18.3 and newer should have Flatpak already installed and configured. If somehow it isn't configured, I can offer what I do in Debian -- I think flatpak works the same in each Linux distro.

Steps to install and setup Flatpak:

• Use the package manager to install flatpak.
• Initial flathub repo setup:

sudo flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

Steps to install the 0 A.D. Flatpak:

• Use the package manager to remove all the 0ad packages.
• Install the "zeroad" package from flathub repo:

sudo flatpak install flathub com.play0ad.zeroad

• You should then be able to run 0ad from the Applications menu, or with:

flatpak run zeroad

Note that flatpaks store their data in ~/.var/app, instead of ~/.cache, ~/.config, and ~/.local/share, so if you want to reuse old 0ad userdata (like savegames, replays, and mods) you will need to copy or move files over.