Faster update of 0ad on Debian based Package Manager APT

[Loic W]

Hi there,

I'm a big fan of 0ad and ChromeOS. I use the Linux virtual machine to play 0ad on ChromeOS. Yes, it's working pretty well!

I simply use `sudo apt install 0ad` and then run it from the terminal.

I notice a major version gap between the APT repository and the latest version available on Windows.

Can you update 0ad on the APT repository at the same time as the Windows version?

I can help with that if you guys don't have the bandwidth to do it.

Thanks,

Loic

[Itms]

Hi Loic, this is not how it works. We release source packages of 0 A.D. that can be included by package managers (i.e. volunteers of the community of your Linux distribution), not by us, following processes and policies that vary from distribution to distribution.

I assume the Linux VM on ChromeOS is Debian-based. Debian does not include new versions of 0 A.D. in their stable release. 0 A.D. is up-to-date in the "testing" and "unstable" versions, and the "testing" will be released rather soon. You can read https://www.debian.org/releases/proposed-updates for more information.

Other distributions, less focused on stability, provide updated versions of the game much faster after we release them.

There are alternatives for installing the game on Linux outside the distribution's package manager. You can try the Flatpak or the Snap. Of course, you can also build the game from the source we release.

[Raffi Enficiaud]

Note that 0.ad Ubuntu PPA has been updated recently: https://launchpad.net/~wfg/+archive/ubuntu/0ad and https://gitea.wildfiregames.com/0ad/0ad/issues/7756

@Loic WIf you use a Linux VM running Ubuntu, then you should be able to play the latest release.