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.

[Loic W]

Thanks for the update,

I added the 0ad repository in the Linux VM but the apt update failed:

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$ sudo apt update
Hit:1 https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease
Hit:2 https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates InRelease                                                                  
Hit:3 https://deb.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security InRelease                                                        
Ign:4 https://storage.googleapis.com/cros-packages/138 bookworm InRelease                                                       
Hit:5 https://storage.googleapis.com/cros-packages/138 bookworm Release              
Ign:7 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/wfg/0ad/ubuntu bookworm InRelease
Err:8 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/wfg/0ad/ubuntu bookworm Release
  404  Not Found [IP: 2620:2d:4000:1::81 443]
Reading package lists... Done
E: The repository 'https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/wfg/0ad/ubuntu bookworm Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.

 

[Loic W]

I managed to update the version with fatpak though

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sudo apt install flatpak sudo flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
flatpak install flathub com.play0ad.zeroad
flatpak run com.play0ad.zeroad

 

Edited 15 hours ago by Loic W