Re: New Port: FreeCiv SDL
 

If you want move the icons directory somewhere, move it to /opt. MyDocs is not unix filesystem and package installations and especially upgrades are going to fail

Re: New Port: FreeCiv SDL
 

Ah yeah, I misspoke, I actually moved them to /opt/shared-icons/

Re: New Port: FreeCiv SDL
 

OK, now I am having only one more question ;)
Wanted to install it via the application manager but it tells me it can not be installed.

Do I use dpkg instead? Would be thankful for instructions.

Thanks,
Corwin

Re: New Port: FreeCiv SDL
 

Yep, the Application Manager can't install .deb files anymore (I believe).

To install right now... you need to drop down to the terminal, get root privileges, and do "sudo dpkg -i freeciv*" -- in the same directory as the .deb files.

As soon as Garage is back up, I'll try to get a version into Extras (well, devel or testing anyway) so you don't need to do that..

Re: New Port: FreeCiv SDL
 

excellent news, cheers. :)

Re: New Port: FreeCiv SDL
 

Freeciv is committed to Extras-Devel now and built successfully -- it should make it into the actual repository soon. Merry Christmas. :)

Re: New Port: FreeCiv SDL
 

Ugh. I'm sure this is user error, but I've managed to install via application manager from extras-devel and got the following error: "unable to install freeciv"

Status is broken, but able to update. I am unable to uninstall or update freeciv without error.

Dropping to command line got me this message: unable to execute old post-removal script, no such file or directory.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Re: New Port: FreeCiv SDL
 

same problem here (exactly like he explained it)

Re: New Port: FreeCiv SDL
 

I've got the same problem as well. I have no idea what to do..?

Re: New Port: FreeCiv SDL
 

I took a look at the rules file and i'm not sure what's causing the broken install, but there seems to be some weirdness with the optification. It seems that the .desktop file and icons are all put in /opt, which afaik isn't going to work as intended. Without comparing the previous rules to the present rules it's hard to say if any of the changes for optification are causing the break, but it's possible. There's actually one point where it looks like a file that shouldn't exist in that location is being moved during install, but i have rather poor comprehension as of yet in the arcane languages of make and its ilk.