OpenTTD on Ubuntu Unity Mir

[DeletedUser10]

Hello.
Now I'm running ottd on my ubuntu 16.04 LTS, but I'm considering upgrade it to 17.04 with unity mir.
Will ottd works on unity mir, or I should use Cinnamon or some other desktop instead?

[Alberth]

I would expect that it just works. OpenTTD doesn't do deep integration with a desktop, we support far too many OSen and OSversions, to make that feasible.

If you use a package for installing, you will probably need a package for the new Ubuntu.
Our build farm also creates generic Linux binaries, which you can download and run even without install (You do need a baseset, but as you're already running the program, you should already have that. If you haven't done so already, I'd recommend putting that in ~/.openttd/baseset so all OpenTTD programs can find it.)

[DeletedUser10]

Is this work on unity mir?

$sudo apt-get install openttd

[Alberth]

No idea, we don't manage Debian or Ubuntu package repositories.

In general, the central package repositories tend to be slow in updating to a newer version. This is in particular a problem if you play online on the Internet. Servers usually follow the releases that we make, so in a week time or so, pretty much all servers have switched. The package repositories tend to need months before updating.

[Sylf]

Last time I saw, the version of openttd in Ubuntu repo was pretty old. I'd do something like

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mkdir -p ~/openttd
cd ~/openttd
wget -q https://binaries.openttd.org/releases/1.7.1/openttd-1.7.1-linux-generic-amd64.tar.xz -O - | tar xJvf -
mv openttd-1.7.1-linux-generic-amd64 1.7.1
1.7.1/openttd

[leifbk]

I prefer to put it in /usr/local/games, and keep a symlink called openttd pointing to the current version:

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leif@balapapa ~ $ ls -l /usr/local/games                                                                                
total 4                                                                                                                 
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root   33 juni  26 19:14 openttd -> openttd-1.7.1-linux-generic-amd64                                
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 juni  13 21:10 openttd-1.7.1-linux-generic-amd64

[DeletedUser10]

Isn't openttd deb package administered by ttd developer?
So it means that openttd on ubuntu repo is Unofficial version?

[Sylf]

The .deb package on https://www.openttd.org/en/download-stable are official. But they are probably not submitted to Debian or Ubuntu official repos.
The .deb packages on the official repos are created by community volunteers. See https://packages.ubuntu.com/zesty/openttd-data for an example.

[DeletedUser10]

So who is maintenanceing the openTTD deb packages?

Ubuntu community?

[leifbk]

So who is maintenanceing the openTTD deb packages?

Ubuntu community?

All Linux distros have their own package maintainers, yes. Thus, if you stick to the official package repositories for your distro, you will get the latest "official" OpenTTD version for your distro. That may often be several months behind the current release from the OpenTTD community, as games tend to have a low priority.

It's usually not hard to install the latest version on your own, it only requires some basic knowledge of Linux.

[DeletedUser10]

I see.
I still using ottd 1.5.2 because the repo is NoT updated in years.

I should compile source by myself.

[leifbk]

You don't have to compile it yourself; just grab a suitable binary from the URL given by Sylf above.

[DeletedUser10]

What is the difference between source and binary...

They all use make to install...

[Alberth]

So who is maintenanceing the openTTD deb packages?

packages have meta-information like descriptions etc, maybe it also says who created or maintains the package.

What is the difference between source and binary...

Source needs a c++ compiler and a set of development libraries to convert to a binary program. Binary you can just unpack and run.

[rowdog]

So who is maintenanceing the openTTD deb packages?

Ubuntu community?

No, that would be the Debian Developers. As far as I can can tell, Ubuntu just uses the unmodified Debian packages. Not that I know for sure but the Ubuntu package page doesn't list anyone except the Debian Developers.

If you really want to know the names, check https://packages.debian.org/stretch/openttd

[DeletedUser10]

I see.

I will try and see.

Thank you!