backport

[murtagh]

uhh i was told by several ppl that i should get a guid but dont kbow how to get for linuix

[kevlarman]

http://trem.tjw.org/backport/

[murtagh]

but what do i do there?

[kevlarman]

grab linux/tremulous.x86, overwrite your old binary, chmod it 755

[murtagh]

in english, please

[Thorn]

grab linux/tremulous.x86, overwrite your old binary, chmod it 755

[BULLSEYE@linux.be]

LMAO

[murtagh]

grab linux/tremulous.x86, overwrite your old binary, chmod it 755

quite but explain what it all means. how do you get it there?

[Raytray]

I suppose I'll be nice about it.

grab linux/tremulous.x86, overwrite your old binary, chmod it 755 ==

Go to http://trem.tjw.org/backport/
click linux
download the tremulous.x86 file
save it over the old one that the original tremulous gave you.
make it executable.

In the terminal

wget http://trem.tjw.org/backport/linux/tremulous.x86
mv tremulous.x86 ~/tremulous/tremulous.x86
cd ~/tremulous
chmod 755 tremulous.x86

The folders might change depending on where you installed tremulous.

I am probably wrong on half of the things but hey. It works. I think.

[murtagh]

ok ty for helping. i found the backport place but cant find the old file to save it over

[Caveman]

If you can NOT find the Executable that you use everytime you play trem, then you have bigger problems than getting the backport to work.
So best hurry back to school and take another course in ComSi...

[tuple]

I just discovered why linux will never be big on the desktop

I think the linux binary may install into /usr/local/games/tremulous
though that may just be where I put mine

If it isn't there, try

locate tremulous.x86

or

find 2>/dev/null / -name tremulous.x86

When you find it, from the console, cd to the directory its in and run:

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sudo mv tremulous.x86 tremulous.x86.bak
sudo wget http://trem.tjw.org/backport/linux/tremulous.x86
sudo chmod 755 tremulous.x86


This will move your binary (tremulous.x86 -> tremulous.x86.bak
download the new version
give the downloaded version execute permissions
Doing this will most likely need root permissions (you may think of it as administrative permissions), which is why the sudo is there.  Super User Do

[next_ghost]

ok ty for helping. i found the backport place but cant find the old file to save it over

It's as simple as typing

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ls -l `which tremulous`
into terminal. Please stop using Linux as cheap Windows clone.

[StackError]

ok ty for helping. i found the backport place but cant find the old file to save it over

It's as simple as typing

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ls -l `which tremulous`
into terminal. Please stop using Linux as cheap Windows clone.

I was having the same problem with the backport in Ubuntu and what i did was after d/ling the backport and moving it to the tremulous directory -Mine was in /usr/lib/tremulous- i chmod'd to 755 and then renamed tremulous to tremulous.bak and then renamed tremulous.x86 to tremulous
That worked for me!!!

What bothers me is why some one can't post a straightforward answer to a newbies question...but as always in Linux, things always have to be complicated!!!

[Caveman]

Maybe because not everyone is using the hype?
And not everyone wants his/her installation to get messed up?
You'd know that /usr/lib is NO place to have the main binaries in, if you'd taken the time to understand LSB and more important the FSH.

[StackError]

Maybe because not everyone is using the hype?
And not everyone wants his/her installation to get messed up?
You'd know that /usr/lib is NO place to have the main binaries in, if you'd taken the time to understand LSB and more important the FSH.

That's what you say.. but from what others say about you on this forum... who gives 2 sh%t's about what you think!!!!!!!

And under Ubuntu Linux that is the default install structure for Tremulous..  don't like it.. then go develop your own distro and stop being an ASS CLOWN and bashing people.. or better yet.. send the dev team who complied the Ubuntu/Debian version an email for not complying with you views on where files and Bin's are installed, and lets see what they think!

You are a total waste of life.....I bet your parents wish they had used birth control after seeing what a Troll you turned out to be!!!!!

Have a nice day :/

[Caveman]

roflol, suave saving throw.
Essential you are saying that you don't care that _your_ distro is fucked up and that the FSH in your package is the only valid one.
And thus next_ghost's answer was shit.

Sorry to say, but your Name really becomes you, stacking errors that is.

[guest]

lol why do you use an installer for tremulous