zandronum on linux mint?

[mr fiat]

when i try to install zandronum using the terminal method i get the error: 'No JSON object could be decoded'. i tried diffrent methods but no dice, i just wish it would be so much easyer to install zandronum on a linux machine but alas.

[Edward-san]

Do you still have these problems? Can you post a log with the commands you run and the messages you get?

[Dark-Assassin]

Are you trying to install using the Apt method?

[mr fiat]

Are you trying to install using the Apt method?

apt method is with the terminal right? if so ye ai tried that and it gave me the error mentioned in the first post. i wanted to try the generic linux install method but i dont know how to install FMOD, when i extract the .tar file im confused on what to do.

also il fetch a screenshot/log of the terminal window.

*edit* log, i gues? http://pastebin.com/LwJ72iDQ (ignore the C^)

[Blzut3]

Linux Mint's apt utility must not be the same as Ubuntu's. You can edit your /etc/apt/sources.list and add the repository manually that way. Just put the part in quote in there. Then follow the rest of the instructions.

[mr fiat]

Linux Mint's apt utility must not be the same as Ubuntu's. You can edit your /etc/apt/sources.list and add the repository manually that way. Just put the part in quote in there. Then follow the rest of the instructions.

sources.list is read only and im a serious linux noob so idk what to do.

[Dark-Assassin]

That's a bit weird for Linux Mint. I never knew of apt-add-repository not working.

Anyway, try typing this in the terminal instead.

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sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://debian.drdteam.org/ stable multiverse' >> /etc/apt/sources.list"

This will add the repo to the apt sources list directly.
Then of course, run:

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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install zandronum doomseeker

You can also install gzdoom, zdoom and slade3 from this repo as well.

[Klofkac]

I have tried this on Mint 16. It passed.

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klofkac@klofkac-ntb ~ $ sudo apt-add-repository 'deb http://debian.drdteam.org/ stable multiverse'
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klofkac@klofkac-ntb ~ $

Well, you can still add the repository by adding it to GUI app Software sources in other repository tab if terminal refuses to work.

[Ch0wW]

I never had such problems on Linux Mint, but try applying an apt-get update && apt-get upgrade first.

Also, make sure you got at least root access to perform those operations, sudo must be preinstalled if I remember well.

Or best, reinstall it if that still doesn't work.

[StrikerMan780]

Linux Mint's apt utility must not be the same as Ubuntu's. You can edit your /etc/apt/sources.list and add the repository manually that way. Just put the part in quote in there. Then follow the rest of the instructions.

It's exactly like Ubuntu's, to the letter. I use Linux Mint 16, and I've also used the Ubuntu version it's based on. It's the same. I've also had no issues installing Zandro on it using apt-get.

[mr fiat]

That's a bit weird for Linux Mint. I never knew of apt-add-repository not working.

Anyway, try typing this in the terminal instead.

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sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://debian.drdteam.org/ stable multiverse' >> /etc/apt/sources.list"

This will add the repo to the apt sources list directly.
Then of course, run:

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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install zandronum doomseeker

You can also install gzdoom, zdoom and slade3 from this repo as well.

ok i finnaly got around to be on my linux PC again and tried this, worked like a charm many thanks.

[Blzut3]

It's exactly like Ubuntu's, to the letter. I use Linux Mint 16, and I've also used the Ubuntu version it's based on. It's the same. I've also had no issues installing Zandro on it using apt-get.

Yet here we are in a thread about Mint throwing a JSON error on a command that worked perfectly in Ubuntu for quite awhile. ;)

I know the packages themselves are compatible.

[mr fiat]

now i do still have one more minor question, where is the ini located? i cant find it for some reason.

[Klofkac]

It should be in this path: ~/.zandronum/

[mr fiat]

It should be in this path: ~/.zandronum/

ok got it, find it odd tho that the filepath/exporer thingy is hidden tho (pressing ctrl+L to reveal wtf)

[Klofkac]

All files and folders starting with a dot in Linux are considered as hidden files. The file structure is different from Windows. In the file explorer, you can reveal all hidden files with shortcut Ctrl+H, at least in Mint and Ubuntu.