Hi Shaun, Um...I think you are missing the point here. Why exactly would I want to create a third-party program that attempts to detect system requirements when most Linux distributions have such a program already? On Ubuntu, Debian, Vinux, etc it is called apt-get. On Fedora Linux it is called yum. In any case if I made a *.deb package and did something like sudo apt-get install mota-0.14.-i386.deb apt-get would check what packages were required and install those automatically for you. Which is precisely why I mentioned creating a Linux package in the first place using dpkg. Tools like apt-get do all the work of dectecting requirements and installs them if they are missing. There is no need to reinvent the wheel here. If I make a tarball such as a *.tar.gz file all I am doing is creating a tarball of the games files without any setup ability unless, of course, I write my own installer using a bash shell script or write a custom setup program in C/C++. So if I do create a tarball, as you suggest, I figure people will just extract the files to somewhere in their home directory and run it from there. That certainly works and i don't have a problem with that on principle. You just don't get the advantage of using apt-get or yum to make sure your system has all the system requirements is all. However, I suppose given the fact that there are some VI users running Fedora, Suse, etc I would be safest with a custom installer of some kind. The Cepstral voices and the Dectalk Software are both installed using a generic bash shell script you execute from the commandline. I suppose I can base my install off one of those.
Cheers! On 9/26/10, shaun everiss <sm.ever...@gmail.com> wrote: > well I am not a linux user but have had experience. > if you get a tar.gz file and have that install everything though you > need to unpack it. > Having a zip with the game is probably ok. > then when you run the game for the first time, it will check and grab > and install what you need or you could have an install program which > you would run to install everything after you unzipped the archive. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
