can't find bzflag

[drysdam]

I'm a long-time, semi-experienced Debian user, pretty inexperienced with LM but I'm using LM-debian so it should be familiar. However, I'm having trouble installing a particular game.

I'm not sure what version of Mint I'm running. /etc/issue doesn't say. 'uname -a' shows kernel 3.2, which google hints may be 13/Maya?

My /etc/apt/sources.list looks like this:

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deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import

(I had some metrocast mirrors in there but they were giving me GPG errors, so I commented them out.)

When I run 'apt-cache search bzflag', I get nothing back. The more I dig, the less I understand what's going on. Can someone give me some clues? Probably has to do with the "missing" mirrors, but then how do I fix the GPG stuff?

[karlchen]

Hello, drysdam.

I'm not sure what version of Mint I'm running. /etc/issue doesn't say. 'uname -a' shows kernel 3.2, which google hints may be 13/Maya?

Open a terminal window. Execute this command and post the screen output between [ Code ] tags in your next reply. This should tell us which Mint edition you are using, LMDE or Ubuntu based Mint.

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uname -a; lsb_release -rd

As your problem which made you open this thread was related to your repository list, please, post the output of

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inxi -r

Kind regards,
Karl

[drysdam]

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Linux laptop 3.2.0-2-486 #1 Mon Mar 5 00:55:40 UTC 2012 i686 GNU/Linux
Description:	Linux Mint Xfce Edition
Release:	1

Repos:     Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list
           deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import

[karlchen]

Hello, drsysdam.

This looks more like LMDE and like a crippled sources.list file.
Will move the thread to the LMDE section.

Cheers,
Karl

[drysdam]

Right, I know sources.list is crippled. See errors mentioned in my first post.

I didn't know the forums were separated, I'll try to find my thread over there...

[killer de bug]

Right, I know sources.list is crippled. See errors mentioned in my first post.

I didn't know the forums were separated, I'll try to find my thread over there...

Don't you think that commenting the repo is the error?
The GPG bug are cosmetic...

[drysdam]

The GPG errors are more than cosmetic. I can't do apt-* because of it.

Since bzflag is in main, I assumed that's all I need. Obviously I'm wrong, since it isn't working. So how do I fix/avoid the GPG problem? If I put them back in...

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Repos:     Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list
           deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import
           deb http://mirror.metrocast.net/linuxmint-debian/latest testing main contrib non-free
           deb http://mirror.metrocast.net/linuxmint-debian/latest/security testing/updates main contrib non-free
           deb http://mirror.metrocast.net/linuxmint-debian/latest/multimedia testing main non-free

I get the normal update messages and then this at the very end

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W: GPG error: http://mirror.metrocast.net testing InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 8B48AD6246925553
W: GPG error: http://mirror.metrocast.net testing/updates InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 8B48AD6246925553

Oh, but now it seems it actually did do the update and I have the option to install bzflag, just unauthenticated. I'd rather do it safe, but if I don't get an answer to the above...warning?...I'll install later tonight.

[Monsta]

http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 55#p672581
https://rumytaulu.wordpress.com/2012/05 ... orkaround/

Though I wouldn't rush to installing some package right after fixing this error. Your kernel version and a disaster in the sources list clearly indicate you've been running LMDE UP6 without any updates. I recommend upgrading to UP8 before trying to install anything.

Before that, post the output of:

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inxi -Sx

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apt search -F "%p%v" ~ilinux-image

just in case...

[drysdam]

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System:    Host laptop Kernel 3.2.0-2-486 i686 (32 bit) Distro Linux Mint Xfce Edition

linux-image-3.2.0-2-486                                               3.2.9-1   
linux-image-486                                                       3.2+44    

The "disaster in the sources.list" just happened today as I messing around trying to get this installed, but it's true I don't update this machine very often. It's really just a client for another thing and the local OS doesn't matter much (and in fact, I'd prefer it to NOT change so I don't have to mess around with it).

[drysdam]

Eh, I went ahead and installed the package(s) without authentication. World didn't end. Thanks for the assist.

[Monsta]

Eh, I went ahead and installed the package(s) without authentication. World didn't end. Thanks for the assist.

Okay, thanks for ignoring the links I've posted

It's really just a client for another thing and the local OS doesn't matter much (and in fact, I'd prefer it to NOT change so I don't have to mess around with it).

That means you don't need LMDE. You need Mint 13 LTS.

Overall, your kernel is from the beginning of 2012, and the other software is probably from that era too. That means you'll come back with problem reports later when you'll want to install something else.