So, I'm new to Linux and I wanted to play some games without using wine (I had wine installed with playonlinux but never used it, also, I never used virtualbox. One day my machine crashed as I did some mistake and uninstalled OS_patches and it runs superfast due to absense of windows programs) and came across this beautiful looking game called OPENARENA.
I installed the game from Software Manager.
I opened it and it didn't just run.
Is this the correct way of installing that game? Or do I need to install something before running openarena?
Just advise me from scratch on how to run openarena on a new linux machine, and to add up an info: I am not present on steam.
Machine:
HP Pavilion Series.
Linux Mint 19, Cinnamon, TARA, 64 bits.
Intel HD Graphic Drivers 5500 series.
I may provide more info if needed. Thank you in advance.
[SOLVED] Linux Mint 19, unable to run OpenArena game
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[SOLVED] Linux Mint 19, unable to run OpenArena game
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Re: Linux Mint 19, unable to run OpenArena game
In general, if you need to troubleshoot anything in Linux the first step is to run it in a terminal window. Usually there will be an error message that at least gives clues. Often there is enough information to solve the problem.
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Re: Linux Mint 19, unable to run OpenArena game
Game crashes after saying CONNECTING and this is a widespread problem. Software Centre lagging behind is the issue #1.
Repositories are not updated and that forms issue #2, that even using installs the game in similar condition as it was installed by the Software Centre.
Only solution is to download and install the game via web search of its .zip file for the latest version whatsoever available on the web as suggested by JeremyB on the hexchat.
And there was sufficient information though. However, he answer was not of much help. If I needed to find the problem or cause of crash through terminal, the person trying to troubleshoot should've provided a code or something that could've been used in the terminal for finding out the reason of the game crash.
Repositories are not updated and that forms issue #2, that even using
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sudo apt install openarenaOnly solution is to download and install the game via web search of its .zip file for the latest version whatsoever available on the web as suggested by JeremyB on the hexchat.
And there was sufficient information though. However, he answer was not of much help. If I needed to find the problem or cause of crash through terminal, the person trying to troubleshoot should've provided a code or something that could've been used in the terminal for finding out the reason of the game crash.