Installation failed on Kubuntu 18.04.1 TLS

[midatou]

Hey,

I'm trying to install tiberian sun cncnet on Linux/Kubuntu 18.04.11 TLS.

The .deb package won't install, it says unable to meet dependencies. I see on the installation video that linux mint seems to resolve the dependencies, perhaps its kubuntu?

When I run it in a terminal it forces me to remove PHP (which I am running a server, so I don't want to uninstall php!).

How do I install cncnet? I am still new to linux but am loving it so far.

Is there any way to install it without removing php? Seems wine requires its removal to install. Why -- anyone know?

Perhaps I can install on another account or? Maybe cncnet needs to look into using .AppImages -- they are pretty easy and OpenRA uses them perfectly for RA, TD, and Dune and they work great.

[dkeeton]

You could try to install from the snap that's available in the ubuntu software center, just search for tiberian sun.

[FunkyFr3sh]

You can try to install the snap, but it's still unfinished (you either need to play in windowed mode or set the game res to the same as your desktop res)

 

Probably should be working like this if i remember right:

sudo apt install snapd

sudo snap install cnctsun

snap run cnctsun

 

For red alert, use "cncra" rather than "cnctsun".

Note: red alert doesn't require windowed mode or resolution changes, only the tiberian sun one needs that

[midatou]

Thanks, I will try it out now.

 

Edit: That seemed to work. Are there other options? To install RA2 is it cncra2yr?

Edited October 29, 2018 by midatou
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[Plokite_Wolf]

There isn't anything for RA2 on Linux. TS got this complete distribution because it's freeware. RA2 isn't, so you'll have to either do a complete Wine/PlayOnLinux installation yourself or run a virtual machine of Windows within Linux.

[mmtrt]

Currently I'm working on the cncra2yr snap which is currently living on snap edge branch so soonish it will be ready for all.

EDIT: Snap is released but it still has some hiccups with the updater.

Edited November 3, 2018 by mmtrt
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