Hello. I'm new here. I only recently discovered SDLPop, and I love it. Being in my mid fourties I have fond memories of this game from my "youth" . The book from Jordan Mechner was fascinating too, so I was delighted to see SDLPop!
I wanted to make it easier for people to get hold of SDLPop so I made a snap of it. If you're on a system that supports snaps (Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, 17.10, 18.04, Debian 9, Linux Mint, elementary OS, Arch, OpenSUSE, Fedora 27 and others) you can now:-
snap install sdlppop
I've setup an automated job which will build new versions as they come out. So once you install, it will automatically update as and when new updates appear. You can see the 'store' page at https://snapcraft.io/sdlpop
If there's any suggestions for improvements in the way the snap is packaged, happy to hear them
Also, happy to hand this snap over to upstream if they prefer to own it themselves.
Easy SDLPop installation on Linux
Re: Easy SDLPop installation on Linux
Sounds interesting. And welcome to the forum!
Re: Easy SDLPop installation on Linux
I see this made the news.
[Edit: But judging by Facebook comments, keyboard mode is/was broken?]
Twitter and Facebook posts...
https://twitter.com/ubuntu/status/982282301735190529
https://www.facebook.com/ubuntulinux/po ... 1630123592
At least one online article:
http://www.edivaldobrito.com.br/jogar-p ... -no-linux/
Plus, I noticed a previous Vita port also got some press, e.g.
http://www.biteyourconsole.net/2018/04/ ... of-persia/
https://www.gamesandconsoles.org/2018/0 ... vita-v1-5/
[Edit: But judging by Facebook comments, keyboard mode is/was broken?]
Twitter and Facebook posts...
https://twitter.com/ubuntu/status/982282301735190529
https://www.facebook.com/ubuntulinux/po ... 1630123592
At least one online article:
http://www.edivaldobrito.com.br/jogar-p ... -no-linux/
Plus, I noticed a previous Vita port also got some press, e.g.
http://www.biteyourconsole.net/2018/04/ ... of-persia/
https://www.gamesandconsoles.org/2018/0 ... vita-v1-5/
Re: Easy SDLPop installation on Linux
Hey, I just found this in the Ubuntu software central!
If I view the full description of the game, then my description from GitHub appears in the long description field.
It also appears here: https://snapcraft.io/sdlpop
Another thing: I found SDLPoP only under "all games".
Does it appear under any of the subcategories? If not, why?
A suggestion: The short description under the title should be something better.If I view the full description of the game, then my description from GitHub appears in the long description field.
It also appears here: https://snapcraft.io/sdlpop
Another thing: I found SDLPoP only under "all games".
Does it appear under any of the subcategories? If not, why?
I guess I should try the package to see if that is the case...
Re: Easy SDLPop installation on Linux
Snapcraft also mentioned the package recently.
https://twitter.com/snapcraftio/status/ ... 6917099520
https://twitter.com/snapcraftio/status/ ... 6917099520
Re: Easy SDLPop installation on Linux
I see their description mentions grabbing, so I added it to the Readme.
A month ago someone from Snapcrafters posted this ticket: https://github.com/NagyD/SDLPoP/issues/190
A month ago someone from Snapcrafters posted this ticket: https://github.com/NagyD/SDLPoP/issues/190
Re: Easy SDLPop installation on Linux
Linux Mint (the distro I use) is dropping support for Snap.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-min ... untu-snap/
https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-min ... untu-snap/
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I am using Ubuntu 18.04 and I installed it using Ubuntu Software Installer, but I couldn't record (rather save) replays. I did the same procedure which I used to do on Windows, but those didn't get saved. I don't think I saw REPLAY SAVED message, so I guess it's the permission issue... There was no replays directory as well, and when I tried to create I got the message as Read Only File System.
Am I doing anything wrong? Please help me... Thanks!
Am I doing anything wrong? Please help me... Thanks!
Re: Easy SDLPop installation on Linux
Yes, this is most likely a permissions issue.atrueprincefanfrom18 wrote: ↑June 10th, 2020, 3:19 pmUbuntu 18.04 and I installed it using Ubuntu Software Installer, but I couldn't record (rather save) replays.
It's the same as with the RetroPie version. Related posts here:
viewtopic.php?p=24028#p24028
viewtopic.php?p=24038#p24038
A solution is to download SDLPoP directly from here (ZIP).
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Yup, now it works. Thank you!