Had you omitted the underscore character in that package name, this thread wouldn't have gone that long
-- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. On Wed, 5 Apr 2023, Travis Siegel wrote: > What did you think would happen? > > On my kali linux box, it happily installed bsdgames. > > On my ubuntu 18.04 box, it happily installed bsdgames. > > On my ubuntu 2004 box, it happily installed bsdgames. > > What did I miss? > > > On 4/4/2023 8:23 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > No. Try apt install bsdgames and see what happens. > > > > > > -- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in > > defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that > > order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. > > btw, I have that package on my debian bookworm system now. > > > > On Tue, 4 Apr 2023, john wrote: > > > >> Package doesn't install on Debian Bookworm or latest Raspberry Pi: > >> > >> E: Unable to locate package BSD_games > >> > >> E: Unable to locate package bsd-games > >> > >> Is that something one would have to download separately? > >> > >> > >> On 4/4/2023 19:56, Travis Siegel wrote: > >> Linux command line games do exist, and in spades. > >> > >> One way to get a whole heap of them is to install the package called > >> BSD_games. That will get you several interesting games, almost all of > >> which > >> can be played with a screen reader. > >> > >> There's also the text adventure games on various systems, AGT, ADVSYS, > >> inform, > >> and others. > >> > >> You can also play games like nethack, umoria, rogue, and other clones with > >> a > >> bit of work, though that's not as easy as some of the other games. > >> > >> Also, there are a couple of trek variants, and other text games such as > >> battlestar galactica, dinkdum (or something similar, can't remember the > >> spelling off the top of my head), wumpus, and loads more. I also (at one > >> point) ported the helicopter game put out something like 20 years ago to > >> osx/linux if you wanted to play an audio game. I still have that code > >> around > >> here somewhere, I can dig it out and repost it if folks don't have it, or > >> want > >> it again. You need to have the SFML development kit/software installed, > >> but > >> it works just as well now as it did then. > >> > >> Oh, So many games you can play on linux, and so many more that can be made > >> to > >> work. > >> > >> Linux isn't the playground windows is, but it's far from barren when it > >> comes > >> to accessible games for the visually impaired players. > >> > >> > >> On 4/4/2023 6:50 PM, Christy S wrote: > >>> This is OT I know, however it's a response to people's comments on linux. > >>> Also, it might be relevant, if anyone knows any decent linux command line > >>> games. I'm sure they're out there and would be curious if anyone does know > >>> of some. They could be good when I just want to mess around with something > >>> that isn't audio based. > >>> > >>> > >>> I wanted to chime in not to forget about WSL when you're talking about > >>> linux. Depending on what you want to do, you can probably accomplish it on > >>> WSL, and be able to use your windows screen reader while you're at it. The > >>> install has gotten tons easier, too. I remember the days of hating to use > >>> remote linux boxes, because nothing would use ssh and read properly when > >>> trying to edit config files and so forth. Now, I just pull up wsl, ssh in, > >>> use nano and I'm good to go. The real advantage though is the ability to > >>> use > >>> most, not all but most, linux command line things right from within > >>> windows. > >>> Last I knew, you couldn't easily get audio from a wsl instance but it's > >>> possible that's changed by now. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#126177): https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/message/126177 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/98071335/21656 Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/leave/607459/21656/1071380848/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
