Mutual dependency - can't install

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I'm trying to install under Ubuntu (specifically, Dapper). When I try to install the main VDrift package, it reports that it needs vdrift-data, but when I try to install vdrift-data, it refuses to install and reports that it needs vdrift! Can someone help me, bearing in mind I'm a Linux n00b?

[thelusiv]

It sounds like you're trying to install different versions of vdrift and vdrift-data. Where did you get your packages?

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I got them from http://vdrift.net/article.php/vdrift-200...ntu-breezy - that's the first result for +ubuntu +vdrift in Google.

[thelusiv]

Alright, that version is pretty old. You can use the 2006-10-06 version, just download the .deb file from sourceforge on our downloads page. Then, to install it:

Code:

sudo dpkg -i vdrift-data_0.0.2006.10.06-1_all.deb

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OK, I've got that installed, now what? (Again, you're dealing with a Linux n00b here )

[thelusiv]

Now you can run VDrift. There are a few ways to do this. I think that the package adds a menu entry under games, first of all. Second you can press alt+F2 (Run command) and then enter "vdrift" and click OK. This will also run the game. Finally you can run it from a console by opening one and then typing the command

Code:

vdrift

That's it!

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When I try that, I get:

Code:

bash: vdrift: command not found

and there's no menu entry.

[cotharyus]

What do you get if you open a terminal and type "which vdrift"?

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There's no output for which vdrift.

[cotharyus]

cd / ; find . -name vdrift

post the output to that?

[Nigo]

hum... are you guys sure this deb file contains the binary, or just the data ?

"locate vdrift" should work under Ubuntu (it's just faster than the find command above)

[cotharyus]

true, since so much time has passed since it was installed. On most flavors of unix it updates the locate database once a day, so sometimes right after an install, locate won't provide any information.

[reece146]

true, since so much time has passed since it was installed. On most flavors of unix it updates the locate database once a day, so sometimes right after an install, locate won't provide any information.

Correct. And `which` only works for binaries in your $PATH.

`find / -name vdrift -print` should "find" it.

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`find / -name vdrift -print` returns a bunch of listings like this:

Code:

find: /proc/4515/task/4515/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/4515/fd: Permission denied

and then

Code:

bash: /usr/share/games/vdrift: is a directory

[reece146]

`find / -name vdrift -print` returns a bunch of listings like this:

Code:

find: /proc/4515/task/4515/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/4515/fd: Permission denied

and then

Code:

bash: /usr/share/games/vdrift: is a directory

Ok, so you are doing this as a non-root user. Good job.

Now, I've never installed vdrift under Linux but I'd expect that if you

Code:

cd /usr/share/games/vdrift

and then

Code:

./vdrift &

that'll get you up an running.