Linux Noob trying to install on Ubuntu

[Ludford]

Hi I am trying to install this "VDrift-2007-03-23-full.package" on my ubuntu laptop but I am getting this error.

Code:

Checking for required C library versions ... OK
Checking for X ... OK
Checking for OpenGL Graphics Toolkit ... OK
Checking for OpenGL Utility Library ... OK
Checking for Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) ... OK
Checking for SDL Image Library ... OK
Checking for Simple DirectMedia Layer Mixer (SDL_mixer) ... failed
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Error: Could not find 'Simple DirectMedia Layer Mixer (SDL_mixer)'. Try using the native package manager for Ubuntu 7.04 (apt-get) to install a package with similar name to 'sdl_mixer'.

Error: Unable to prepare package VDrift.

Any Ideas?

[joevenzon]

That's odd... it's asking for SDL_mixer, but we don't use that library. Have you tried installing that library anyway? (http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_mixer/)

[thelusiv]

Sorry about that, I thought I removed that library dependency, it's not needed. But on Ubuntu Feisty you can install the needed packages thus:

Code:

sudo apt-get install libsdl-mixer1.2

edit: I just realized, you're not using the right file. You need to download VDrift-2007-03-23-full-2.package - I'm not even sure how you got that other package, it hasn't been up on sourceforge for a at least a month....