ubuntu focal 404 (1.15 installation using ppa:pkg-games/wesnoth-devel)

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JustNatan
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ubuntu focal 404 (1.15 installation using ppa:pkg-games/wesnoth-devel)

Post by JustNatan »

Hey,
first I will describe my system and then I will summarize what I did and by that I will describe what failed

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lsb_release -a
LSB Version:	core-11.1.0ubuntu2-noarch:security-11.1.0ubuntu2-noarch
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Release:	20.04
Codename:	focal

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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pkg-games/wesnoth-devel
as described here: https://wiki.wesnoth.org/WesnothBinariesLinux
after execution it explains what it is and then asks me to press enter (which I did)

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Press [ENTER] to continue or Ctrl-c to cancel adding it.
 [... (just other packages updating))
 Err:30 http://ppa.launchpad.net/pkg-games/wesnoth-devel/ubuntu focal Release
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.95.83 80]
  [...]
E: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/pkg-games/wesnoth-devel/ubuntu focal Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
Which leads me to the conclusion that there is no ubuntu focal package for wesnoth-dev. Is that intentional or is my conclusion wrong or is it an accident?
(who answered my previous questions before might be confused that I am installing wesnoth: I used 1.14 before; but now I saw some nice stuff in the wiki that only runs under 1.15)
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Re: ubuntu focal 404 (1.15 installation using ppa:pkg-games/wesnoth-devel)

Post by Pentarctagon »

It looks like that ppa hasn't been updated in several years, so that sounds likely. If you want to use 1.15, then your options are:
  1. Get it via Steam.
  2. Get it via Flatpak.
  3. Compile it yourself.
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Re: ubuntu focal 404 (1.15 installation using ppa:pkg-games/wesnoth-devel)

Post by JustNatan »

Thanks for the quick reply. Makes sense. I first thought just the message might be old. (thanks for changing it in the wiki; at least I guess that's what happened; or I can't find it anymore :P )
I will go for the Flatpak then.
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