How do you install FoFIX on Ubuntu?

[the-it]

Hi all

Since fof dose not seem to be working viewtopic.php?f=3&t=34784&p=365135&hilit=Problem+with+runing+FoF+on+Ubuntu.......#p365135 on my Linux Ubuntu 8.10 computer I found myself un-installing fof and trying to install fofix. in installed it though the terminal just like google code said but I dont know how to run it. I cant a shortcut anywhere. I cheeked under applications > games but still couldn't find it. i also try'd looking in the fofix folder but still nothing.

Thank you for reading
The-IT

[Lysdestic]

The file you download from google code isn't a .deb package, meaning it doesn't install in the traditional sense.

Once you extract the tarball, there will be a FretsOnFire.bin file inside. Run it from that.

Unless you are attempting SVN, in which case things are a tad different.

[the-it]

The file you download from google code isn't a .deb package, meaning it doesn't install in the traditional sense.

Once you extract the tarball, there will be a FretsOnFire.bin file inside. Run it from that.

Unless you are attempting SVN, in which case things are a tad different.

OK how do i open this binary file
is it from the terminal?
please tell me

Thank you
The-IT

[raph666]

On Ubuntu, if you double click on the .bin it should ask, amongst other options, if you want to execute it in terminal, choose this option.
In terminal, alternatively, you can browse to your FoFiX folder and type ./FretsOnFire.bin
If it doesn't work just "sudo chmod +x FretsOnFire.bin" and retry.

[amak11]

It should work the same as Mandriva all i clicked on was a script file and it started. The bin file wasn't working for me either

[the-it]

On Ubuntu, if you double click on the .bin it should ask, amongst other options, if you want to execute it in terminal, choose this option.
In terminal, alternatively, you can browse to your FoFiX folder and type ./FretsOnFire.bin
If it doesn't work just "sudo chmod +x FretsOnFire.bin" and retry.

dident work :(
got this error message:

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 bash: ./FretsOnFire.bin: cannot execute binary file

tryd just about every thing and still i cant play frets on fire :(

[the-it]

aw well no has the solution to this prpblem.
looks like il never again havr the pleaser of playign FoF

[jstump91]

I just made sure I had python-pygame, python-ogg, python-pyvorbis, python-opengl, python-pysqlite2, python-psyco, python-numeric, and python-numpy, then checked out from svn into a subfolder of my homefolder, went into the src folder, and just typed "python -OO FretsOnFire.py". Everything just worked.

If you want to use the stable release rather than the latest development version, just check out the tag instead:

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svn co http://fofix.googlecode.com/svn/MFH-Mod/tags/Release_3.100a fofix