Install Instructions not working

[texmansru47]

Good morning,

I downloaded the ScummVM version for Ubuntu 23.04 and 22... but neither will open. I get the following errors:

twilson@texlaplnx01:~/Games/Sierra$ sudo apt install scummvm_2.7.1-1_ubunt23.04_amd64.deb
[sudo] password for twilson:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package scummvm_2.7.1-1_ubunt23.04_amd64.deb
twilson@texlaplnx01:~/Games/Sierra$

The file has security of the following: -rw-rw-r-- 1 twilson twilson 95389688 Aug 24 16:54 scummvm_2.7.1-1_ubuntu23.04_amd64.deb

Have I overlooked anything on this as to why scummVM will not install for me?

Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,
TEXMANSRU47

[Praetorian]

Good morning,

I downloaded the ScummVM version for Ubuntu 23.04 and 22... but neither will open. I get the following errors:

twilson@texlaplnx01:~/Games/Sierra$ sudo apt install scummvm_2.7.1-1_ubunt23.04_amd64.deb
[sudo] password for twilson:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package scummvm_2.7.1-1_ubunt23.04_amd64.deb
twilson@texlaplnx01:~/Games/Sierra$

The file has security of the following: -rw-rw-r-- 1 twilson twilson 95389688 Aug 24 16:54 scummvm_2.7.1-1_ubuntu23.04_amd64.deb

Have I overlooked anything on this as to why scummVM will not install for me?

Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,
TEXMANSRU47

Is the deb file in the same directory from which you execute the "apt install" command?
Could you try:

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sudo apt install ./scummvm_2.7.1-1_ubuntu23.04_amd64.deb

(edit: I corrected the spelling of the file name for the deb package)

[texmansru47]

I was running it in the same directory but I will try the path label you indicated.

rwxrwxrwx 1 twilson twilson 95157420 Aug 24 11:36 scummvm_2.7.1-1_ubuntu22.04_amd64.deb
-rw-rw-r-- 1 twilson twilson 95389688 Aug 24 16:54 scummvm_2.7.1-1_ubuntu23.04_amd64.deb
drwxr-xr-x 18 twilson twilson 4096 Aug 24 17:03 SDL2-2.28.2
-rw-rw-r-- 1 twilson twilson 78622720 Aug 24 16:55 SDL2-2.28.2.tar
drwxrwxr-x 2 twilson twilson 4096 Aug 24 12:56 SpaceQuest

I tried what you posted but I got a different error....

twilson@texlaplnx01:~/Games/Sierra$ sudo apt install ./scummvm_2.7.1-1_ubunt23.04_amd64.deb
[sudo] password for twilson:
Reading package lists... Done
E: Unsupported file ./scummvm_2.7.1-1_ubunt23.04_amd64.deb given on commandline

[fibs]

Try it with a non-misspelled ubuntu ... in this century, use TAB to complete a partially written filename.

Failing that, perhaps try

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sudo dpkg -i [package_name].deb

[texmansru47]

The misspelling is not from me.. I cut and pasted the filename... I never typed it. that is how it was downloaded.

[texmansru47]

The misspelling is not from me.. I cut and pasted the filename... I never typed it. that is how it was downloaded. I got it to install but it had a error.

twilson@texlaplnx01:~/Games/Sierra$ sudo dpkg -i scummvm_2.7.1-1_ubuntu23.04_amd64.deb
[sudo] password for twilson:
Selecting previously unselected package scummvm.
(Reading database ... 375473 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack scummvm_2.7.1-1_ubuntu23.04_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking scummvm (2.7.1-1) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of scummvm:
scummvm depends on libflac12 (>= 1.3.0); however:
Package libflac12 is not installed.
scummvm depends on libsdl2-net-2.0-0 (>= 2.0.1); however:
Package libsdl2-net-2.0-0 is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package scummvm (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.26-1ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for mailcap (3.70+nmu1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.10.2-1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
scummvm

[fibs]

I got it to install but it had a error.

Can you try:

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sudo apt update
sudo apt install libflac12
(or try "flac")
sudo apt install libsdl2-net-2.0-0
(or try "libsdl2-net")
sudo apt install ./scummvm_2.7.1-1_ubuntu23.04_amd64.deb
OR
sudo dpkg -i scummvm_2.7.1-1_ubuntu23.04_amd64.deb

[texmansru47]

I cannot get libflac12 to load (message - unable to locate)

[Praetorian]

I think this is why we suggest using the "apt install" way since, apparently, that one tries to take care of the required dependencies, while "dpkg -i" does not.

It also does look like there was a mispelling for the ubuntu 23 deb package (looking at the command that worked with dpkg).

Anyway, you could keep fixing each detected missing dependency, which might take a while, requiring to guess at how Ubuntu expects the library package name for it.

Or you could retry the "apt install" command with the correct spelling for the package name.

Or you could try the other installation methods like snap or flatpack, which take care of dependencies themselves:
https://docs.scummvm.org/en/latest/use_ ... puter.html (See the details under the Linux category).