Games as .debs

yorapper · 12-09-2009, 07:34 PM

were can you download games as .deb that work with Ubuntu the ones from here http://old.getdeb.net/category.php?id=3 don't work when it comes to installing.

yorapper · 12-09-2009, 07:36 PM

I am geting bored of the games that come with ubuntu o and by the way make sure the games are rated G

yorapper · 12-09-2009, 07:37 PM

or at least most of the games rated G

mark_alfred · 12-18-2009, 01:17 AM

http://www.happypenguin.org/

later edit: I just noticed you were asking for games packaged as ubuntu packages. Alas, I'm not sure if the aforementioned site has packaged games or not. I think they're mostly source.

Joe of Loath · 12-29-2009, 05:22 PM

playdeb has a good choice. I installed lots of games from there when I used ubuntu.

mark_alfred · 12-30-2009, 02:44 AM

Some ubuntu packaged games here.

yorapper · 01-08-2010, 10:59 PM

Is there any debs that i can install on a computer without internet (what i mean is download them from a windows XP computer and installing them on to Ubuntu 9.10 Computer (thank for all the help

mark_alfred · 01-08-2010, 11:37 PM

You can use gdebi to install individual packages.

yorapper · 01-14-2010, 11:28 PM

None of the websites above let me download a game as a deb file and copy it over to a USB stick and then plug it in to my ubuntu 9.10 laptop and install them, it there any other site where you can download deb files and carry them over a USB

yorapper · 01-14-2010, 11:54 PM

I Heard they are tar.gz files how have downloaded some How do i install them

yorapper · 01-14-2010, 11:57 PM

I have gone throught the list of tar.gz I have download and now there is a file called tar.bz2

lupusarcanus · 01-15-2010, 12:10 AM

you have to extract it by right clicking it in ubuntu. then do
make and sudo make install

yorapper · 01-22-2010, 07:05 PM

Thanks Andrew but i am still having trouble Linux newbie guide is down so how do i convert a tar.gz into a deb file I think this is the answer to my first question: Games as .debs thanks for all the help O and if I can convert a tar.gz into a deb file can i do it on windows then carry the deb over with a USB

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Joe of Loath · 01-23-2010, 04:23 AM

If you downloaded a game as a tar.gz file, read the readme in the file! It'll tell you how to build it from source/extract it and run it. There's no way to convert it to a .deb, that would be like asking how to convert a .zip file into an .exe file for windows!