OT: Linux

[Esben Mose Hansen]

Just untar it over the directory. Despite tar's archaic options, I prefer doing this from a command line, so something like this should do the trick:
Code:

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su -

tar -zxvf /path/to/patch/dompatch212_linux_x86.tgz /usr/local/games/dominions2

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Sorry about the star (No, it wasn't me, honost!)

[guybrush threepwood]

"overriding" files in a linux command line is done by either copying or moving the source file to the target file.

So either

1)

Code:

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mv /home/lukeskywalker/myfile /whereeveryouwantthefile/myfile

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or

2)

Code:

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cp /home/lukeskywalker/myfile /whereeveryouwantthefile/myfile

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Option 1 would remove the source file whereas 2 would keep it.


EDIT: Looks like Esben beat me to it - and yes Esbens Version is probably the easiest in this particular situation.

[Gandalf Parker]

My dom2 game installed in
/usr/games/dominions/

and it put the dom2 executable in
/usr/local/bin/

So I didnt need a path change. Seemed to work fine that way. Of course it was an system wide install done as root, not a user install on someone elses machine (which is possible but ends up in a different layout)

[Esben Mose Hansen]

Gandalf Parker said:
My dom2 game installed in
/usr/games/dominions/

You mean /usr/local/games/dominions2/, right? (No point in confusing the newbies ) Installing the binary under /usr/local/ and the game itself under /usr/ makes no sense in any case.