Can't find bzflag in repositories [SOLVED]

[XhwMikey]

Greetings,
I'm new to kubuntu, and I am having some difficulty finding bzflag. I just converted my son's pc to kubuntu from gentoo (a distro that I like - but at 800 Mhz (PIII) it takes too long to compile everything). However, one of his must-have games is bzflag. I know that it is out there somewhere, and I have added a bunch of repositories to Adept - to no avail. Any ideas as to what I'm doing wrong? Here is my /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
deb http://packages.ubuntu.com dapper universe multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu dapper-commercial main

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted
# deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe


Thanks for any ideas.

[Teppic]

Re: Can't find bzflag in repositories

Try this.
If it doesn't work start installing -dev packages and build it from source, it's a fairly freindly build.

[kubicle]

Re: Can't find bzflag in repositories

'bzflag' is available in the 'dapper universe' repository...are you sure you updated the repository lists without errors?

try:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install bzflag

And if it doesn't work, post the error messages

Note: Generally it is better to use the ubuntu repositories for ubuntufied packages than turning to the Debian repositories (though debian packages may work fine...you may run into compatibility issues down the road)

[XhwMikey]

Re: Can't find bzflag in repositories

Teppic:
Coming from the Gentoo world, I have no qualms about building from source, and indeed if I cannot do this the "kubuntu" way (apt, adept, synaptic, etc.) that will be my "Plan B". I'm fairly convinced that I'm missing something in the use of the repositories.

kubicle:
I did the apt-get update and noticed errors coming from the debian repositories (I think). So I commented them out (the first two lines in my sources.list) and re-did the apt-get update. Then I did the apt-get install bzflag and it worked like a champ! Additionally, when I launched adept, I noticed a whole lot more packages available (including the newly installed bzflag!).
This brings me to a question: I had added the new repositories using the "manage repositories" facility within adept. I did not notice any errors that were flagged (although I might not have been looking in the right place). Is it a general rule then that after any updates to the repositories (within the graphical managers) one must apt-get update? This seems reasonable, but I would have expected adept to do the update as part of the repository change made within...Is it the case that since this was a very fresh install an apt-get update needed to be done as a rule (perhaps in the FM that i didn't RT )?
Anyway, life is good now...my son has his bzflag. Thanks for the help. I think I'm gonna like this Kubuntu distro!

MikeyB