How do I install UltraStar Deluxe?

Question

I'd like to install UltraStar Deluxe in Ubuntu 11.10. On the project homepage and in this PPA there are some packages, but they seem to be for an older release of Ubuntu, because when I try to install them, I get complaints about missing dependencies (packages that are no longer available in the 11.10 repositories):

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dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ultrastar-deluxe:
 ultrastar-deluxe depends on libavcodec52 (>= 4:0.6-1~) | libavcodec-extra-52 (>= 4:0.6-1~); however:
  Package libavcodec52 is not installed.
  Package libavcodec-extra-52 is not installed.
 ultrastar-deluxe depends on libavformat52 (>= 4:0.6-1~) | libavformat-extra-52 (>= 4:0.6-1~); however:
  Package libavformat52 is not installed.
  Package libavformat-extra-52 is not installed.
 ultrastar-deluxe depends on libavutil50 (>= 4:0.6-1~) | libavutil-extra-50 (>= 4:0.6-1~); however:
  Package libavutil50 is not installed.
  Package libavutil-extra-50 is not installed.
 ultrastar-deluxe depends on libprojectm2; however:
  Package libprojectm2 is not installed.
 ultrastar-deluxe depends on libswscale0 (>= 4:0.6-1~) | libswscale-extra-0 (>= 4:0.6-1~); however:
  Package libswscale0 is not installed.
  Package libswscale-extra-0 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing ultrastar-deluxe (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
...

Apart from compiling the program myself and/or repackaging the software, is there a way I can install UltraStar Deluxe in Ubuntu 11.10?

Answer 1

It's no optimal solution, but you can manually install the dependencies by grabbing the needed packages from Launchpad.

• First, you need to install some other needed dependencies, that are available in the Ubuntu repositories:

  sudo apt-get install libprojectm2 projectm-data libftgl2
  

• Download the files:

  • For 32-bit Ubuntu:

    libavcodec52_0.6.2-1ubuntu1.1_i386.deb
    libavformat52_0.6.2-1ubuntu1.1_i386.deb
    libavutil50_0.6.2-1ubuntu1.1_i386.deb
    libswscale0_0.6.2-1ubuntu1.1_i386.deb
    ultrastar-deluxe_1.1.0-4_i386.deb
    ultrastar-deluxe-data_1.1.0-4_all.deb
    ultrastar-deluxe-songs_20100506-1_all.deb

  • For 64-bit Ubuntu:

    libavcodec52_0.6.2-1ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb
    libavformat52_0.6.2-1ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb
    libavutil50_0.6.2-1ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb
    libswscale0_0.6.2-1ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb
    ultrastar-deluxe_1.1.0-4_amd64.deb
    ultrastar-deluxe-data_1.1.0-4_all.deb
    ultrastar-deluxe-songs_20100506-1_all.deb

• Install the packages in this order:

  • On 32-bit Ubuntu:

    sudo dpkg -i libavutil50_0.6.2-1ubuntu1.1_i386.deb
    sudo dpkg -i libavcodec52_0.6.2-1ubuntu1.1_i386.deb
    sudo dpkg -i libavformat52_0.6.2-1ubuntu1.1_i386.deb
    sudo dpkg -i libswscale0_0.6.2-1ubuntu1.1_i386.deb
    sudo dpkg -i ultrastar-deluxe-data_1.1.0-4_all.deb
    sudo dpkg -i ultrastar-deluxe_1.1.0-4_i386.deb
    sudo dpkg -i ultrastar-deluxe-songs_20100506-1_all.deb
    

  • On 64-bit Ubuntu:

    sudo dpkg -i libavutil50_0.6.2-1ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb
    sudo dpkg -i libavcodec52_0.6.2-1ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb
    sudo dpkg -i libavformat52_0.6.2-1ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb
    sudo dpkg -i libswscale0_0.6.2-1ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb
    sudo dpkg -i ultrastar-deluxe-data_1.1.0-4_all.deb
    sudo dpkg -i ultrastar-deluxe_1.1.0-4_amd64.deb
    sudo dpkg -i ultrastar-deluxe-songs_20100506-1_all.deb
    

• Now you should be able to run UltraStar Deluxe by running ultrastardx.