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I am still trying (unsuccessfully) to run the nightly build of STK on Linux Mepis. I still have not been able to figure it out. The version available in package manager is 6.2 and that doesn't work either. I have 8.0 on Windows XP in a virtualbox and I don't want to put the nightly build along with it because it gets messy. I don't know if I'm missing some important programs/libraries/files in Mepis. Any help or advice?

One advice would be to post any error messages from the terminal here; we can't guess what's wrong.

I cannot run STK at all on Mepis. I downloaded 6.2 from package manager, and 8.0 from the internet. They both installed fine with no errors. I went to the program in the start menu, but when I click on it nothing happens. I then went into Dolphin and found the files for it and clicked the Executable, but still nothing happened. How can I get error messages from Terminal?

OK, I guess you have approximately the same setup as me, so click on the menu button, enter Accessories and look for a program called Terminal, Terminal Emulator or similar, proceed with clicking on it. Then, you will be presented with a prompt, in which the default location most likely is your home folder. From there, type

{l Code}: {l Select All Code}

cd

followed with a space and the path to the 0.8 executable. In my case, I need to do

cd SuperTuxKart/supertuxkart-0.8-lin64

Your path may vary slightly. Then, just type

{l Code}: {l Select All Code}

./supertuxkart

and copy and paste all output here. If the game hangs, you can use the key combination Ctrl + C in the terminal to kill it.