On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 5:40 AM, Daiajo Tibdixious <dai...@gmail.com> wrote:

> A package I wish to download has these instructions:
>
> wget -O -
> http://content.runescape.com/a=946/downloads/ubuntu/runescape.gpg.key
> | apt-key add -
> mkdir -p /etc/apt/sources.list.d
> echo "deb http://content.runescape.com/a=946/downloads/ubuntu trusty
> non-free" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/runescape.list
> apt-get update
> apt-get install -y runescape-launcher
>
> I have downloaded the apt sources and have been reading it. However
> its fairly large &
> complex which will take me a while to figure out.
> The gpg key was fairly easy, but I don't see how apt-get uses it yet.
> I also don't see how apt gets the list of files to download, since
> there is only a directory given.
> I can't displayhttp://content.runescape.com/a=946/downloads/ubuntu in a
> browser.
>
> Just wondering if anyone has anything helpful to shorten the process
> of figuring it out.
> I'm planning to create a cut down apt-get which just fetches the
> files, but don't have much time most days.
>
>
In my experience if you're running Gentoo you're better off staying in the
Gentoo
package framework and finding the app you want in a portage overlay:

https://gpo.zugaina.org/games-rpg/unix-runescape-client

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