PySol on Debian Squeeze

PySol is not in the repository for Squeeze, but it is for Lenny and Sid. I have read several discussions and the bug reports, but aside from a supposed lack of maintainer, the only issue with PySolFC is making sure you don’t use Python 2.6.0. Well, Squeeze is currently at 2.6.8, so we are safe.

At any rate, it’s not too hard to make it install. First, get the source; pick the file marked “PySolFC-2.0.tar.bz2” and download it. Login as root. You can unzip and untar it in /usr/local/src or wherever you like.

Make sure you install python-pygame and python-tk which is supplied from the standard Debian sources:

apt-get install python-pygame python-tk

Then step into the PySolFC folder and run this command:

python setup.py install

It will take a few minutes to get the game to show up in the menu system. From your normal user account, run PySolFC once to make sure it works okay. Then get yourself the standard music files or any other mod music files you like. Drop them into the folder at ~/.PySolFC/music/ and you should have the background music playing nicely.