HowTo:Compile from SVN on Linux

Compiling with Cygwin

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Compiling from SVN on Mac OSX

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How to compile from SVN under Linux.

See also: HowTo:Cygwin Compiling, HowTo:VCPP Compiling

Getting the SVN-files

• Checkout the following modules ...
  • data package: data4.x
  • code package: vegastrike
• Visit HowTo:Checkout SVN to see how you check these modules out.

Requirements

In order to compile Vegastrike there are a few things to check:

• Make sure you have these packages installed ...
  • make
  • gcc
  • automake at least version 1.5
  • autoconf at least version 2.53
  • X11...
  • libpng + libpng-devel <-- libpng 3 is recommended.
  • python and python-dev <-- 2.2.1
  • expat
  • (lib)jpeg + libjpeg-devel
  • opengl (see below) (you probably already have it)
  • glut + glut-devel
  • openal + openal-devel
  • inetutils
• When using libpng 1.2,

  --with-png-inc=<DIR>

  is needed
• To be sure set the data dir to you vs-data dir:

./configure --with-data-dir=<DIR> ........

• If you don't want to compile with GTK just turn it off, however you will not get a setup program if you do this:

./configure --disable-gtk ...........

• If you only want the server, and want to disable all GUI components--This removes the dependency on X11, OpenGL, SDL, GLUT, OpenAL.

./configure --disable-client ...........

• See this thread about boost versions. Set this option to 1.28, 1.29, or 1.33 if the default does not compile.

./configure --with-boost=<VER> ...........

Compiling

The compile procedure should look like the following listing. Remember the configure part depends on above requirements. Though autoconf may not work, if so just skip it.

cd ./vegastrike
./bootstrap-sh
./configure --enable-debug --with-data-dir=<DIR>
make
make install # [AS ROOT]

Note: The configure script currently has a bug that can cause it to incorrectly report on the absence of GLUT. If you are sure you have installed glut-devel and are still seeing this error, check near the end of config.log to see if another library (such as libxmu or libxi) is the true culprit. [1]

Compiling utilities

The Makefile should be able to compile most of the included utilities.

To compile mesher, for example, type:

make mesher

See also

• "make clean/distclean" thread in the forum - A quite helpful thread about the make process.

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Compiling with Cygwin

HowTos

Compiling from SVN on Mac OSX