Difference between revisions of "HowTo:Checkout SVN (Ubuntu Linux)"
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The first step is to install Subversion. In Ubuntu (and Debian, I guess) it is easy to install Subversion just by using the Synaptic Package Manager. Goto System>Administration>Synaptic Package Manager. In the quick search box, type "subversion" without quotation marks. Select the first option and mark for installation. Every step involving the command "svn", will be using subversion. | The first step is to install Subversion. In Ubuntu (and Debian, I guess) it is easy to install Subversion just by using the Synaptic Package Manager. Goto System>Administration>Synaptic Package Manager. In the quick search box, type "subversion" without quotation marks. Select the first option and mark for installation. Every step involving the command "svn", will be using subversion. | ||
| − | === | + | === Preparing Vega Strike === |
First of all, you must understand some basic knowledge. The first thing to do is to download the most important modules, which are the basic structure of VS. Basically, this is the game. You must download these in order to play VS. The modules are the ''data'' and ''vegastrike'' modules. | First of all, you must understand some basic knowledge. The first thing to do is to download the most important modules, which are the basic structure of VS. Basically, this is the game. You must download these in order to play VS. The modules are the ''data'' and ''vegastrike'' modules. | ||
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<pre>User@UserMachine:~$ cd VegaStrike</pre> | <pre>User@UserMachine:~$ cd VegaStrike</pre> | ||
Note for newbs: The directory ''is case sensitive''. If you type: cd vegastrike or Vegastrike, it won't find the directory. Also, do not copy and paste "User@UserMachine:~$". | Note for newbs: The directory ''is case sensitive''. If you type: cd vegastrike or Vegastrike, it won't find the directory. Also, do not copy and paste "User@UserMachine:~$". | ||
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| + | === Downloading Vega Strike === | ||
| + | Now we can start downloading the packages from the SVN repository. If you download them directly into your Vega Strike directory they will be just in the right place. | ||
| + | * Download (check-out) the source code package vegastrike, and the content package data package. | ||
| + | <pre>User@UserMachine:~/VegaStrike$ svn co https://vegastrike.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/vegastrike/trunk/vegastrike | ||
| + | </pre> | ||
| + | * After the first one finishes downloading (User@UserMachine:~/VegaStrike$ will reappear), insert the next. Be warned, you need a descent download speed to download the next package with this method. | ||
| + | <pre>User@UserMachine:~/VegaStrike$ svn co https://vegastrike.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/vegastrike/trunk/data</pre> | ||
Revision as of 18:11, 31 January 2009
This is a newb friendly guide to help people who do not want to learn deep specifics and terms. Most of this guide will show you copy-paste lines to paste in Terminal, omitting most technical issues. However, you might want to take a look at what SVN is to have a general understanding of this version. If you follow steps correctly, VS should be able to run. If you have problems compiling in Ubuntu, post a new thread in the VS Forums (click here [1]). Someone will be able to help you. Note: This process was done in Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid).
Contents
Tutorial to download, compile, setup and run Vega Strike
Installing SVN
The first step is to install Subversion. In Ubuntu (and Debian, I guess) it is easy to install Subversion just by using the Synaptic Package Manager. Goto System>Administration>Synaptic Package Manager. In the quick search box, type "subversion" without quotation marks. Select the first option and mark for installation. Every step involving the command "svn", will be using subversion.
Preparing Vega Strike
First of all, you must understand some basic knowledge. The first thing to do is to download the most important modules, which are the basic structure of VS. Basically, this is the game. You must download these in order to play VS. The modules are the data and vegastrike modules.
- First create a directory where you would like your copy of the Vega Strike development version to live in. For tutorial purposes, we will create a directory called VegaStrike in our user's home-directory.
User@UserMachine:~$ mkdir VegaStrike
- Change into this newly created directory. In our case:
User@UserMachine:~$ cd VegaStrike
Note for newbs: The directory is case sensitive. If you type: cd vegastrike or Vegastrike, it won't find the directory. Also, do not copy and paste "User@UserMachine:~$".
Downloading Vega Strike
Now we can start downloading the packages from the SVN repository. If you download them directly into your Vega Strike directory they will be just in the right place.
- Download (check-out) the source code package vegastrike, and the content package data package.
User@UserMachine:~/VegaStrike$ svn co https://vegastrike.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/vegastrike/trunk/vegastrike
- After the first one finishes downloading (User@UserMachine:~/VegaStrike$ will reappear), insert the next. Be warned, you need a descent download speed to download the next package with this method.
User@UserMachine:~/VegaStrike$ svn co https://vegastrike.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/vegastrike/trunk/data
