howto/en/compile source code

From Wormux

Wormux works on Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, PowerPC and Windows.

It is reported to build on the following architectures: alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc

To compile it, first download source code. You have two choice:

• Stable release on download page
• Development version using SubVersion

If you are using Windows, please see Compile Wormux under MingGW page.

Contents 1 Dependencies 2 Instructions 3 Special instructions for developpers 4 Troubles with SDL_gfx directories ? 5 Some interesting ./configure options

Dependencies

• libxml++ 2.6 (debian: libxml++2.6-dev)
  • depends on libxml2
  • depends on libglibmm (glib for C++)
    • depends on libglib
    • depends on libsigc++
• SDL 1.2 (debian: libsdl1.2-dev)
• SDL Image 1.2 (debian: libsdl-image1.2-dev)
  • depends on libjpeg
  • depends on libpng
• SDL Mixer 1.2 (debian: libsdl-mixer1.2-dev)
  • depends on libogg
  • depends on libvorbis and libvorbisfile
• SDL TTF 2.0 (debian: libsdl-ttf1.2-dev)
  • depends on libfreetype
• SDL_gfx 2.0.13 (install it in /usr using configure argument: --prefix=/usr)
• SDL_net 1.2.6

Other :

• if you're using SubVersion version of Wormux:
  • autoconf (2.53 ?)
  • automake 1.5+
  • aclocal 1.5+
  • autoheader
• GNU make
• GNU g++ (3.0 ?)

Instructions

(for stable release, not subversion)

• Extract archive
• Type following commands:

cd wormux
./configure.sh
make
sudo make install    # or su -c "make install"

Special instructions for developpers

• Check-out or update your wormux repository.
• Type following commands in the wormux directory:

./autogen.sh
./configure --enable-debug
make

• Then instead of installing the game, you can set the data path:

export WORMUX_DATADIR=./data
export WORMUX_FONT_PATH=./data/font/DejaVuSans.ttf

• Finally, you can run the game directly or from gdb

src/wormux

Troubles with SDL_gfx directories ?

If you see this message during ./configure step:

checking for SDL_rotozoom.h... no
configure: error: SDL_gfx library headers are missing

You can use following command:

$ ./configure --with-sdl-gfx-prefix=/usr/local

And, if you get another error message when you try to run Wormux:

wormux: error while loading shared libraries:
libSDL_gfx.so.13: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

You can use following command:

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib ./wormux

Better solution: install SDL_gfx in /usr instead of /usr/local ;-)

Some interesting ./configure options

• ./configure --help: Display configure help
• ./configure --enable-debug: Enable all debug things (assertions, compile including symbols and file name, etc.), useful to debug Wormux
• ./configure --prefix=/usr: Install Wormux in /usr instead of /usr/local
  • copy binary in /usr/bin
  • copy datas in /usr/share/games/wormux
  • copy locales in /usr/share/locale
• ./configure --with-datadir-name=wormux: Use old config (don't use games subdirectory)
  • copy binary in /usr/local/bin
  • copy datas in /usr/local/share/wormux
  • copy locales in /usr/local/share/locale
• ./configure --bindir /usr/local/games: Copy wormux binary in /usr/local/games instead of $PREFIX/bin
• ./configure --with-font-path=./data/font/DejaVuSan.ttf: Set path to the ttf font used by Wormux, maybe if stored in a subdirectory.