Basically, my friend just got me started on linux. I really like it a lot. I am using Gentoo linux also. I have played the tux racer demo and the graphics have been fine (I have enabled GLX for my TNT2 video card). I'm thinking about buying tux racer (retail) because I liked it so much. My friend already has it and loaned me a burnt disc of it. I'm not sure what to run to start it. I mounted the drive it is in ( /mnt/dvd for me). There are various files, but I have no idea what to do. Here is what I have inside it....
under data... (which I think is what I need to run) there is this:
Any and all help is much appreciated! Thanks in advance!

is there a script in there that says install.sh or setup.sh? when you have a .sh file, just run
sh name_of_your_file_here.sh
.

Ah, I got it now. Thanks a lot

Hey Guys,

I have downloaded Tux Racer demo onto my Mandrake 10.0 PC and I can't figure out how to install it.

I ran ./configure and it did it's thing, but when I enter the word "make" or "make install" nothing happens.

Any suggestions?

What are the actual install commands? I went to their site and it states nothing.

d-1

This is what is happening:

checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for working aclocal... found
checking for working autoconf... found
checking for working automake... found
checking for working autoheader... found
checking for working makeinfo... found
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for c++... c++
checking whether the C++ compiler (c++ ) works... yes
checking whether the C++ compiler (c++ ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C++... yes
checking whether c++ accepts -g... yes
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/time.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking for working const... yes
checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included... yes
checking for getcwd... yes
checking for gettimeofday... yes
checking for strdup... yes
checking for finite... yes
checking for isnan... yes
checking for _finite... no
checking for _isnan... no
checking for ieeefp.h... no
checking for Win32 platform... no
checking for X... libraries /usr/X11R6/lib, headers /usr/X11R6/include
checking for dnet_ntoa in -ldnet... no
checking for dnet_ntoa in -ldnet_stub... no
checking for gethostbyname... yes
checking for connect... yes
checking for remove... yes
checking for shmat... yes
checking for IceConnectionNumber in -lICE... yes
checking for main in -ldl... yes
checking for main in -lm... yes
checking for tcl8.3 library... no
checking for tcl83 library... no
checking for tcl8.2 library... no
checking for tcl82 library... no
checking for tcl8.0 library... no
checking for tcl80 library... no
checking for tcl library... yes
checking for tcl.h... yes
checking for sdl-config... no
checking for SDL - version >= 1.0.1... no
*** The sdl-config script installed by SDL could not be found
*** If SDL was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in
*** your path, or set the SDL_CONFIG environment variable to the
*** full path to sdl-config.
*** SDL not found. Configuring without audio or joystick support.
checking for GL library... yes
checking for glXGetProcAddressARB... yes
checking for GLU library... yes
checking for GL/gl.h... yes
checking for GL/glx.h... yes
checking whether glx.h defines glXGetProcAddressARB... no
configure: error: Your copy of glx.h is out of date. You can get a more recent copy from the latest Mesa distribution (http://mesa3d.sourceforge.net).
[root@miadolphins@sbcglobal tuxracer-0.61]# make
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
[root@miadolphins@sbcglobal tuxracer-0.61]# make install
make: *** No rule to make target `install'. Stop.
[root@miadolphins@sbcglobal tuxracer-0.61]#

Can anyone let me know what I am doing that is so wrong?

d-1

there is your problem..........if SDL is installed, you may need to edit the
$MAKEFILE so it points to where it can find the SDL $PATH

This is probably the main problem.
What video drivers are you using?

--Shade

Thanks guys,

I did a "urpmi tuxracer" command and got it installed. Pretty neat little game....

d-1

Is the Tuxracer which is part of the Mandrake 10 distribution, is that the demo or the full version. I ask because it seems there is only one 'cup' to win, which seems a bit limited.

That I could not tell you. I am not that familiar with the game itself.

d-1

The Tuxracer that comes with Mandrake is just the demo.

OK Thanks, so how/ where do you get the full version?

You can buy it from:
http://tuxracer.com
It's a pretty nifty game, and $15 US isn't so bad .

Yeah it seems that you can't buy it off that site anymore. I found you can buy it here though:


http://www.cafeshops.com/roxorgames.8129240

So I guess I'll be getting a full copy from there at some point.