Installing Wesnoth with terminal

secret_force · 07-05-2006, 04:33 AM

I want to install Wesnoth 1.1.7 as this is stil under development it's not yet in the repository, however I want to try it out.
Now I downloaded the source, did "tar -zxvf wesnoth-1.1.7.tar.gz"
It worked, then I did cd wesnoth-1.1.7 This worked as well. So I continued with ./configure and I got this list

checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... mawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... no
checking how to create a ustar tar archive... gnutar
checking whether NLS is requested... yes
checking for msgfmt... /usr/bin/msgfmt
checking for gmsgfmt... /usr/bin/msgfmt
checking for xgettext... /usr/bin/xgettext
checking for msgmerge... /usr/bin/msgmerge
checking for style of include used by make... none
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cl.exe... no
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH

So what do they mean with this last line. How can I change it.

ethics · 07-05-2006, 04:48 AM

no idea what distro you have, but i would have thought they all still come with gcc, if not, install that.

http://gcc.gnu.org/

secret_force · 07-05-2006, 06:34 AM

thanks I it helped, I got one step further. however he is now complaining about sdl.
BTW I have ubuntu.

Nylex · 07-05-2006, 08:21 AM

Find SDL and install it then. Since you're using Ubuntu, presumably you can install it using apt-get: sudo apt-get install libsdl. This may not be correct, as I don't use Debian, so am just guessing here. Edit: you may need the libsdl-dev (it might be "devel" instead of "dev") package as well.

ethics · 07-05-2006, 09:35 AM

Code:

apt cache search libsdl

wil lsearch the cache of apt get to find anything with libsdl in it

Nylex · 07-05-2006, 02:12 PM

I could be wrong, but shouldn't there be a dash between "apt" and "cache" in that line?

drkstr · 07-05-2006, 05:29 PM

you should install all the development packages for Ubuntu or it will be one problem after another. I don't think Ubuntu comes with it by default.

regards,
...aaron

mcmillan · 07-05-2006, 05:35 PM

You might want to try installing the package called build-essential. It's a meta-package with dependencies that bring in most of the things you need for compiling.

JimBass · 07-05-2006, 09:31 PM

I compiled Wesnoth from source on Debian. There are several SDL requirements, and apt-get can install them for you. I would do:

Code:

apt-cache search sdl

Then install everything you get that begins libsdl - in my case apt-cache finds all this:

Code:

libsdl-console - console that can be added to any SDL application
libsdl-console-dev - development files for libsdl-console
libsdl-erlang - Erlang bindings to the Simple Direct Media Library
libsdl-gfx1.2-4 - drawing and graphical effects extension for SDL
libsdl-gfx1.2-dev - development files for SDL_gfx
libsdl-image1.2 - image loading library for Simple DirectMedia Layer 1.2
libsdl-image1.2-dev - development files for SDL 1.2 image loading libray
libsdl-mixer1.2 - mixer library for Simple DirectMedia Layer 1.2
libsdl-mixer1.2-dev - development files for SDL1.2 mixer library
libsdl-net1.2 - network library for Simple DirectMedia Layer
libsdl-net1.2-dev - Development files for SDL network library
libsdl-ocaml - OCaml bindings for SDL - runtime files
libsdl-ocaml-dev - OCaml bindings for SDL - development files
libsdl-perl - SDL bindings for the Perl language
libsdl-ruby1.8 - Ruby/SDL interface for Ruby
libsdl-sge - extension of graphic functions for the SDL multimedia library
libsdl-sge-dev - development files for libsdl-sge
libsdl-sound1.2 - Decoder of several sound file formats for SDL
libsdl-sound1.2-dev - Development files for SDL_sound
libsdl-stretch-0-2 - stretch functions for Simple DirectMedia Layer
libsdl-stretch-dev - development files for SDL_stretch library
libsdl-ttf1.2 - TrueType font library for Simple DirectMedia Layer
libsdl-ttf1.2-dev - development files for libsdl-ttf1.2
libsdl-ttf2.0-0 - ttf library for Simple DirectMedia Layer with FreeType 2 support
libsdl-ttf2.0-dev - development files for SDL ttf library (version 2.0)
libsdl1.2-dev - Simple DirectMedia Layer development files
libsdl1.2debian - Simple DirectMedia Layer
libsdl1.2debian-all - Simple DirectMedia Layer (with all available options)
libsdl1.2debian-alsa - Simple DirectMedia Layer (with X11 and ALSA options)
libsdl1.2debian-arts - Simple DirectMedia Layer (with X11 and aRts options)
libsdl1.2debian-esd - Simple DirectMedia Layer (with X11 and esound options)
libsdl1.2debian-nas - Simple DirectMedia Layer (with X11 and NAS options)
libsdl1.2debian-oss - Simple DirectMedia Layer (with X11 and OSS options)

You could tell apt-get to install all those goodies, or compile a few for yourself.

I actually installed the SDL stuff from source as well, I ended up installing SDL_image-1.2.5, SDL_mixer-1.2.7, SDL_net-1.2.6, and automake-1.9. The 3 SDL source tar.gz's can be found on the SDL homepage, and I got automake 1.9 from sourceforge. Automake is needed to compile the SVN version of the game, which is even newer than 1.17. It is the closest to 1.18 or whatever is coming next, through the subversion tool.

Peace,
JimBass