Trouble Installing Blobwars
 

The blobwars home page states that these files are needed:

SDL
SDL Image
SDL Mixer
SDL TTF *
ZLib

* - Freetype is required by SDL TTF I installed them all, and copied the SDL folder to /usr/share/games, which is where blobwars is. The read me file says to start with make.

This is what I get:

[root@localhost Downloads]# cd blobwars-1.07-1
[root@localhost blobwars-1.07-1]# cd blobwars*
[root@localhost blobwars-1.07]# make
g++ `sdl-config --cflags` -DVERSION=1.07 -DRELEASE=1 -DUSEPAK=1 -DPAKNAME=\"blobwars.pak\" -DPAKLOCATION=\"/usr/share/games/blobwars/\" -DUNIX -DGAMEPLAYMANUAL=\"/usr/share/doc/blobwars/index.html\" -Wall -DLOCALEDIR=\"/usr/share/locale/\" -c src/aquaBoss.cpp
In file included from src/aquaBoss.h:21,
from src/aquaBoss.cpp:21:
src/headers.h:39:27: error: SDL/SDL_image.h: No such file or directory
src/headers.h:40:27: error: SDL/SDL_mixer.h: No such file or directory
src/CAudio.h:29: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of ‘Mix_Chunk’ with no type
src/CAudio.h:29: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘*’ token
src/CAudio.h:30: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of ‘Mix_Chunk’ with no type
src/CAudio.h:30: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘*’ token
src/CAudio.h:35: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of ‘Mix_Music’ with no type
src/CAudio.h:35: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘*’ token
make: *** [aquaBoss.o] Error 1

I am running PCLOS 07. Blobwars was in the repo for .93, but not 07.

Thanks, zoey:study:

Did you install corresponding -dev packages?

Dependency Hell
 

Thanks raskin, for your reply. I found that I ended up in one of those deals where this needs that, but that needs the other and on and on, so I will give it a rest at least for awhile. PCLOS 07 hasn't been out too long and they are still adding things to the repos, so I may get it yet.

Thanks again, zoey

Well, if PCLOS has non-patched "parent distribution" versions of the library packages, you can fetch development packages from another repository. And also, do you use yum/apt or install packages manually with rpm/dpkg?

Raskin, PCLOS uses synaptic, so I am using apt, but with rpm packages. The blobwars was a tar file and I installed the required packages using apt, but there was one [zziplib0] that was not in the repo, so I downloaded a rpm, but then I ran into 'rpm hell' because it needed some other files. I am concerned about breaking my install, so I think that I will just hope blobwars ends up in the repo eventually. It was in the repos of the earlier PCLOS version, which is how I discovered that I like it! I am a 70 year old grandma type who discovered computers after the age of 65 and I have a lot to learn. I am far from a linux geek, but I enjoy using it and learning new things. I really appreciate your offers of help!

zoey