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'''Linux Compiling:'''

1. [[MG/Getting The Code|Get the project ]] from [[MG/SVN Structure|SVN]] using the commandline or your favorite SVN tool ([http://www.rabbitvcs.org/ rabbitvcs] or [http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/ tortoise])<br />
2. Download package dependencies for your Linux distribution (see '''mk/linux/setupBuildDeps.sh''' which can do that for Debian,
Ubuntu, Fedora and Open SuSE based distro's). The following is the current dependency list:

'''jpeg, lua5.1, png, SDL, openal, curl, xerces-c, ogg, vorbis, vorbisfile, vorbisenc, z, GL, GLU, SDLmain, ''''''ircclient'''''' (and the tools require wx)'''

<u>'''3.1 Build using CMake by Script'''</u>

Go to the directory ''megaglest''.

*On linux run ''build-mg.sh''

*On windows run ''build-mg.bat''

*To compile for windows under linux run ''build-mg-win32.sh''

<u>'''3.2 Build using CMake by Hand'''</u>

a. Open a terminal window and navigate to '''trunk (or the specified branch)''' and type the following:
 mkdir build
 cd build
 cmake ..
 make
b. If nothing goes wrong you will see '''glest.bin''' (and other binaries) in the same folder ('''mk/linux''').
'''Notes:'''

The follow are build types supported using cmake:
 Release, Debug, RelWithDebInfo and MinSizeRel
To change the build type execute cmake as follows (default is Release):
 cmake -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ..
<u>'''4. (Optional) Cross Compiling Windows binaries on Linux using MingW:'''</u>

a) Download and extract the MingW win32 dependency archive from [https://sourceforge.net/projects/megaglest/files/win32_deps_mingw.7z/download here] and extract under the '''source''' folder.

b) Install the MingW cross compiler for your distro. In Ubuntu run:

 '''sudo apt-get install mingw32 mingw32-binutils mingw32-runtime'''
c) Open a terminal and cd to the root folder of your Mega-Glest folder (usually trunk)

d) Modify the script:
You also need to change ''win32_deps/curl-7.20.1'' to'' win32_deps/curl-7.21.3''
e) Run the script:

 '''./build-mg-win.sh'''
f) If all goes well you should see the Windows *.exe binaries produced in the '''data/glest_game''' folder.

<u>'''5. Test binaries'''</u>

1. To test running the game, run the binary in mk/linux like this:
 ./glest.bin

These are some commandline options:
 ./glest.bin --help
 ./glest.bin --version
 ./glest.bin --opengl-info

'''There are some more useful scripts here''': [[MG/Misc Scripts|Misc Scripts]]
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