HOWTO: TA Spring Linux SVN Startup

[clericvash]

I have libboost-dev installed.

How do i pass it as an argument?

[imbaczek]

you need more than libboost-dev. also required are libboost-thread-dev and libboost-regex-dev, and likely something more. no need to pass it anywhere if they're installed properly.

[clericvash]

Have all 3 of the libboost packages installed via synaptic still same problems.

[tukangdolan]

I have downloaded the source codes and compiled them successfully. Then I have downloaded the required files and set the environment as stated in SetupGuide or the first post of this topic. But when I run the binary, the program exited after selecting mods with the following error:

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Parse error in gamedata/explosion_alias.tdf at line 48 column 34 near

The line and column depending on the selection I made.

There are also two warnings:

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Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion
Warning: Unable to load any usable fontset

My system is:
- Ubuntu Breezy
- SDL-1.2.11
- boost_1_34_0
- openal-0.0.8
- glew-1.4.0
- DevIL-1.6.8
- Python 2.4.2 (from ubuntu)

- source: spring_0.74b3_src.tar.bz2 / spring_0.74b2_src.tar.bz2 / also from svn
- data: spring-linux-data-0.74b1.tar.bz2
- maps: Mars.sd7, SmallDivide.sd7
- mods: XTAPE.sd7, NanoBlobs064.sdz, Classic_TA_56.sd7

I have been googling and still found no answer. Is there anything wrong with above configuration? Any hints will be appreciated. TIA.

[semi]

tukangdolan that is because spring 0.74b3 and boost 1.34 are not compatible with each other, even though nothing checks it and things compile.

You need this patch:

http://semi.dnsalias.org/~semi/tmp/spri ... lity.patch

go to spring source directory and say:

patch -p0 < spring-0.74b3-boost-1.34-compatibility.patch

then compile and install.

[semi]

Much more thorough install instructions can be found here:

http://spring.clan-sy.com/wiki/SetupGuide

I did a massive rewrite on them a couple days ago.

I will update them when next version is released.

Any problems you encounter with these, pop on #taspring at Freenode and ask.

[Tobi]

unstickied in favor of the wiki

[clericvash]

Well done on the wiki semi, i think there should be a new sticky just notifying people to look at the wiki page.