Spring on PcLinuxOs 2009

[Dimitrion]

Hey guys,
I run PclinuxOs 2009 and like to install Spring.
But i can┬┤t figure out how.
I tried the installer on jobjol, but it gave me an fatal error of some kind. (download halted).

Anyone have a suggestion?
And if that suggestion means self-compiling, explain it like i┬┤m a 4 year old, please.

Dimitrion

[hoijui]

maybe have a look at this:
http://springrts.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=18318

i neve tried it, but it is meant to be a simple way to install spring on different linuses, so maybe thats somethign for you.

[Auswaschbar]

He uses linux, not BSD.

You can try the generic installer http://spring.jobjol.nl/show_file.php?id=970
If it doesn't you need to compile it:
http://springrts.com/wiki/Build_from_source

[Dimitrion]

Hmm, Reading is an art i guess
Indeed, i use PCLINUXOS (wich is quite nice).
Can anyone tell me how to compile?
I don┬┤t understand linux that well, so..... be clear please
(like: type... and ... press enter)

[Nemoder]

The binary installer uses URLs that were in the old windows installer however some of those seem to have been removed and I'm not sure where to link them now.

You may be able to get around the fatal error by unchecking some of the mods or map options and then using the lobby to download them after it's installed.

Also make sure you have the latest video drivers or you may run into other problems.

[Dimitrion]

You may be able to get around the fatal error by unchecking some of the mods or map options and then using the lobby to download them after it's installed.

That worked.

Seems i need libGLEW.so.1.5
When i google it i find: libGLEW1_5-1.5.0-67.4.i586.rpm

What to do with a rpm file like this?

OKE I ADMIT, IM A NOOB (linux-wise )

[Auswaschbar]

Don't your distro has a package manager?
Open it, search for GLEW, install, done.

[Acidd_UK]

If you're a Linux noob then I'd recommend trying the Ubuntu distribution...

[Dimitrion]

Don't your distro has a package manager?
Open it, search for GLEW, install, done.

PcLinuxOs does have a package manager. It offers version 1.3.
I need 1.5

[Auswaschbar]

You can either compile GLEW (and maybe other libs too) yourself, or switch to a distro which didn't stop upgrading packages 2 years ago.

Btw, did you try the generic installer where I posted a link to? Didn't it work?

[Dimitrion]

You can either compile GLEW (and maybe other libs too) yourself, or switch to a distro which didn't stop upgrading packages 2 years ago.

Btw, did you try the generic installer where I posted a link to? Didn't it work?

It worked. unchecking some of the default options did the trick.

But how do i work with RPM or how do i compile a lib?

[caracol]

as for rpm you can check this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RPM_Package_Manager

as for compiling a lib, being it in tar.gz , bz2, zip, or any other compressed format you should unpack it and compile the source in it
there are 3 steps generaly
./configure
make

and as root or su

make install

there are packages that compile different ways, so generaly they come with a read.me file that explains how to do it... or you can use google, theres lots of info about compiling or build from source

cheers !

[Dimitrion]

Clear info.
Thanks!