Hints on compiling 0.4.3 ? [partly solved]

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Hints on compiling 0.4.3 ? [partly solved]

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Hi,
I'm trying to compile the latest stable version, 0.4.3.
The install script http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/files ... e-0.4.3.sh tries to access the cvs, which failed

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cvs [checkout aborted]: connect to cvs.sourceforge.net(66.35.250.207):2401 failed: No route to host
so I tried to check out the 0.4.3 version from svn via

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svn co https://svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/vegastrike/tags/vegastrike_0_4_3/
I followed http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/forum ... 6941#36941 and did

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aclocal
autoheader
automake
autoconf
./configure
configure seemed to work correctly at first, but halfway failed with

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...
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configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: error: cannot find input file: Makefile.in
I'm running Gentoo Linux, x86, gcc 4.1.

Any ideas on this? Thanks a lot, I'd really appreciate if it was possible to compile it :)

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Last edited by rubikcube on Tue Oct 03, 2006 11:29 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Post by Zeog »

Try the latest svn version instead of 0.4.3. SVN is quite stable and much more advanced than 0.4.3. It should compile on your system!
SVN download and compile tutorial
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Post by rubikcube »

Zeog wrote: SVN is quite stable
Well, I'll give it a try... let's just hope you're right :)
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Post by ace123 »

I recommend using the ./bootstrap-sh script rather than the aclocal->autoheader->automake->autoconf series.

The bootstrap script may do some extra required steps (such as making the Makefile.in file that you were missing).

After the bootstrap is done, running ./configure should then work.

Instead of following the year-old forum topic, I recommend using the HowTo:Checkout SVN wiki page as a guide.
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Post by rubikcube »

Ok, compiling from svn worked fine, and I will certainly adapt to the changes soon :)

Thanks a lot!
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