Installing a .tar.bz2 file?

[JokersLoose]

Hey all,

I downloaded a game (freedroidrpg-0.10.3.tar.bz2) So I "unpacked" it to a file on my desktop. Opened the new file then "tools" "open terminal" this way I am already in the directory for this file. OK I

./configure

and I get

james@desktop:~/Desktop/freedroidrpg-0.10.3$ ./configure
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking how to create a ustar tar archive... gnutar
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... (cached) yes
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sin in -lm... yes
checking for X... libraries , headers
checking for gethostbyname... yes
checking for connect... yes
checking for remove... yes
checking for shmat... yes
checking for IceConnectionNumber in -lICE... yes
configure: Checking for compulsory SDL libraries:
checking for sdl-config... no
checking for SDL - version >= 1.2.3... no
*** The sdl-config script installed by SDL could not be found
*** If SDL was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in
*** your path, or set the SDL_CONFIG environment variable to the
*** full path to sdl-config.
configure: error: *** SDL version 1.2.3 not found!
james@desktop:~/Desktop/freedroidrpg-0.10.3$

So where do I find SDL? Cause I tried the sudo apt-get install SDL and it tells me it can not be found.

Also, once I get the SDL package then I redo the "./configure" command. The next is "make" and then "make install" Right?

Thanks for the help,

James

[monte48lowes]

Re: Installing a .tar.bz2 file?

Use Adept to 'fetch' the SDL packages you need. You might have to install some of the 'dev' packages for SDL. As far as completing the install after ./configure is finished...

make

sudo make install #Important so that installation will have root access

Mike

[JokersLoose]

Re: Installing a .tar.bz2 file?

OK I did a search for sdl, got a ton of stuff. So narrowed it a bit too sdl-config and didn't get anything. How do I know what one I need?

Thanks,
James

[monte48lowes]

Re: Installing a .tar.bz2 file?

You can check with the site that you downloaded the tar package. Or you could do what I would do (no comments please) and download them one by one until you find the one that's needed.

Mike

[JokersLoose]

Re: Installing a .tar.bz2 file?

Thanks,

I found the file I needed, installed it then up pop's a different one I need. LOL. It's getting late for me. So think I'll work on it tomorrow. At least it tells me what files I need in order to make it run.

Thanks again for the help.
James

[JokersLoose]

Re: Installing a .tar.bz2 file?

OK.... I think I 'broke' it it told me I needed a file gtk-configure so went to gtk.org and downloaded what I thought was the file I needed but now it is telling me

checking for GTK - version >= 1.2.0...
*** 'gtk-config --version' returned 1.2.0, but GTK+ (1.2.10)
*** was found! If gtk-config was correct, then it is best
*** to remove the old version of GTK+. You may also be able to fix the error
*** by modifying your LD_LIBRARY_PATH enviroment variable, or by editing
*** /etc/ld.so.conf. Make sure you have run ldconfig if that is
*** required on your system.
*** If gtk-config was wrong, set the environment variable GTK_CONFIG
*** to point to the correct copy of gtk-config, and remove the file config.cache
*** before re-running configure
no
configure: WARNING:
--------------------------------------------------
WARNING: You need libgtk-dev >= 1.20 in order to
be able to build the ItemEditor!

If you only want to play Freedroid you can ignore this!

So how do I do that? I did look at the file gtk-config in kate but have no idea what I am looking for.

[Rog131]

Re: Installing a .tar.bz2 file?

#1 Repositories have Package: freedroidrpg

Gutsy: Version: 0.10.1-1ubuntu1
Hardy: Version: 0.10.3-3


#2 Compiling yourself

FAQ: Installing from source
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3085626.0

checking for sdl-config... no

=> Ubuntu Packages > Search the contents of packages : sdl-config >

You have searched for filenames that contain sdl-config in suite gutsy, all sections, and all architectures. Found 1 results.

Packages: libsdl1.2-dev

[JokersLoose]

Re: Installing a .tar.bz2 file?

#1 Repositories have Package: freedroidrpg

DUH!!! Yep that worked must better. LOL, man story of my life make things harder than they need to be.

Thanks for helping out.

James

[Rog131]

Re: Installing a .tar.bz2 file?

And if you want 0.10.3-3 version (with Gutsy):

FAQ: Installing from source => DIY Backport

[JokersLoose]

Re: Installing a .tar.bz2 file?

Cool.. I'll read up on that. After all the more I know the better, right?

Thanks again,
James