DarkRadiant - Compiling in Linux

Install Libraries and Tools

Ubuntu 11.10

Copy and paste the following into a terminal (at least that's what worked in the beta2):

sudo apt-get install automake libtool g++ zlib1g-dev libjpeg62-dev libxml2-dev libgtkmm-2.4-dev libglew1.6-dev libalut-dev libvorbis-dev libboost-dev libboost-regex-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-python-dev libgtksourceviewmm-2.0-dev libgtkglextmm-x11-1.2-dev

The python and the gtksourceviewmm headers are needed for the optional scripting plugin. The alut and vorbis headers are used by the optional sound module.

Ubuntu 10.10

Copy and paste the following into a terminal:

sudo apt-get install automake libtool g++ libgtkmm-2.4-dev libjpeg62-dev libgtkglextmm-x11-1.2-dev libxml2-dev libglew1.5-dev libboost-dev libboost-regex-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-python-dev libalut-dev libvorbis-dev libgtksourceviewmm-2.0-dev

The python and the gtksourceviewmm headers are needed for the optional scripting plugin. The alut and vorbis headers are used by the optional sound module.

Ubuntu 9.10

Copy and paste the following into a terminal:

sudo apt-get install g++ libboost1.38-dev libgtk2.0-dev libglew1.5-dev libgtkglext1-dev libxml2-dev libalut-dev libvorbis-dev libboost-python-dev python-dev libgtksourceview2.0-dev

The python headers are needed for the optional scripting plugin.

Adjust the configure.ac file, as Ubuntu 9.10 appends the postfix -mt for each boost library installed in /usr/lib:

boost_regex => boost_regex-mt
boost_filesystem => boost_filesystem-mt
boost_system => boost_system-mt
boost_python => boost_python-mt

# Boost.Regex
AC_CHECK_LIB([boost_regex-mt], [main],
             [REGEX_LIBS='-lboost_regex-mt'],
             [AC_MSG_ERROR([Boost.Regex not found])])
AC_SUBST([REGEX_LIBS])

# Boost.Filesystem
AC_CHECK_LIB([boost_filesystem-mt], [main],
             [BOOST_FILESYSTEM_LIBS='-lboost_filesystem-mt'],
             [AC_MSG_ERROR([Boost.Filesystem not found])])
AC_SUBST([BOOST_FILESYSTEM_LIBS])

# Boost.System
AC_CHECK_LIB([boost_system-mt], [main],
             [BOOST_SYSTEM_LIBS='-lboost_system-mt'],
             [AC_MSG_ERROR([Boost.System not found])])
AC_SUBST([BOOST_SYSTEM_LIBS])

Same for the Python check below in configure.ac:

AC_CHECK_LIB([boost_python-mt], [main],
                [BOOST_PYTHON_LIBS='-lboost_python-mt'],
                [script_module=])

Then re-run ./autogen.sh and ./configure

Ubuntu 8.04

Copy and paste the following into a terminal:

sudo apt-get install g++ libboost-dev libboost-regex-dev libgtk2.0-dev libglew1.5-dev libgtkglext1-dev libxml2-dev libboost-serialization-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-date-time-dev libalut-dev libvorbis-dev libboost-python-dev python-dev

The python headers are needed for the optional scripting plugin.

In the terminal, Ctrl Shift V is used for pasting instead of Ctrl V.

Fedora 15

Open a console and type:

sudo yum install gcc gcc-c++ subversion automake zlib-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel libxml2-devel glew-devel boost-devel
sudo yum install gtk2-devel gtkmm24-devel gtkglextmm-devel gtksourceviewmm-devel libvorbis-devel freealut-devel python-devel

Checkout the most recent sources from SVN:

cd ~
svn co https://darkradiant.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/darkradiant/trunk/darkradiant darkradiant

Configure and compile

cd darkradiant
./configure --prefix=/path/to/installdir --enable-darkmod-plugins
make --jobs=2 
make install

Obtain the source

Install the subversion client. On Ubuntu this can be done via the Synaptic Manager or the command line:

sudo apt-get install subversion

Change to the directory where you want the source code to be in and then check the current version out of SVN with:

svn checkout https://darkradiant.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/darkradiant/trunk/darkradiant/ darkradiant

Compile

Note: in the past, DarkRadiant was built using SCons. This build system has now been removed in favour of the standard Automake build.

First, make sure you have the automake toolchain downloaded.

Debian/Ubuntu/Aptitude users:

sudo apt-get install libtool autoconf

Fedora 15 users:

sudo yum install libtool gettext-devel

Then run

./autogen.sh

in your darkradiant folder.

DarkRadiant employs an Autoconf/Automake build system under Linux as used in the majority of open-source projects. Compilation can be achieved using the standard

$ ./configure
$ make
$ make install

on most systems.

By default, a release build will be created; if a debug build is required pass the --enable-debug option to the configure script.

Other points to note about the configure process:

• The DarkMod-specific plugins are not built by default. To enable these, pass --enable-darkmod-plugins to ./configure.
• The configure script autodetects required dependencies, and will conditionally-enable optional components of DarkRadiant (such as the sound plugin) based on what it finds.
• For quick testing of a DarkRadiant build, it is desirable to install it into a temporary location rather than the default of /usr/local; for this, simply pass a prefix option such as --prefix=/tmp/dr to configure, after which DarkRadiant will be installed in /tmp/dr/bin/darkradiant.

If you want to update the source with the latest version from the SVN, just issue:

svn update

in the darkradiant source directory. svn info shows you what version you currently have.

Multiprocessor Systems

You can pass the --jobs=N parameter to make:

make --jobs=2

to use more than one processor for the compilation.

Building a .deb package

To build a Debian/Ubuntu package, simply run

dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot

in the main darkradiant directory. The .deb will be created in the parent directory.

See also

• DarkRadiant Linux Issues