From da8199799db9981e6e34f34efa0abb9db16e5f0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: est31 Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 21:46:00 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] README.txt: Simplify initial build steps by using git to fetch sources Also simplify wget steps and apt-get install zlib1g-dev libjsoncpp-dev --- README.txt | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt index 0999bd165..774dc6639 100644 --- a/README.txt +++ b/README.txt @@ -103,18 +103,32 @@ Compiling on GNU/Linux: ----------------------- Install dependencies. Here's an example for Debian/Ubuntu: -$ apt-get install build-essential libirrlicht-dev cmake libbz2-dev libpng12-dev libjpeg8-dev libxxf86vm-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libsqlite3-dev libogg-dev libvorbis-dev libopenal-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev libfreetype6-dev +$ apt-get install build-essential libirrlicht-dev cmake libbz2-dev libpng12-dev libjpeg8-dev libxxf86vm-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libsqlite3-dev libogg-dev libvorbis-dev libopenal-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev libfreetype6-dev zlib1g-dev libjsoncpp-dev -Download source, extract (this is the URL to the latest of source repository, which might not work at all times): -$ wget https://github.com/minetest/minetest/tarball/master -O master.tar.gz -$ tar xf master.tar.gz -$ cd minetest-minetest-286edd4 (or similar) +You can install git for easily keeping your copy up to date. +If you dont want git, read below on how to get the source without git. +This is an example for installing git on Debian/Ubuntu: +$ apt-get install git-core -Download minetest_game (otherwise only the "Minimal development test" game is available) +Download source (this is the URL to the latest of source repository, which might not work at all times) using git: +$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/minetest/minetest.git +$ cd minetest + +Download minetest_game (otherwise only the "Minimal development test" game is available) using git: $ cd games/ -$ wget https://github.com/minetest/minetest_game/tarball/master -O minetest_game.tar.gz -$ tar xf minetest_game.tar.gz -$ mv minetest-minetest_game-* minetest_game +$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/minetest/minetest_game.git +$ cd .. + +Download source, without using git: +$ wget https://github.com/minetest/minetest/archive/master.tar.gz +$ tar xf master.tar.gz +$ cd minetest-master + +Download minetest_game, without using git: +$ cd games/ +$ wget https://github.com/minetest/minetest_game/archive/master.tar.gz +$ tar xf master.tar.gz +$ mv minetest_game-master minetest_game $ cd .. Build a version that runs directly from the source directory: