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Howto Install Spring from source

Jul 18

Umarzukirts debian, spring No Comments

*This guide only tested on Debian Lenny
You need to install spring and spring lobby to be able to play any spring games

1. To install spring, install its dependencies first before compiling
   aptitude install build-essential zlib1g-dev libfreetype6-dev libsdl1.2-dev libopenal-dev libglew-dev libboost-dev libboost-thread-dev libboost-regex-dev libdevil-dev libboost-serialization-dev zip libboost-program-options-dev libvorbis-dev libxcursor-dev libglew1.5-dev
aptitude install libboost1.35-dev cmake
2. Download spring’s source http://springrts.com/wiki/Download and extract
   Install
   cd spring-directory
cmake .
make
make install
3. Download spring lobby from http://www.springlobby.info/tarballs/?C=N;O=D and extract
4. Install wxWidget
   aptitude install libwxgtk2.8-dev
5. Install the package
   cd springlobby-directory
./configure --disable-torrent-system --disable-sound
make
make install

Now, to play the game, run springlobby then exit. Put game files in ~/.spring/mods and put maps in ~/.spring/maps. Make those directories if they are not available.

Get mods (game files and maps) from http://springrts.com/wiki/Mods