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Jastiv · Post by **Jastiv** » March 12th, 2005, 7:42 am

okay, I downloaded the source for SDL_image-1.2.4, but it won't compile. It says it is missing usr/lib/libSDL.so, I go to my usr/lib directory, and I find libSDL.so is linked to a file that does not exsist. I seem to have an earlier version of it though, but I can't seem to change the link or rename the file.

pstradomski · Post by **pstradomski** » March 12th, 2005, 11:59 am

You might try to issue the following command (as root):

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ldconfig -v

This should fix all library symlinks. IF it doesn't, you can always edit the symlink with a file manager. You could also try to install a newer version of the library.

Jastiv · Post by **Jastiv** » March 12th, 2005, 12:25 pm

Acctually, I fixxed the missing libSDL.so problem by downloading and installing libSDL1.2-devel-1.2.7-2mdk.i586.rpm. I then compiled and installed the source SDL_libraries I downloaded off the SDL site. I have mandrake 10.0 installed here. I compiled and installed the SDL_image-1.2.4. However, the game still will not compile. It gives me the same errior *** SDL_image include files not found!

pstradomski · Post by **pstradomski** » March 12th, 2005, 12:45 pm

Usually, after installing and library with rpm packages you do not need to compile one yourself. It's wasting of disk space, as you have two versions installed (but uninstalling either one now might break the other). I do not understand, why .configure complains. Did you really do "make install" (as root)? Where did the .h files go? if they are in some strange directory, you might need to help configure locating them. Check, where did the files go (perhaps by looking at make install output) adn post the path.

Post by **ott** » March 12th, 2005, 3:17 pm

Sounds like you installed SDL_image into /usr/local while the rest of SDL is in /usr. Check that your /etc/ld.config file contains /usr/local/lib as well as /usr/lib (if not, add it and rerun ldconfig).

If you are installing precompiled RPM packages, you might want to just install SDL_image*.rpm from http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_image/release/ instead.

pstradomski · Post by **pstradomski** » March 12th, 2005, 3:33 pm

I don't think it'll work - it complains about header files, not libs. Thou giving it a try is a good idea - it won't break anything.

If you find your headers in some obscure location, you could set CPPFLAGS with:
export CPPFLAGS="-I/path/to/sdlheaders/ $CPPFLAGS" before running configure. Space between / and $ is important. But this should not be necessary.

shevegen · Post by **shevegen** » March 12th, 2005, 3:59 pm

Just an info, in the past i had troubles compiling SDL + wesnoth from source.

But now, maybe some changes occurred, it worked flawlessly (both SDL and wesnoth), and I am very happy.

What I am usually doing is getting a base system including KDE or GNOME headers (and binaries), and from then onward add source-based extra stuff - for some reason i very very rarely have a problem compiling things from source, and advantage is to be faster than to rely on packages usually too

Jastiv · Post by **Jastiv** » March 13th, 2005, 5:23 am

I managed to fix my problem with libSDL_image-devel by finding a package for mandrake 10.0, unfotunatly, when I try to install the dev version of mixer for mandrake 10.0 I get this error.

Some package requested cannot be installed:
libSDL_mixer1.2-devel-1.2.5-3mdk.i586 (due to unsatisfied devel(libsmpeg-0.4))
do you agree ?

I considered useing the rpms from the SDL site, but if I install the devel from there then it gives me an erro message when I try to compile wesnoth. It says SDL_mixer not found. But if I were to uninstall the mandrake one then I would have to uninstall all the game rpms I have now, so I hate to do that since I might lose save games.

pstradomski · Post by **pstradomski** » March 13th, 2005, 6:59 am

You just need to install libsmpeg to make it work.

What I wrote about using single file from library developers was true for the source code - if they release RPM's, they probablky follow RedHat way of separating files. So, if you're using any RPM's, you have to install both normal and devel versionms. If you install from source, you need only the standard source. Hope that now it's clear.

dtw · Post by **dtw** » March 13th, 2005, 12:38 pm

KK_r wrote:
Stu1989 wrote:I will make it work!!
That's the linux spirit!

The irony is that the longer you spend making it work the easier it gets but with windows you can work your ass off and it still crashes all the time!

scott · Post by **scott** » March 13th, 2005, 1:34 pm

Ah, mac OS X - the ease of Windows, the power/stability/security of *nix, the configurability of a brick.

Jastiv · Post by **Jastiv** » March 16th, 2005, 7:19 pm

Have any idea where I could find this file? (libsmpeg-0.4))
Anyone?

mpolo · Post by **mpolo** » March 16th, 2005, 7:38 pm

Since you're using Fedora Core 3, you would be better off avoiding RPMS that are created for Mandrake (mdk), although that's not the worst thing in the world, either, since Mandrake forked from RedHat a while back. What you want to do is set up /etc/yum.conf to point to a few non-standard repositories. Try going here: http://dag.wieers.com/apt/ and setting up the yum.conf as he suggests. As an added bonus, he has the current development release of wesnoth available as an RPM (though a couple days after release). However, if you install wesnoth through yum, it will get you all the necessary header files and required libraries installed.

If you are behind a proxy, the yum with FC3 won't work properly without some updates (it may not work even then -- I gave up and installed apt-rpm instead).

js138 · Post by **js138** » March 21st, 2005, 8:27 pm

You might also get decent mileage from installing the S(ource)RPM and learning how to build RPMs from them. I've ported a few apps from OS to OS (and OS version to OS version more commonly) in this manner.

Your problem then comes down to satisfying the dependancies which you would have to solve to compile it anyway.

Jastiv · Post by **Jastiv** » March 26th, 2005, 10:46 pm

Welll, I finnally did get it to compile, install and run properly on my mandrake 10.0 system. The trick was using the matching devel and other rpms for SDL mixer from the SDL site and not the broken mandrake ones,. The other thing I had to do when I finnally installed it was find the place where it was installed since It didn't automatically make a shortcut, I did that by doing a make install again as non root and watch as it told me how I didn't have acces to certain directories. I would like to thank everyone here for thier help. I am amazed how playable this is in multiplayer compared to games like heroes of might and mage where players wait forever for thier turns.

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