Compiling on lubuntu

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Hello, I'm pretty new to Linux, but I managed to compile the game on Lubuntu. Had a heck of a time, since a lot of assumed dependencies weren't there. I ran the following lines:

./autogen.sh
./configure --enable-sdl -enable-x11 ~/Desktop/angband-4.2.1/execute
make
make install

It seems like everything compiled, and I didn't get any errors. So, what's supposed to happen now? It made a new folder called execute, but nothing seems executable in there. I've tried navigating to different folders within the terminal and typing "angband" but nothing works.

Thanks!

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Found it

Mysterious... when I navigate to the folder and type "angband", it doesn't work. But when I drag the icon into the terminal, it works.

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Slightly new question

When I configured during build, I used these line:

./configure --prefix ~/Desktop/angband-4.2.1/execute --enable-sdl --enable-x11
make
make install

It seems like x11 is working fine, so it works when I put in
/home/lubuntu/Desktop/angband-4.2.1/execute/games/angband -mx11 -- -n5

but when I try to run

/home/lubuntu/Desktop/angband-4.2.1/execute/games/angband -msdl

...I get the error: Unable to prepare any 'display module'!

How do I get SDL to work? Thanks!

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More info: I double checked in my configure step if SDL2 is installed, and yes it is, I installed the main one, the graphics, and the fonts, just no sound.

Another weird thing, in X11, saving the subwindow setup seems to work, but it seems like it's not creating the subwindow file, and when I load it nothing happens, but it doesn't give any error message.

[invisibletroll]

If you install the game, it should run by typing "angband". Otherwise you need to type "./angband".

Type "./configure --help" to get configuration options. Usually you can disable any option you can enable.

[fph]

If you compiled in SDL2 support, then to activate it you should run Angband with -msdl2. If you use -msdl, it tries to use the older SDL1 backend instead.

Usually when I am compiling I prefer to configure Angband with --with-no-install and then running it from the main compilation folder with "src/angband -msdl2" (or whatever options/backend you wish to use). I suggest to do the same; it is one less thing to do, and it makes it simpler to upgrade to a new version.

[invisibletroll]

If you compiled in SDL2 support, then to activate it you should run Angband with -msdl2. If you use -msdl, it tries to use the older SDL1 backend instead.

Usually when I am compiling I prefer to configure Angband with --with-no-install and then running it from the main compilation folder with "src/angband -msdl2" (or whatever options/backend you wish to use). I suggest to do the same; it is one less thing to do, and it makes it simpler to upgrade to a new version.

New versions are not released that often.

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If you compiled in SDL2 support, then to activate it you should run Angband with -msdl2. If you use -msdl, it tries to use the older SDL1 backend instead.

Usually when I am compiling I prefer to configure Angband with --with-no-install and then running it from the main compilation folder with "src/angband -msdl2" (or whatever options/backend you wish to use). I suggest to do the same; it is one less thing to do, and it makes it simpler to upgrade to a new version.

Same problem when I use -msdl2. But I will try this no-install option, thank you!

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If you install the game, it should run by typing "angband". Otherwise you need to type "./angband".

Type "./configure --help" to get configuration options. Usually you can disable any option you can enable.

I reconfigured it to install to the default directory, and now it works to simply type angband. Thanks!

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Still not able to make SDL2 work

[fph]

Same problem when I use -msdl2. But I will try this no-install option, thank you!

Does `configure` confirms that those SDL frontends have been compiled in? If you look at the end of that wall of text usually it tells you if all the required headers have been detected correctly. (Note that you can re-run `configure` if you wish to check its output.)

[invisibletroll]

Don't configure with "--enable-sdl". Use "--enable-sdl2".

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Does `configure` confirms that those SDL frontends have been compiled in? If you look at the end of that wall of text usually it tells you if all the required headers have been detected correctly. (Note that you can re-run `configure` if you wish to check its output.)

It confirms that SDL2 has been compiled in.

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It could have to do with

1. I'm running Lubuntu, which maybe can't support SDL2
2. Intel Atom processor, not AMD

[fph]

That's quite strange; none of these facts should have an impact. If `configure` finds all the required headers and confirms in the final messages that the SDL2 support is going to be included in the build, then it means it should be supported, no matter what distro or architecture you are using. That's precisely the job of a configure script, to confirm that all the required libraries and dependencies are there.

Be sure that you have rebuilt everything after the last configuration change: `./configure --with-your-favorite-options` followed by `make clean` and `make` just to be 200% sure you rebuild everything from scratch.