Compiling NPP for Linux?

[Bandobras]

Any idea how to compile the NPP SVN sources for Linux? No 'configure' to run and 'make -f Makefile.std' fails miserably. Also, a year ago the wonderful Tolkienian fonts didn't work under my Debian Linux --- do they work now for anybody?

Thanks a lot.

[Nick]

Any idea how to compile the NPP SVN sources for Linux? No 'configure' to run and 'make -f Makefile.std' fails miserably. )

I haven't compiled the svn, but I have 050BETA6 - although I can't remember now if I did anything unusual. I'll have a go at the svn when I get the chance.

[perost]

I tried with the current SVN, and it got stuck when it couldn't find the header asm/page.h. I changed it to "/usr/lib/klibc/include/asm/page.h" which seemed to be the header it was looking for, but that's a really ugly hack. It compiled then at least (with the usual warnings that seems to plague angband-variants), but it won't run. Running it in X it complains that it must be run in a virtual terminal, and if I run it in the terminal it can't find a font that it needs (why it would need a font in the terminal is beyond me). The makefile also seems a bit dated, since it uses the /usr/X11R6/include path, which most modern linux distros with X.org don't have anymore. But the code is probably fine, it's just the makefile that needs to be updated.

Edit: Btw, all the NPPAngband links on the variants page seems to be dead.

[Nick]

Btw, all the NPPAngband links on the variants page seems to be dead.

See this thread.

[Nick]

Compiles fine for me in kubuntu 8.04. I may have added some libraries to get beta 6 compiling in the first place, though.

[pav]

Right, totally forgot about the download links. Should be fixed now. BTW compiles just fine with Makefile.std on my FreeBSD box.

[Bandobras]

OK, thanks for the help, indeed. It turns out NPP has Linux framebuffer (plus XAW) turned on by default in Makefile.std, unlike UN and V, and I don't have the libraries. Fonts seem to work OK this time, too, after running compile_bdf_fonts.sh.

Now, for a Brigand on small levels, with all quests on. I wonder about the race... After I die 50 times, a Mage, tomorrow, to try the new Mage spells in NPP.

Edit: The 16x16 font is wonderful! I've always wanted a square font. Plus the accents... I only don't like the doors and walls that flicker on all the overclocked monitors I use, both CRT and LCD (with VGA connector). Anyway, we need it badly in Un!

[nekrotyrael]

I tried with the current SVN, and it got stuck when it couldn't find the header asm/page.h. I changed it to "/usr/lib/klibc/include/asm/page.h" which seemed to be the header it was looking for, but that's a really ugly hack. It compiled then at least (with the usual warnings that seems to plague angband-variants), but it won't run. Running it in X it complains that it must be run in a virtual terminal, and if I run it in the terminal it can't find a font that it needs (why it would need a font in the terminal is beyond me). The makefile also seems a bit dated, since it uses the /usr/X11R6/include path, which most modern linux distros with X.org don't have anymore. But the code is probably fine, it's just the makefile that needs to be updated.

Edit: Btw, all the NPPAngband links on the variants page seems to be dead.

I'm stuck there, too. Did you find a way around it? Couldn't even find the 10x20.bmp on google.

[Nick]

I'm stuck there, too. Did you find a way around it? Couldn't even find the 10x20.bmp on google.

Are you using "make -fMakefile.std" in the src directory? It compiles for me, but i do have to edit the -DUSE_LFB out of Makefile.std.

[nekrotyrael]

Are you using "make -fMakefile.std" in the src directory? It compiles for me, but i do have to edit the -DUSE_LFB out of Makefile.std.

It compiled fine, but I ran into same problem as the poster above when trying to run the game. The solution was actually quite easy - starting the game with -mx11 (src: http://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/np...y#post-1266078).