Unangband Compile instructions

[Napsterbater]

Would love to play Unangband again, but I can't compile it. Using Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx. Autoconf generates this error:

configure.in:9: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_CONFIG_HEADER
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
configure.in:11: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
configure.in:21: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_CONDITIONAL

Trying to configure with the generated file gave me this:

./configure: line 2149: syntax error near unexpected token `src/autoconf.h'
./configure: line 2149: `AM_CONFIG_HEADER(src/autoconf.h)'

[andrewdoull]

My understanding for linux is that you should just be making from the makefile.std and not worrying about autoconf.

[SaThaRiel]

Yeah, thats correct. Just copy the Makefile.std to Makefile (or use -f with make) and youre done.
If you want to have a system install, you will need to fix this in the config.h - usually unangband is compiled for user installations (DEFAULT_PATH = ./lib).

[Napsterbater]

How do I install? "make -f Makefile.std install" tells me there's no targets.

Also where are the settings for the options put? I changed some of the display settings, now the game crashes every time I start it up. I need to blow the options out and try again.

[Nick]

How do I install? "make -f Makefile.std install" tells me there's no targets.

Leave the 'install' off.

Also where are the settings for the options put? I changed some of the display settings, now the game crashes every time I start it up. I need to blow the options out and try again.

Probably in the lib/user directory, possibly in x11-settings.prf or some such name.

[Napsterbater]

Leave the 'install' off.

That just gives me "make: Nothing to be done for `default'." I already built it, now I want to install it.

[SaThaRiel]

Thats it, there is no make install for unangband.
The binary unangband is in the "main-folder" unangband-064-src - if you want, you can copy it and the lib folder to another location (e.g. ~/games/unangband).