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Install dependencies. Here's an example for Debian/Ubuntu:
-$ apt-get install build-essential libirrlicht-dev cmake libbz2-dev libpng12-dev libjpeg8-dev libxxf86vm-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libsqlite3-dev libogg-dev libvorbis-dev libopenal-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev libfreetype6-dev
+$ sudo apt-get install build-essential libirrlicht-dev cmake libbz2-dev libpng12-dev libjpeg8-dev libxxf86vm-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libsqlite3-dev libogg-dev libvorbis-dev libopenal-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev libfreetype6-dev zlib1g-dev libjsoncpp-dev
-Download source, extract (this is the URL to the latest of source repository, which might not work at all times):
-$ wget https://github.com/minetest/minetest/tarball/master -O master.tar.gz
+You can install git for easily keeping your copy up to date.
+If you dont want git, read below on how to get the source without git.
+This is an example for installing git on Debian/Ubuntu:
+$ sudo apt-get install git-core
+
+Download source (this is the URL to the latest of source repository, which might not work at all times) using git:
+$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/minetest/minetest.git
+$ cd minetest
+
+Download minetest_game (otherwise only the "Minimal development test" game is available) using git:
+$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/minetest/minetest_game.git games/minetest_game
+
+Download source, without using git:
+$ wget https://github.com/minetest/minetest/archive/master.tar.gz
$ tar xf master.tar.gz
-$ cd minetest-minetest-286edd4 (or similar)
+$ cd minetest-master
-Download minetest_game (otherwise only the "Minimal development test" game is available)
+Download minetest_game, without using git:
$ cd games/
-$ wget https://github.com/minetest/minetest_game/tarball/master -O minetest_game.tar.gz
-$ tar xf minetest_game.tar.gz
-$ mv minetest-minetest_game-* minetest_game
+$ wget https://github.com/minetest/minetest_game/archive/master.tar.gz
+$ tar xf master.tar.gz
+$ mv minetest_game-master minetest_game
$ cd ..
Build a version that runs directly from the source directory:
$ make -j2
Run it:
-$ cd bin
-$ ./minetest
+$ ./bin/minetest
- Use cmake . -LH to see all CMake options and their current state
- If you want to install it system-wide (or are making a distribution package), you will want to use -DRUN_IN_PLACE=0
FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIR_freetype2 - Only if building with Freetype2; directory that contains an freetype directory with files such as ftimage.h in it
FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIR_ft2build - Only if building with Freetype2; directory that contains ft2build.h
FREETYPE_LIBRARY - Only if building with Freetype2; path to libfreetype.a/libfreetype.so/freetype.lib
+FREETYPE_DLL - Only if building with Freetype2 on Windows; path to libfreetype.dll
GETTEXT_DLL - Only when building with Gettext on Windows; path to libintl3.dll
GETTEXT_ICONV_DLL - Only when building with Gettext on Windows; path to libiconv2.dll
GETTEXT_INCLUDE_DIR - Only when building with Gettext; directory that contains iconv.h
IRRLICHT_INCLUDE_DIR - directory that contains IrrCompileConfig.h
IRRLICHT_LIBRARY - path to libIrrlicht.a/libIrrlicht.so/libIrrlicht.dll.a
LEVELDB_INCLUDE_DIR - Only when building with LevelDB; directory that contains db.h
-LEVELDB_LIBRARY - Only when building with LevelDB; path to libleveldb.a/libleveldb.so/libleveldb.dll
+LEVELDB_LIBRARY - Only when building with LevelDB; path to libleveldb.a/libleveldb.so/libleveldb.dll.a
+LEVELDB_DLL - Only when building with LevelDB on Windows; path to libleveldb.dll
REDIS_INCLUDE_DIR - Only when building with redis support; directory that contains hiredis.h
REDIS_LIBRARY - Only when building with redis support; path to libhiredis.a/libhiredis.so
LUA_INCLUDE_DIR - Only if you want to use LuaJIT; directory where luajit.h is located
VORBIS_INCLUDE_DIR - Only if building with sound; directory that contains a directory vorbis with vorbisenc.h inside
VORBIS_LIBRARY - Only if building with sound; path to libvorbis.a/libvorbis.so/libvorbis.dll.a
XXF86VM_LIBRARY - Only on Linux; path to libXXf86vm.a/libXXf86vm.so
-ZLIB_DLL - Only on Windows; path to zlibwapi.dll
+ZLIB_DLL - Only on Windows; path to zlib1.dll
+ZLIBWAPI_DLL - Only on Windows; path to zlibwapi.dll
ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR - directory where zlib.h is located
ZLIB_LIBRARY - path to libz.a/libz.so/zlibwapi.lib
http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/downlinks/gettext.php
- This is used for other UI languages. Feel free to leave it out.
* And, of course, Minetest:
- http://minetest.net/download.php
+ http://minetest.net/download
- Steps:
- Select a directory called DIR hereafter in which you will operate.
- Make sure you have CMake and a compiler installed.