"cd" to the vor source directory and type "make" at the command prompt.
+ For the brave: see also BUILDING ON WINDOWS below
+
RUNNING
"./vor"
Just type "make install" at the command prompt.
- By default it puts executable in /usr/games/bin and the data in
+ By default it puts the executable in /usr/games/bin and the data in
/usr/share/vor. If you'd like to change either, edit the Makefile
before building. If you change these settings in the Makefile after
building, you'll have to "make clean" and build again before
installing.
+
+
+
+BUILDING ON WINDOWS
+
+ 1) Grab a copy of the vor source code with the images already rendered. If
+ you want to compile from the latest sources in the repository, you'll have
+ to check out onto a unix machine, and "make data" to render the ships and
+ rocks. The source tarballs usually have these rendered already.
+
+ 2) download sdl source from libsdl.org. follow these instructions to
+ install msys, mingw, and sdl:
+
+ http://www.libsdl.org/extras/win32/mingw32/README.txt
+
+ stay in the shell for step 3:
+
+ 3) download, unpack and install sdl-mixer and sdl-image from source (should
+ (I hope) work the same way as installing sdl in step 2 above.)
+
+ http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_mixer/index.html
+ http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_image/index.html
+
+ 4) run this command in the vor source directory: mingw-make -f Makefile.win