X-Git-Url: https://jasonwoof.com/gitweb/?p=vor.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL;h=6c408b494db2190b24601895d1e13b4b62b8790b;hp=607ea942b9f1fdcd54dd0ce52ddb3056ec49d15f;hb=a9e7cce3e8831c267147fe0f24e8991dc31d6b0c;hpb=0bbc23a37289ca20b8681229ccf74edfb6261d4e

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 607ea94..6c408b4 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -4,13 +4,64 @@ REQUIREMENTS
 		sdl           http://www.libsdl.org/download-1.2.php
 		sdl_mixer     http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_mixer/
 		sdl_image     http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_image/
-	And the following to create the graphics:
+
+	If you are building from git, (or editing the graphics) you will also
+	need:
+
 		povray        http://www.povray.org/
 		netpbm        http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/
+		autoconf      version 2.63 or greater
+
+
+BUILDING A RELEASE
+
+	(see BUILDING FROM GIT if you don't have a release tarball)
+
+	change to the source directory and run this:
+
+	./configure && make
+
+	Unless there are errors, you should be able to run the game from the
+	source directory like this:
+
+	./vor
+
+
+BUILDING FROM GIT
+
+	1) Make sure you have the extra dependencies first. If you want to avoid
+	installing povray and/or netpbm, you can simply the data/ directory from a
+	recent release.
+
+	Run "autoconf".
+
+	Continue as normal with the BUILDING A RELEASE section above.
+
+
+BUILDING FOR WINDOWS
+
+	Using mingw32 packages, you can use Linux to cross-compile a binary for
+	Windows. Below is the recommended way to achieve this:
+
+	1) Install Fedora 11, and get up to date with "yum upgrade"
+
+	2) run as root: yum install mingw32-SDL_mixer mingw32-SDL_image
+
+	3) change to the VoR source directory
+
+	4) If you need to build the graphics (eg if you edited them, or if you're
+	not using a release tarball) then run: ./configure && make graphics
+
+	5) run: mingw32-configure && make
+
+	6) make a directory with vor.exe, data/ and the following files from
+	/usr/i686-pc-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/: SDL.dll SDL_image.dll
+	SDL_mixer.dll libjpeg-62.dll libpng12-0.dll zlib1.dll
+
+	7) (optional) change to that directory, and test like so: wine ./vor.exe
+
+	8) zip up that new directory and try it out on a Windows install.
 
-BUILDING
-	
-	"cd" to the vor source directory and type "make" at the command prompt.
 
 RUNNING
 
@@ -21,10 +72,10 @@ RUNNING
 
 INSTALLING
 
-	Just type "make install" at the command prompt.
+	You can run "make install" to install vor. If you're installing
+	system-wide (for example, to the default install location of /usr/local)
+	you'll need to run this as root.
 
-	By default it puts 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.
+	You can specify an alternative install location with the --prefix=
+	argument to ./configure. See the output of: ./configure --help for more
+	information.