| t@@ -50,17 +50,14 @@ see the tarball installation section below, and also
see the Windows page.
-The binary RPMs are built for Compaq (formerly DEC) Alpha systems running
-RedHat Linux 7.0, and Intel (also Intel compatibles, such as AMD, Cyrix, etc.)
-systems running RedHat Linux 7.1. On other systems, these binary RPMs may
-refuse to install, or may run but then crash with mysterious segmentation
-faults due to library conflicts.
+The binary RPMs are built for Intel (also Intel compatibles, such as AMD,
+Cyrix, etc.) systems running RedHat Linux 8.0. On other systems, these binary
+RPMs may refuse to install, or may run but then crash with mysterious
+segmentation faults due to library conflicts.
- Download the
-
-Alpha or
-
+
i386 (Intel) RPM with your web browser. (If your browser is incorrectly set
up, it may try and display the file, in which case tell it explicitly to save
the file - Shift+Mouse button 1 in Netscape.)
t@@ -71,26 +68,25 @@ up).
- Change to the directory containing the dopewars rpm, and install it with
the command
-rpm -Uvh dopewars-1.5.7-1.xxx.rpm
-(where xxx is i386 or alpha). This will replace any
+rpm -Uvh dopewars-1.5.8-1.i386.rpm This will replace any
already-installed earlier version.
This route is open to you if your system has "rpm", but the binary RPMs do
-not work on your system, or your machine is not an Intel or Alpha (a PowerMac,
+not work on your system, or your machine is not an Intel (an Alpha or PowerMac,
for example). It involves obtaining the RPM of the source code, and then
building the binaries from it on your system.
- Download the
-
+
source code RPM.
- Become root and change to the directory containing the new rpm.
- Build a binary rpm with the command
-rpm --rebuild dopewars-1.5.7-1.src.rpm
+rpm --rebuild dopewars-1.5.8-1.src.rpm
- Change to the directory which the binary rpm has been written to (check
the output of the above - usually /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/xxx, where
t@@ -98,7 +94,7 @@ the output of the above - usually /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/xxx, where
"alpha" on Alphas)
- Install the binary rpm with the command
-rpm -Uvh dopewars-1.5.7-1.xxx.rpm
+rpm -Uvh dopewars-1.5.8-1.xxx.rpm
t@@ -114,20 +110,21 @@ use the included compiler. (You could use a different C/C++ Windows compiler,
but you'll have to write your project files if you do this.) On either Windows
or Unix systems, you will need to get the GLib library first, available for
Unix here or for Windows
-here.
+here.
- Download the
-
+
source code tarball.
- Change to the directory containing the tarball and extract the contents
with the command
-tar -xvzf dopewars-1.5.7.tar.gz
+tar -xvzf dopewars-1.5.8.tar.gz
(or similar).
-- Change into the dopewars-1.5.7 directory, and read all the important
-documentation in there ;)
+- Change into the dopewars-1.5.8 directory, and read all the important
+documentation in there ;) Most notably, the INSTALL file gives more details
+on setup and installation on Windows systems.
- Build the binary with the commands
./configure
t@@ -140,7 +137,7 @@ should compile cleanly. If you are running the Cygwin tools under Microsoft
Windows, the script should detect this and allow you to build a native
Windows binary; this will then run on any Win32 system, even one without Cygwin
installed. The configure script supports a number of configurable options; for
-more details, read the INSTALL file in the dopewars-1.5.7 directory.
+more details, read the INSTALL file in the dopewars-1.5.8 directory.
If you cannot become root, run the configure script specifying directories
for which you have write access for both the dopewars binary and high score file
t@@ -154,7 +151,7 @@ with a command such as
- Main index
- Last update: 15-07-2002
+ Last update: 15-10-2002
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