Bzworkbench on Linux (Ubuntu 10.10)

[fox in the fog]

I'm on a Linux Operating System, exactly on Ubuntu Maverick 10.10, and on the BZExcess website (http://bzexcess.com/2009/11/bzworkbench ... /#more-250) I saw that there is the installing procedure of Bzworkbench on Ubuntu 9.04 There is written the installing procedure is similar on all the Ubuntu versions... But on the latest Ubuntu version doesn't work. The first command ( sudo aptitude install subversion g++ libopenscenegraph-dev libfltk1.1-dev ) isn't exact because with "aptitude" doesn't work, it work only with "apt-get" so: sudo apt-get install subversion g++ libopenscenegraph-dev libfltk1.1-dev
after this command, that worked, I copy-past the second command: svn co https://bzflag.svn.sourceforge.net/svnr ... workbench/ bzworkbench and all work correctly. After this, the other commands are not working... these are the commands:

Then we will change directory into the Debug folder:

cd bzworkbench/Debug

Then we will start the build process:

make

Once this is done, there should not be any error messages showing. Of course, if there is, you’ll have to determine why. Or you could ask on the BZFlag forum or the BZFlag IRC channel for assistance.

We should then be able to change directory into the root of the source:

cd ..

Then we can run the binary using this command:

./Debug/bzworkbench

What wrong? Is possible that on Ubuntu 10.10 these commands are incorrect?

[Cobra_Fast]

Before running make one usually run a script like "configure" or "autoconfig" to generate the configuration files for make. But this might not be applying to BZWB.

[blast]

My blog article is over a year old. The build system for BZWorkBench changed since then. You have to build it similar to BZFlag now where you run autogen.sh, configure, and then make.

Also, you can install aptitude (I always do) via apt-get install aptitude.

So, do this:
./autogen.sh
./configure
make

I'm not sure where it dumps the binary, but you'd run it something like this:
./src/bzworkbench

That way the "current working directory" is the root of the source checkout, so it can find the data files.

[Bullet Catcher]

The current instructions for building BZWorkbench are in the file named INSTALL, located in the top-level bzworkbench directory. I just updated that in the Subversion repository, so a svn update command will get it for you (revision 21364).

[fox in the fog]

Sorry blast, but the terminal said that the ./autogen.sh and ./configure are files or directory non-existent...

[blast]

I clearly see an autogeh.sh file here:
https://bzflag.svn.sourceforge.net/svnr ... workbench/

[Bullet Catcher]

Change your current working directory to the one named bzworkbench, where files such as autogen.sh exist. After you do that, the commands will be found.

[fox in the fog]

no, sorry Bullet catcher, nothing work correctly... It seems to me that the command are similar to Debian OS, because the commands are for an older Ubuntu version more similar to Debian. With times the commands will be update to the recent ubuntu versions... now i have not enough patient to try to make the commands work
Thanks all!

[blast]

If you don't have the patience to try, why bother asking for help?

[fox in the fog]

I don't want to bother, but if someone have the patient to try to make the command right, because he don't have anything to do at the moment, or someone have already adjust the command... why I can't ask on the forums where there are (i don't know how many) more than 5000 people?
And, I'm not so lazy, i have tried and tried also with one my friend minimum 3 hours...but in vain
but, if I'm bother I will try to be more... independent and i will pretended to be satisfied even if i'm not

[all]

This worked for me (on Debian Squeeze):

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svn co https://bzflag.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/bzflag/trunk/bzworkbench

cd bzworkbench/

./autogen.sh

./configure --prefix $HOME

make

src/bzworkbench

[fox in the fog]

Hm... I'm happy for you but I don't think this will work for ubuntu 10.10, never seen a thing like: --prefix $HOME. I have to try... However I think i'm gonna reboot and use bzworkbench under windows... isn't cool i know, but... thanks !

[blast]

There is no recent version of BZWorkBench compiled for Windows, so have fun with your old version.

[fox in the fog]

Who said anything about the new version of BZWorkbench? Yeah, I have fun don't worry, BZWorkbech under windows work well.