MG on Slackware

[andy_5995]

I thought I'd start a Slackware thread, for any questions or discussion related to running MG on Slackware.

For those who aren't aware, there is a site called Slackbuilds that provides scripts to help automate building Slackware packages and installing them.

Here is the listing for MegaGlest

https://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.1/games/megaglest/?search=megaglest

*post update
I forgot to mention a handy tool to use with Slackbuilds

Sbopkg is a command-line and dialog-based tool to synchronize with the SlackBuilds.org ("SBo") repository, a collection of third-party SlackBuild scripts to build Slackware packages.

[andy_5995]

The 3.12.0 installer doesn't execute on Slackware 14.2b.

error while loading shared libraries: libtinfo.so.5: cannot open shared object file

14.2b is slackware current. They are approaching a stable release.

The libtinfo discussion is at http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?p=5490389

[filux]

yep you found minor problem (probably for next release will be fixed), but in general you should install libgtk2.0 (or similar name on slackware) because on this is based optional pretty gui.

[andy_5995]

Some nice person posted a quick and easy fix for this in the LQ thread I linked to above.

Next time I boot to Slack, I'll give it a try.

[andy_5995]

After I created the symlink as mentioned in the LQ post (above), the installer executed and completed.

I haven't yet installed the dependencies for the game to run yet.

I expect to be able to get them using sbopkg and the Slackbuilds repository.

However, I'm going to make a note here about pre-built Slackware packages that aren't included with the Slackware distribution.

Here is a repo of many such packages, and other Slack-related scripts and information:
http://www.slackware.com/~alien/

Hi! I am Eric Hameleers, or Alien BOB as I am called on various Slackware forums & channels. I am a long time Slackware user, part of the Slackware team, but I am not a Slackware employee. You'll find scripts I wrote here, lots of Slackware packages, their build scripts, and several articles I wrote for my Wiki of course.
All of what I make available here is not official Slackware-released software. Do not bug Pat about what you download from my homepage (other than to tell him he should include my packages in the official Slackware distribution if you like them :-)

[andy_5995]

I wonder if someone on the MG team should contact the maintainer of this MegaGlest Slackbuild script, and ask him if he'd be interested in updating it.

https://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.2/games/megaglest/

Larry Hajali is the maintainer, and his contact info is shown on the page above.

[andy_5995]

I see that the Slackbuild has already been updated to 3.13.0.

Thank you, mysterious stranger.