Getting the source
I'll confess I'm absolutely terrible at commandline-fu. Fortunately, you don't have to be a Linux master to obtain the base package we'll turn into a full-blown installable package. Grab the ZIP version of the package here. See? It wasn't that hard, was it?
Prepping to build
Okay, Linuxnauts! It's time for good old copy-paste into terminal action. Quick, open it!
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sudo apt-get install build-essential libirrlicht-dev cmake libbz2-dev libpng12-dev libjpeg8-dev libxxf86vm-dev libogg-dev libvorbis-dev libopenal-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libsqlite3-dev cmake checkinstall
UNZIP THAT PACKAGE!
Building with CHECKINSTALL
I got you to grab checkinstall for a reason! This baby will kindly install the package for you - and make it portable, so you can install it on other computers without having to rebuild it. ;-)
First, we open the extracted folder...
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cd DRAG FOLDER HERE
Now, to build.
Full install
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sudo cmake . -DRUN_IN_PLACE=0 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr && sudo checkinstall -D make install
Portable install
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sudo cmake . -DRUN_IN_PLACE=1 && sudo checkinstall -D make install
Shucks, that wasn't hard, was it?
User-built packages
Timestrapped Linux users can grab pre-built packages here - or you can kindly post your package, so others won't have to suffer!
Old packages
Use these only if the stable fails to work properly; these are snapshots from an early time.
Minetest 0.4 dev-snapshot (rev 0.4.dev-20120122-1-18-g993821a), x64, Ubuntu 11.10/Linux Mint 12 - built by tinoesroho.
Minetest dev snapshot (0.4.dev-20120122-1-g993821a) i386, Debian Squeeze/Crunchbang 10 Statler - built by JSonic.
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Guide Revision History
0.2 - Revised with help from Topywo - July 25 2012.
0.1.1 - Revised build instructions as per JSonic's advice. - Feb 21 2012.
0.1 - Feb 20 2012 (First build of my guide).