Compiling Minetest On Fedora 17

[Josh]

I recently setup a new computer with fedora 17, when browsing the net for tutorials on how to compile minetest on fedora 17, i found some but they were outdated. Also, there is no .rpm package for minetest 0.4.5, does anyone know how to compile the latest minetest on fedora 17?

-Josh

[0gb.us]

I recently setup a new computer with fedora 17, when browsing the net for tutorials on how to compile minetest on fedora 17, i found some but they were outdated. Also, there is no .rpm package for minetest 0.4.5, does anyone know how to compile the latest minetest on fedora 17?

-Josh

Compile instructions are here.

https://github.com/minetest/minetest/blob/master/README.txt

I don't think apt-get works on Fedora, so you'll need to use Fedora's equivalent of apt-get. The rest of the instructions should work as-is.

[Josh]

I recently setup a new computer with fedora 17, when browsing the net for tutorials on how to compile minetest on fedora 17, i found some but they were outdated. Also, there is no .rpm package for minetest 0.4.5, does anyone know how to compile the latest minetest on fedora 17?

-Josh

Compile instructions are here.

https://github.com/minetest/minetest/blob/master/README.txt

I don't think apt-get works on Fedora, so you'll need to use Fedora's equivalent of apt-get. The rest of the instructions should work as-is.

When using cmake . -DRUN_IN_PLACE=1 i get compiling errors:

CMake Error: your CXX compiler: "CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER-NOTFOUND" was not found. Please set CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER to a valid compiler path or name.

These 2:
-- CURL_INCLUDE_DIR = CURL_INCLUDE_DIR-NOTFOUND
-- CURL_LIBRARY = CURL_LIBRARY-NOTFOUND

And These:
-- Could NOT find OpenAL (missing: OPENAL_LIBRARY OPENAL_INCLUDE_DIR)
-- Could NOT find VORBIS (missing: OGG_INCLUDE_DIR VORBIS_INCLUDE_DIR OGG_LIBRA

Is there anything i am missing? (eg. Cmake, OpenAL)

[PilzAdam]

Do you have a c++ compiler installed?

[Josh]

Do you have a c++ compiler installed?

What is its name be in Add/Remove software?

[PilzAdam]

Do you have a c++ compiler installed?

What is its name be in Add/Remove software?

c++

[pheonixfire]

CMake Error: your CXX compiler: "CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER-NOTFOUND" was not found. Please set CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER to a valid compiler path or name.

These 2:
-- CURL_INCLUDE_DIR = CURL_INCLUDE_DIR-NOTFOUND
-- CURL_LIBRARY = CURL_LIBRARY-NOTFOUND

And These:
-- Could NOT find OpenAL (missing: OPENAL_LIBRARY OPENAL_INCLUDE_DIR)
-- Could NOT find VORBIS (missing: OGG_INCLUDE_DIR VORBIS_INCLUDE_DIR OGG_LIBRA

Is there anything i am missing? (eg. Cmake, OpenAL)

to get those use the following commands in the terminal:

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yum install libcurl* openal* libvorbis*


the star is a wildcard so it will install any package containing the name before the star

pheonixfire

[Josh]

CMake Error: your CXX compiler: "CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER-NOTFOUND" was not found. Please set CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER to a valid compiler path or name.

These 2:
-- CURL_INCLUDE_DIR = CURL_INCLUDE_DIR-NOTFOUND
-- CURL_LIBRARY = CURL_LIBRARY-NOTFOUND

And These:
-- Could NOT find OpenAL (missing: OPENAL_LIBRARY OPENAL_INCLUDE_DIR)
-- Could NOT find VORBIS (missing: OGG_INCLUDE_DIR VORBIS_INCLUDE_DIR OGG_LIBRA

Is there anything i am missing? (eg. Cmake, OpenAL)

to get those use the following commands in the terminal:

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yum install libcurl* openal* libvorbis*


the star is a wildcard so it will install any package containing the name before the star

pheonixfire

Thanks! Your from australia too? cool!

[Josh]

Can somone make a fedora 17 package for minetest 0.4.5? I hate to be a pain, but compiling minetest on fedora is trickier then compiling minetest on ubuntu.

[pheonixfire]

do you get a result like this when you use the cmake . -DRUN_IN_PLACE=1 command?

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-- *** Will build version 0.4.5 ***
-- IRRLICHT_SOURCE_DIR =
-- IRRLICHT_INCLUDE_DIR = /usr/include/irrlicht
-- IRRLICHT_LIBRARY = /usr/lib64/libIrrlicht.so
-- CURL_INCLUDE_DIR = /usr/include/curl
-- CURL_LIBRARY = /usr/lib64/libcurl.so
-- cURL support enabled
-- GetText disabled
-- Sound enabled
-- Using project jthread library
-- Using project sqlite3 library
-- Using project json library
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: /home/james/Games/minetest-0.4.5


pheonixfire

[Josh]

It is not building it at all, and i could not find the proper cmake file.

[ecube]

Are you in the minetest directory?

Try this:

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git clone https://github.com/celeron55/minetest.git
cd minetest
cmake .
make

To run minetest, make sure you're in ~/minetest (or wherever you downloaded it in the first command) and type bin/minetest

[Josh]

Are you in the minetest directory?

Try this:

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git clone https://github.com/celeron55/minetest.git
cd minetest
cmake .
make

To run minetest, make sure you're in ~/minetest (or wherever you downloaded it in the first command) and type bin/minetest

I'll give it a try.

[pheonixfire]

How did you go compiling on fedora 17?

[doyousketch2]

try the "one-line" script that Calinou conjured up for Debian,
http://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?id=3837
but use YUM instead of apt-get.

Dunno if Fedora uses sudo, so use su instead,
then type in your admin password, if need be.

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su (password)

yum install git build-essential libirrlicht-dev libgettextpo0 libfreetype6-dev cmake libbz2-dev libpng12-dev libjpeg8-dev libxxf86vm-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libsqlite3-dev libogg-dev libvorbis-dev libopenal-dev libsm-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev; git clone git://github.com/minetest/minetest.git;cd minetest/games; git clone git://github.com/minetest/minetest_game.git; git clone git://github.com/minetest/common.git; cd ..; cmake . -DRUN_IN_PLACE=1 -DENABLE_GETTEXT=1 -DENABLE_FREETYPE=1; cd src; make -j2; cd ../bin; ./minetest; echo -e "\n\nYou can run Minetest again by double-clicking "minetest" in the "bin" folder of the "minetest" folder in your home folder.\nYou can install mods in ~/minetest/mods/minetest, too."

[doyousketch2]

tho come to think of it, the folder will be owned by the admin, so you may want to "change group" and/or "change owner" so you can access it.

so you'd change it to whatever your (user) name is on your machine.

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cd ..
chgrp -R (user) minetest
chown -R (user) minetest

thus the whole "one-line" script would be:

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yum install git build-essential libirrlicht-dev libgettextpo0 libfreetype6-dev cmake libbz2-dev libpng12-dev libjpeg8-dev libxxf86vm-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libsqlite3-dev libogg-dev libvorbis-dev libopenal-dev libsm-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev; git clone git://github.com/minetest/minetest.git;cd minetest/games; git clone git://github.com/minetest/minetest_game.git; git clone git://github.com/minetest/common.git; cd ..; cmake . -DRUN_IN_PLACE=1 -DENABLE_GETTEXT=1 -DENABLE_FREETYPE=1; cd src; make -j2;cd ..;chgrp -R (user) minetest;chown -R (user) minetest; cd ../bin; ./minetest; echo -e "\n\nYou can run Minetest again by double-clicking "minetest" in the "bin" folder of the "minetest" folder in your home folder.\nYou can install mods in ~/minetest/mods/minetest, too."

Make sure to change the two spots in there called (user)
into the name you use to log into your computer.

[Josh]

How did you go compiling on fedora 17?

I got really fustrated with it so i just switched to ubuntu, but thankyou all for your help!
i think this could be useful for other people wanting to play minetest on fedora.

[Neon]

On Fedora 17, I successfully compiled the latest stable using the following command-line recipe. It is a variant to the above one-liner by doyousketch2.

[spoiler]# change username to root
su
(password)
# make sure you have the packages to compile with
yum install cmake irrlicht irrlicht-devel curl libcurl-devel bzip2-devel libpng-devel libogg-devel libvorbis-devel freetype-devel
# download the game
# this downloads v0.4.7dev (latest unstable as per this post)
wget github.com/minetest/minetest/archive/master.zip; # the game engine
unzip master.zip
cd minetest-stable-0.4/games/
wget github.com/minetest/minetest_game/archive/master.zip; # the minetest game
unzip master.zip; rm master.zip
cd ../
cmake . -DRUN_IN_PLACE=0 -DENABLE_GETTEXT=1 -DENABLE_FREETYPE=1 -DENABLE_SOUND=0 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local/share
make -j2
# go get some coffee
cd ../; mv minetest-stable-0.4 /usr/local/share/; # move the game data where the executable expects to find it
ln -s /usr/local/share/minetest-master/bin/minetest /usr/bin/minetest; # link the executable into the system-wide path
ln -s /usr/local/share/minetest-master/bin/minetestserver /usr/bin/minetestserver; # link the server executable into the system-wide path
[/spoiler]

[leetelate]

On Fedora 17, I successfully compiled the latest stable using the following command-line recipe. It is a variant to the above one-liner by doyousketch2.

[spoiler]# change username to root
su
(password)
# make sure you have the packages to compile with
yum install cmake irrlicht irrlicht-devel curl libcurl-devel bzip2-devel libpng-devel libogg-devel libvorbis-devel freetype-devel
# download the game
# this downloads v0.4.7dev (latest unstable as per this post)
wget github.com/minetest/minetest/archive/master.zip; # the game engine
unzip master.zip
cd minetest-stable-0.4/games/
wget github.com/minetest/minetest_game/archive/master.zip; # the minetest game
unzip master.zip; rm master.zip
cd ../
cmake . -DRUN_IN_PLACE=0 -DENABLE_GETTEXT=1 -DENABLE_FREETYPE=1 -DENABLE_SOUND=0 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local/share
make -j2
# go get some coffee
cd ../; mv minetest-stable-0.4 /usr/local/share/; # move the game data where the executable expects to find it
ln -s /usr/local/share/minetest-master/bin/minetest /usr/bin/minetest; # link the executable into the system-wide path
ln -s /usr/local/share/minetest-master/bin/minetestserver /usr/bin/minetestserver; # link the server executable into the system-wide path
[/spoiler]

excellent! +1 - i have to compile the new git for the tablet, and it has to be in fedora - ubuntu keeps saying it supports tablets, but so far it is vaporware - if ubuntu does exist for armhfp i sure can't find it - i would be VERY glad if it did

[Neon]

A variant on my above fedora install script, is this one for 0.4.8-stable. Note that it does not install/compile/enable sound (I believe OpenAL is required for sound)

+ Spoiler

# change username to root
su
(password)
# make sure you have the packages to compile with
yum install cmake irrlicht irrlicht-devel curl libcurl-devel bzip2-devel libpng libpng-devel libogg libogg-devel libvorbis libvorbis-devel freetype freetype-devel
# download v0.4.8 (latest stable as per this post)
wget https://github.com/minetest/minetest/archive/stable-0.4.zip; # the game engine
unzip stable-0.4.zip; rm stable-0.4.zip
cd minetest-stable-0.4/games/
wget https://github.com/minetest/minetest_game/archive/stable-0.4.zip; # the minetest game
unzip stable-0.4.zip; rm stable-0.4.zip
cd ../
cmake . -DRUN_IN_PLACE=0 -DENABLE_GETTEXT=1 -DENABLE_FREETYPE=1 -DENABLE_SOUND=0 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local/share
make -j2; # The -j2 arg is because I run dual-core
# go get some coffee
cd ../; mv minetest-stable-0.4 /usr/local/share/; # move the game data where the executable expects to find it
ln -s /usr/local/share/minetest-stable-0.4/bin/minetest /usr/bin/minetest; # link the executable into the system-wide path
ln -s /usr/local/share/minetest-stable-0.4/bin/minetestserver /usr/bin/minetestserver; # link the server executable into the system-wide path

After running the game the first time, you might want to (as the user who has run the game) do the following so you don't need root privileges to install mods and texture packs

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mkdir ~/.minetest/mods
mkdir ~/.minetest/textures
ln -s /usr/local/share/minetest-stable-0.4/minetest.conf.example ~/.minetest/

[Neon]

Fedora install update for 0.4.10

+ Spoiler

# change username to root
su;
(password)
# make sure you have the packages to compile with
yum install cmake gcc-c++ luajit luajit-devel irrlicht irrlicht-devel curl libcurl-devel bzip2-devel libpng libpng-devel libogg libogg-devel libvorbis libvorbis-devel freetype freetype-devel openal openal-devel leveldb leveldb-devel;
# download v0.4.10 (latest stable as per this post)
wget https://github.com/minetest/minetest/archive/0.4.10.zip; # the game engine
unzip 0.4.10.zip; rm 0.4.10.zip;
cd minetest-stable-0.4.10/games/;
wget https://github.com/minetest/minetest_game/archive/master.zip; # the minetest game
unzip master.zip; rm master.zip;
cd ../;
cmake . -DRUN_IN_PLACE=0 -DENABLE_CURL=1 -DENABLE_GETTEXT=1 -DENABLE_FREETYPE=1 -DENABLE_LEVELDB=1 -DENABLE_REDIS=0 -DENABLE_SOUND=1 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local/share
make -j2; # The -j2 arg is because I run dual-core
# go get some coffee. This will take some minutes
cd ../; mv minetest-0.4.10 /usr/local/share/; # move the game data where the executable expects to find it
ln -s /usr/local/share/minetest-0.4.10/bin/minetest /usr/bin/minetest; # link the executable into the system-wide path
ln -s /usr/local/share/minetest-0.4.10/bin/minetestserver /usr/bin/minetestserver; # link the server executable into the system-wide path

After running the game the first time, you might want to (as the user who has run the game) do the following so you don't need root privileges to install mods and texture packs

+ Spoiler

mkdir ~/.minetest/mods;
mkdir ~/.minetest/textures;
ln -s /usr/local/share/minetest-0.4.10/minetest.conf.example ~/.minetest/

[DeepGaze]

Finally tried this and could not get it to install, is it possible to make an rpm?

[Neon]

I could try. Fedora has 0.4.9 in it's updates repo, if you don't need 0.4.10
What is your error, anyways? Perhaps I can troubleshoot it before going through the rigaramole of doing the RPM.

[DeepGaze]

I currently run 0.4.9 but when entering the commands it ceases after "Su", I did some research and found you can run a script like the one above as a text file. setting as root then running the file gave this error:

+ script(username is James)

[James@localhost ~]$ su
Password:
[root@localhost James]# /home/James/Desktop/Fire
--2014-08-02 22:59:12-- https://github.com/minetest/minetest/ar
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 192.30.252.129
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|192.30.252.129|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2014-08-02 22:59:13 ERROR 404: Not Found.

--2014-08-02 22:59:13-- http://.../
Resolving ... (...)... failed: Name or service not known.
wget: unable to resolve host address ‘...’
--2014-08-02 22:59:13-- http://.4.10.zip/
Resolving .4.10.zip (.4.10.zip)... failed: Name or service not known.
wget: unable to resolve host address ‘.4.10.zip’
unzip: cannot find or open 0.4.10.zip, 0.4.10.zip.zip or 0.4.10.zip.ZIP.
rm: cannot remove ‘0.4.10.zip’: No such file or directory
/home/James/Desktop/Fire: line 7: cd: minetest-stable-0.4.10/games/: No such file or directory
--2014-08-02 22:59:13-- https://github.com/minetest/minetest_ga
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 192.30.252.129
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|192.30.252.129|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2014-08-02 22:59:14 ERROR 404: Not Found.

--2014-08-02 22:59:14-- http://.../
Resolving ... (...)... failed: Name or service not known.
wget: unable to resolve host address ‘...’
--2014-08-02 22:59:14-- http://aster.zip/
Resolving aster.zip (aster.zip)... 92.242.132.15
Connecting to aster.zip (aster.zip)|92.242.132.15|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [text/html]
Saving to: ‘index.html’

[ <=> ] 986 --.-K/s in 0s

2014-08-02 22:59:15 (48.7 MB/s) - ‘index.html’ saved [986]

FINISHED --2014-08-02 22:59:15--
Total wall clock time: 1.7s
Downloaded: 1 files, 986 in 0s (48.7 MB/s)
unzip: cannot find or open master.zip, master.zip.zip or master.zip.ZIP.
rm: cannot remove ‘master.zip’: No such file or directory
CMake Error: The source directory "/home" does not appear to contain CMakeLists.txt.
Specify --help for usage, or press the help button on the CMake GUI.
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
mv: cannot stat ‘minetest-0.4.10’: No such file or directory
ln: failed to create symbolic link ‘/usr/bin/minetest’: File exists
ln: failed to create symbolic link ‘/usr/bin/minetestserver’: File exists
[root@localhost James]#

any ideas?

[Neon]

Yeah. It looks like the cut-and-paste from the forums is preserving the truncation that the forums is doing on the URL. So instead of getting "https://github.com/minetest/minetest/archive/0.4.10.zip;", you are getting "https://github.com/minetest/minetest/ar ... .4.10.zip;".

EDIT: I fixed the latest, so as to disable that bit of helpfullness from the forum. You should be able to cut&paste again and get things to work.

[DeepGaze]

+ script(username is James)

yes it is called "badgers love monkeys"
http://pastebin.com/7hncuX9U

[Neon]

I put together an RPM package for 0.4.10, hosted on my website. It's packaged for i686, but works on my x86_64 system. This isn't as professionally put together as if it came from Fedora itself, but it is a workable first-cut.

http://mattnet.org/rpms/

[Neon]

Fedora install update for whatever the latest happens to be (0.4.12 at posting). Note that this installs the dev version, not the stable version. Also note that these instruction work on most Fedora versions, not just F17 (e.g. I'm doing this from Fedora 20 ATM, but it should work for F17 through to the latest)

+ Spoiler

# change username to root
su;
(password)
# make sure you have the packages to compile with
yum install cmake gcc-c++ luajit luajit-devel irrlicht irrlicht-devel curl libcurl-devel bzip2-devel libpng libpng-devel libogg libogg-devel libvorbis libvorbis-devel freetype freetype-devel openal openal-devel leveldb leveldb-devel sqlite sqlite-devel;
# download the game
wget https://github.com/minetest/minetest/archive/master.zip; # the game engine
unzip master.zip; rm master.zip;
cd minetest-master/games/;
wget https://github.com/minetest/minetest_game/archive/master.zip; # the minetest game
unzip master.zip; rm master.zip;
cd ../;
cmake . -DRUN_IN_PLACE=0 -DENABLE_CURL=1 -DENABLE_GETTEXT=1 -DENABLE_FREETYPE=1 -DENABLE_LEVELDB=1 -DENABLE_REDIS=0 -DENABLE_SOUND=1 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local/share
make -j2; # The -j2 arg is because I run dual-core
# go get some coffee. This will take some minutes
cd ../; mv minetest-master /usr/local/share/; # move the game data where the executable expects to find it
ln -s /usr/local/share/minetest-master/bin/minetest /usr/bin/minetest; # link the executable into the system-wide path
ln -s /usr/local/share/minetest-master/bin/minetestserver /usr/bin/minetestserver; # link the server executable into the system-wide path

After running the game the first time, you might want to (as the user who has run the game) do the following so you don't need root privileges to install mods and texture packs

+ Spoiler

mkdir ~/.minetest/mods;
mkdir ~/.minetest/textures;
ln -s /usr/local/share/minetest-0.4.12/minetest.conf.example ~/.minetest/

[Calinou]

Use make -j$(grep -c "processor" /proc/cpuinfo) for automatic CPU thread detection.

[Neon]

Thanks