Hi Nick,
1. Just use --prefix=/usr/local all around and you should be fine. This should be the default for everything except plib.
2. Uninstall the sarge plib, and compile the newer one. Beware: by default plib puts itself in /usr/lib and /usr/include ... I'd put it in /usr/local/ myself, but the plib author disagrees strongly with me and most of the rest of the unix world ... what are you going to do?
3. Don't forget to add /usr/local/lib to your /etc/ld.so.conf and rerun ldconfig ...
4. The debian glut packages (and glut-dev) should work fine for you.
I haven't compiled FG on debian for a few months now, but I developed on various debian systems for ages, so as long as you do each step, it should all go together very clean.
Regards,
Curt.
Nick Coleman wrote:
Hi All,
I've just changed from many years of Mandrake to Debian Sarge. One thing I noticed when researching the move is lots of dire warnings about not polluting the filetree with non-Deb apps.
I'm pretty familiar with compiling FG from source and CVS. Are there any special considerations I need to look out for when compiling FG for my Debian system? Things like PREFIX flags etc so that the binaries end up in the 'correct' place? (/usr/local is ok for anything non-Deb, yes?)
Also, the current version of FG needs a newer version of plib than Sarge provides. What are the ramifications of installing both Deb plib and CVS plib at the same time?
[just had a thought] Is there a way to build a deb package from a CVS source and install it using apt? That would get around the plib problem above.
Sorry about the number of questions; this is my first install of a major non-Deb piece of software and I don't want to screw up the packaging system just yet. ;)
Thanks for any help, Nick
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