Howto: Glest Advanced Engine on Debian Squeeze

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How to install Glest Advanced Engine on Debian Squeeze [Edited to add further details 14 May 2011]:
How to to make the Glest Advanced Engine (or GAE) Official Compile Guide for Linux available here a little clearer as applied to Debian.
For further information about GAE itself, please see: http://glest.wikia.com/wiki/Glest_Advanced_Engine
I installed it on a 64-bit Gnome system. A 32-bit deb, glestae-0.3.2, can be obtained here installable with gdebi.
(For the following command to work, it is necessary first to install git):

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# aptitude install git

To obtain the source code:

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$ git clone git://glestae.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/glestae/glestae glestae_git

Following the Official Guide:

This creates a new folder in the current directory named glestae_git with all the sources and data. The rest of the article assumes you're in this folder.

And also:

Get the dependencies:
* g++ (it might work with other compilers)
* CMake 2.6 or later
* SDL 1.2.5 or later
* OpenAL
* Vorbis
* Lua 5.1
* PhysicsFS (physfs) 2.0 or later
* zlib
* Freetype
* libpng
* libjpeg (or libjpeg-turbo)
* glew
* wxWidgets 2.8 or later, optional, needed for map editor and model viewer
* CppUnit?, optional, needed for testsuite
* LibXml?2, optional, needed for Blender export script

The following command should take care of most, if not all the dependencies listed above, including the last three optional dependencies:

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# aptitude install cmake doxygen g++ libsdl1.2-dev libsdl1.2-dev libopenal-dev libvorbis-dev liblua5.1-0-dev libphysfs-dev libfreetype6-dev zlib1g-dev libpng12-dev libglew1.5-dev libwxbase2.8-dev libcppunit-dev libxml++1.0-dev zlib1g-dev libwxgtk2.8-0 libalien-wxwidgets-perl wx2.8-headers libwxgtk2.8-dev libwxbase2.8-0 libwxbase2.8-dev libjpeg62 libjpeg62-dev

Now do (any errors are due to missing packages which can be found using Synaptic):

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user@squeeze:~$ cd glestae_git
user@squeeze:~/glestae_git$ mkdir build
user@squeeze:~/glestae_git$ cd build
user@squeeze:~/glestae_git/build$ cmake -DGAE_DATA_DIR=$PWD/../data/game ..
user@squeeze:~/glestae_git/build$ make

To do make install, the procedure is a) but to create your own deb package so that it appears in Synaptic (recommended) see b)
a) To do: make install, then

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user@squeeze:~/glestae_git/build$ su
Password:
root@squeeze:~# /home/user/glestae_git/build# make install

This will install GAE although make install isn't recommended for reasons given in Soul Singin's topic, but according to: http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/glestae/wiki/Packaging

CPack can also generate RPM and DEB packages

After installation, Glest Advanced Engine, the G3D Viewer and Map Editor will appear in the Gnome menu.

To make a quick deb package:
b) To make your own deb package, switch to root, continue as follows:

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user@squeeze:~/glestae_git/build$ su
Password:

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If it isn't installed on your system:

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# aptitude install checkinstall

Now run checkinstall (if necessary consult further documentation here):

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root@squeeze:/home/user/glestae_git/build# checkinstall 

The three executable files are:
/usr/local/bin/gae_g3dviewer
/usr/local/bin/gae_mapeditor
/usr/local/bin/glestadv
The menu entries can be found in Gnome menu > Games > Strategy >

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Although the megaglest 3D multi-player real time strategy game in wheezy is very good, I read somewhere that work has resumed on the Glest_Advanced_Engine so - in case anyone's interested - this is an update:
I tried the above build instructions in wheezy and was able to successfully build GAE. The only difference is that a couple of package names have changed - so to meet the dependencies listed at CompileGuideLinux - do:

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# aptitude install cmake doxygen g++ libsdl1.2-dev libsdl1.2-dev libopenal-dev libvorbis-dev liblua5.1-0-dev libphysfs-dev libfreetype6-dev zlib1g-dev libpng12-dev libglew-dev libwxbase2.8-dev libcppunit-dev libghc-sdl-dev libxml++2.6-dev zlib1g-dev libwxgtk2.8-0 libalien-wxwidgets-perl wx2.8-headers  libwxgtk2.8-dev libwxbase2.8-0 libwxbase2.8-dev libjpeg62 libjpeg62-dev