# HG changeset patch # User John "Elwin" Edwards # Date 1377378436 25200 # Node ID c9c6bb34734d1a694d39c92461c041119bf6ad21 # Parent 84651832f9677638a99bca416469a94a56a98ffb rogue3: update the installation instructions. diff -r 84651832f967 -r c9c6bb34734d rogue3/INSTALL.txt --- a/rogue3/INSTALL.txt Sat Aug 24 13:50:15 2013 -0700 +++ b/rogue3/INSTALL.txt Sat Aug 24 14:07:16 2013 -0700 @@ -14,19 +14,23 @@ with dgamelaunch and security for multiple players. Installing -First, configure for your system by editing machdep.h. The defaults are for a -system-wide installation, which will require setgid on the binary. For a -single-user installation, comment out SAVEDIR and set SCOREFILE and LOGFILE to -locations somewhere in your home directory. (That's probably the best thing to -do on Windows, too.) +Rogue V3 now uses autotools. Run 'autoreconf' and then './configure' to +configure for your system. Once that's finished, compile by running make. (I +haven't tested the Visual Studio project files on Windows, but they should +work.) + +If you don't use any options with './configure', rogue3 will keep the high +score list in whatever directory you run it from. If you just want to play +the game yourself, this will work. -Once that's finished, compile by running make. (I haven't tested the Visual -Studio project files on Windows, but they should work.) +If you want multi-user play, use the '--enable-setgid' and '--enable-savedir' +options to 'configure'. After compiling, install the rogue3 binary with setgid +games. You will need to make sure that the save directory exists and that +savefiles, the scorefile, and the logfile can be created and written by the +games group (assuming you want those features.) -If you want multi-user play, install the rogue3 binary with setgid games. You -will need to make sure that SAVEDIR exists and that savefiles, SCOREFILE, and -LOGFILE can be created and written by the games group (assuming you want those -features.) For a single user, installing shouldn't be necessary. +There are other possible features, including wizard (debugging) mode. To see +the full list, run './configure --help'. Playing For more details, see readme36.html (contains the man page) and rogue36.html