TOPIC: [Tutorial]How to Compile Debian BTPro Client

Hi folks, recently i've tried to compile the BTPro OpenTTD client, after some issues with ST2's help i finally did it.

So to those that want the amazing client that BTPro release to us and don't know how to do it this tuto ll help.

First of all, open a terminal window.

The first tool we need is the subversion (svn) version control system. If you don't have any installed use type the command

Install the SVN support
The transition package to install the Apache Subversion server module for Apache httpd.
Restart the apache to SVN take place.
Next step is gt the necessary libs (dependencies) to compile the source.

For Debian users you can get all that is needed using the command
It'll take some time

After all dependencies installed is time to get the source code. Here i have some problems to find out what was the revision used by BRPro, i have to thank ST2 for the help.

In the terminal type

And wait the full download of the 1.3.3 original sources complete. The SVN ll create an folder called 1.3.3 in the patch where you terminal is. how i was in ubuntu@ubuntu it's the root directory for ubuntu user (/home/ubuntu) so the folder 1.3.3 with the sources was created there.

Save the diff file OS_Crossover () in the 1.3.3 folder.

Enter in the folder typing in terminal
And use the command

Where OS_Crossover_file is the name of the diff file u saved from BTPro website.

Now is time to compile, just type in terminal

And wait the process finish, it may take a some time so be patient.

After the compilation finish you already can play with the modified client by opening $ bin/openttd.

If u want the new client to take place of the older > "/1.3.3/debian".[/color]

Command :



The last step is create the package itself, so type the command

Remove the old version of OpenTTD and install the new package

Enjoy it

I hope it's help.

Hi. I'm using Lubuntu and trying to compile version 1.4.0 to the admin client diff which, I guess, is quite imilar to the regular client diff. I'm getting some problem with this wininet.h "file or directory missing"

Any ideas?


Thanks for the help

Tomate, did you use the OS_Crossover file, cause I think that the file you are referring to is a Windows library which off course is not available for Lubuntu… Correct me if I'm wrong ST2, but I think the OS_Crossover diff takes care of that right?

totally correct

anyway, already talked with tomate yesterday and he's aware that admin version "still" don't have a version compatible with other OS's... Maybe later... who knows ^^

Just for the record Tomate, when you would like to use the admin version on Linux, Mac or whatever other than Windows, take a look at "Wine". On Mac this works perfectly.

Hi

I'm just getting started with BTPro trying to install on Mac but don't know how to install the diff file for the latest version of the client 1.5.0

Any help would be much appreciated.