[Request] - Guide how to compile Openttd @Raspberry PI

[juxreal]

Good morning,

i have a problem to compile openttd for my Raspberry. I have search via google for a guide, but i cant find a "generall" guide. And in this Forum i have found Posts about the possibilit. But no guide. (or i am blind ).

So i start this request:

Please - can someone make a sort Step by Step guide how to complie Openttd on a Raspberry pi from Source?

I want to host a small dedicate ( start option -D ).

[planetmaker]

http://wiki.openttd.org/Compiling_on_%2 ... x_and_*BSD applies there as well. You can skip the video and sound libraries, if you ./configure --enable-dedicated

[juxreal]

i am sorry .

This is the first time, that i try to compile from source.

I dont understand the Wiki article.




Edit:

if i try

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sudo apt-get build-dep openttd 

there is a error: you must put some 'source' URLs in your sources.list

i have no idea how to add this source there.

[Eddi]

this line only works if you have a repository which offers some version of openttd already. if you do not have such a repository, you must install the dependencies (compiler, libraries) manually.

[Endrivis]

The guide for compiling OpenTTD for Linux, *bsd and other unix derivatives is kind of lackluster and messy.
Although it is entirely possible to compile it on a raspberry pi once you have the commands nailed down, it's gonna take some time to compile though (a few hours depending on existing CPU load, which seems to be the bottleneck on the 512MB model)

Here's a download link for a compiled dedicated server based on the 1.3.3 source, the executable is in the /bin directory in the openTTD folder:
http://filesmelt.com/dl/openttd-1.3_.3- ... d_.tar.bz2
Haven't tested it thoroughly but it works, even without the SDL libraries it would otherwise complain about.

But as said, the page for compiling it for anything *nix or alike REALLY needs a overhaul to both clean it up and making it more comprehensive and also easier to understand for someone new to compiling things themselves.

Especially considering ARM based hardware is on the rise and official precompiled packages targeting those platforms isn't being offered.

Although if adding ARM hardware to the compile farm it would probably be an idea to look at something like the ODROID-U3 Community Edition IF it can be set to compile for older ARM architecture like the Raspberry pi's SoC.
Since then it'll both be much faster at compiling and also cover a broad range of ARM devices, except for the upcoming 64bit ones.

[planetmaker]

The guide for compiling OpenTTD for Linux, *bsd and other unix derivatives is kind of lackluster and messy.

You're invited to spend your energy on improving and expanding existing guides (instead of ranting on how bad the existing ones are). It's a wiki. And you obviously have gone through the process recently (and for the first time?) and thus know which things actually are missing.

[kamnet]

Ditto, more people working on keeping the Wiki updated would be a great contribution!