From efce10cfa989414806f622cc852b258b53ca6cd5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bones_was_here Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2022 03:32:31 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Create Compiling (doc for new release Makefile) --- Compiling.md | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Compiling.md diff --git a/Compiling.md b/Compiling.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..356ef8f --- /dev/null +++ b/Compiling.md @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +This page is about compiling the sources included in [stable](https://xonotic.org/download) and [beta](https://beta.xonotic.org/autobuild) releases, and is also applicable when updating by rsync. +For development purposes, please see [Repository_Access](Repository_Access). + +The release Makefile aims to provide a convenient way to compile for alternative CPU architectures, or to get a build fully optimised for a recent x86 CPU (the official binaries are generic x86_64). To this end the Makefile defaults to enabling all optimisations that can be used on your current CPU without causing bugs, and to using all available CPU threads. + +The builds will be mostly dynamically linked, except for d0_blind_id which is statically linked to ensure reliable player ID support and because distributions don't ship this. + +Invoking `make` or `make help` will print the supported targets and config. + +Most people reading this will want `make update-beta; make client`. + +## Build Dependencies +### Debian +`build-essential automake libgmp-dev libjpeg-dev libpng-dev libcurl-dev libsdl2-dev` +*note that Debian's `libjpeg-dev` depends on `libjpeg62-turbo-dev`* -- 2.39.2