== Getting started on Linux ==

You need do download **gcc**, **subversion** and **lua**.
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sudo apt-get install gcc
sudo apt-get install subversion
sudo apt-get install lua5.2
sudo apt-get install lua5.2-dev
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We also need graphical library **glm**
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sudo apt-get install libglm-dev
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And you'll also need **premake4**, which can be downloaded from here: http://industriousone.com/premake/download

Did I mention that we need SDL? Download the proper rpm from here:
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http://www.libsdl.org/download-1.2.php
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To install that rpm, followe the instructions here:
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http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/install-an-rpm-package-on-ubuntu-linux/
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The repo for **nv** project can be found here: (should this information be visible here?) which you should clone to a directory of your choice:
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svn co (again, should this be visible here)
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After you have checked-out the repo, go to the trunk dir and use **premake4** to generate files (I was just lazy and copied the binary there).

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./premake4 gmake
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Which tells premake4 to generate **Makefile**s for Linux. After that, you can simply type:
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make
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to start the compilation.

Latest known revision known to be compilable under Linux is: **60**

== Tricks with VIM: Setting the coding standard ==
For startes, we don't want to use tabs, all tabs should be replaced with 4 spaces, indentation should be set to 4. This commands will set-up vim for this:
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:set tabstop=4
:set shiftwidth=4
:set expandtab
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== Building problems ==
Sometimes linker will scream that some libraries are missing. Either you are really missing the libraries or your libraries might have diffirent names. Check the following folders:
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/usr/lib
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
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for the missing libraries. When you find them, link them to **/usr/lib**
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melon@melon:/usr/lib$ sudo ln -s x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreetype.so.6 libfreetype.so
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In the above example I have made a link, because linker was shouting that **libfreetype.so** was missing. Now I have a symbolic link: **/usr/lib/libfreetype.so** pointing to **/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreetype.so.6** and compiler is satisfied.