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The README.Cygwin that comes with CircleMUD is outdated. Below is current and
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works as of December 2006.
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Compiling CircleMUD
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under Microsoft Windows using CygWin
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CircleMUD 3.1 compiles under Cygwin without needing any special modifications.
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This free pseudo-Unix environment for Windows includes the "bash" shell, "gcc"
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family of compilers, and a full set of programs and libraries for Windows users
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to compile and run programs from source code intended for Unix. It can be
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downloaded from: http://cygwin.com/
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Compiling Circle under Cygwin is basically the same as it would be under
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another form of Unix:
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1) Download from: http://cygwin.com/setup.exe
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Select open.
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Install from Internet
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Select "just me" "dos"
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Choose a mirror site.
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Leave selected package as default.
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Select the following from devel: autoconf, gcc, make, and patchutils
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Click Next.
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Install, follow prompts.
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2) Download and uncompress the latest version of CircleMUD. TBA is now
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recommending everyone use CWG (CircleMUD With Goodies) Buddha since it comes
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pre-packaged with many important features like OLC and Trigedit. Join the
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forum and download Buddha at: http://cwg.lazuras.org/ The forums will
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also be a great resource for any problems that come up. Once you download
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and uncompress Buddha (I use winRAR) read through the /doc directory.
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3) Start the Cygwin "bash" shell by double clicking the Cygwin Icon. This will
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open a telnet looking window that mimics a *nix server where you can run the
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MUD. Go to the directory where you extracted CircleMUD by using the "cd" change
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directory command and "dir" directory listing to find the correct files. For
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example "C:\circle". "cd c:/circle" "dir" in the listed files you should see
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one called configure. DO NOT go into the SRC directory yet.
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4) Run the configure script by typing "./configure". This will automatically
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detect what programs and library functions are available, and create the
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files "Makefile" and "conf.h" based on the results.
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If you get complaints from bash that it will not run the configure script
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either because it cannot find it or because it claims the file is not
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an executable, you can also try "sh configure", "sh ./configure",
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"bash configure" and "bash ./configure" until one of them works.
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5) NOW change to the /circle/src directory "cd src", and type "make", and watch
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CircleMUD and the additional utilies included in the Circle distribution
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automatically being compiled and placed in /circle/bin.
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6) Go back to /circle, and run the MUD either directly by typing
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"bin/circle", or by using the "./autorun &" script.
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7) Start a telnet program. Open a connection to your own machine "localhost"
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on port 4000. You should see the MUD's login screen welcoming you. The
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first person to login will be promoted to IMP.
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If you have problems, read this document again. Most of the questions received
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in email or which are posted to USENET newsgroups are answered in this file, or
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in other documents included in the CircleMUD distribution. If you are still
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having problems and you're *sure* that your question is not answered in this
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document or in one of the others files in the /circle/doc directory, try
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reading the through the CircleMUD website at: http://www.circlemud.org
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It really can not be stressed enough: READ EVERYTHING.
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Credit where credit is due:
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Some parts of this document have been derived or outright copied from other
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files in the CircleMUD distribution by:
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Jeremy Elson
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David Goldstein
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Tony Robbins
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George Greer
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Rumble
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Rumble@@builderacademy.net
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The Builder Academy
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builderacademy.net 9091
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