For most of systems, these instructions should allow to compile and install GXMame without problem, if any, you can read the INSTALL file include in the GXMame package.
First of all, check that you have the latest source at http://gxmame.sourceforge.net/downloads.php
then uncompact it:
tar xvzf gxmame-version.tar.gz
change to that directory:
cd gxmame-version
run the configuration file:
./configure
If you're using `csh' on an old version of System V, you might
need to type `sh ./configure
' instead to prevent `csh
' from trying
to execute `configure
' itself.
you can pass several parameters to the configure script:
--enable-debug
to allow printing of debug lines in the terminal
and keep all symbol in the executable.--enable-joystick
to enable the joystick support in the gui.
run the make file to build the program:
make
install the program
make install
You may need to be root to execute this step.
Check that you have the latest rpm-source at http://gxmame.sourceforge.net/downloads.php
build it:
rpm --rebuild gxmame-version.src.rpm
install it
rpm -Uvh /path_to_your_RPM_build_directory/your_arch/gxmame-version.your_arch.rpm
where your arch is your computer architecture (i386/i586/k6...)
Check that you have the latest rpm-binary at http://gxmame.sourceforge.net/downloads.php
install it
rpm -Uvh gxmame-version.i586.rpm
Check that you have the latest debian package at http://gxmame.sourceforge.net/downloads.php
dpkg -i gxmame-version.deb
if you download the file from GXMame website or
apt-get install gxmame
if you have a sourcefile providing GXMame.
You may want to download and install other files to enhance the visual of GXMame.
/usr/lib/games/xmame/snap/
directory.snap.zip
and put it into
the /usr/lib/games/xmame/snap/
directory.
/usr/lib/games/xmame/title/
directory.titles.zip
and put it into
the /usr/lib/games/xmame/titles/
directory.
/usr/lib/games/xmame/marquees
/
directory. marquees.zip
and put it
into the /usr/lib/games/xmame/marquees/
directory.
/usr/lib/games/xmame/flyers/
directory. flyers.zip
and put it into
the /usr/lib/games/xmame/flyers/
directory.
/usr/lib/games/xmame/cabinets/
directory. cabinets.zip
and put it
into the /usr/lib/games/xmame/cabinets/
directory.
You can put these files into another directories but you will need to change paths from GXMame directories window.
/usr/lib/games/xmame/icons/
directory.icons.zip
and put it into
the /usr/lib/games/xmame/icons/
directory.
You can put these files into another directories but you will need to change paths from GXMame directories window.
/usr/lib/games/xmame/
folder./usr/lib/games/xmame/
folder. /usr/lib/games/xmame/
folder. Note you can find an unofficial highscore.dat
here./usr/lib/games/xmame/
folder./usr/lib/games/xmame/
folder. GXMame support
the catver file for Unix (gRCatVer) and the catver.ini for dos (CatVer).
You can also find a version of catver from
catver.com
You can put these files into another directories but you will need to change paths from GXMame directories window.