Need some assistance

[FatalIll]

Im not a linux expert or anything, following some of the guides on EQEmu for setting up a server I have been getting stuck...

EQEmu-0.7.0-1043-source.tgz listed in Debian Guide (http://www.eqemulator.net/wiki/wikka.php?wakka=DebianLinuxServer) doesnt exist anymore, so I got the SVN from PEQ(?).

Then this hit
cd /home/eqemu/server
ln -s ../source/EQEmu-0.7.0-1118/utils/defaults/* .
ln -s ../source/EQEmu-0.7.0-1118/utils/patch_* .
ln -s ../source/EQEmu-0.7.0-1118/utils/cleanipc
ln -s ../source/EQEmu-0.7.0-1118/world/world
ln -s ../source/EQEmu-0.7.0-1118/zone/zone
ln -s ../source/EQEmu-0.7.0-1118/EMuShareMem/libEMuShareMem.so
ln -s ../source/EQEmu-0.7.0-1118/eqlaunch/eqlaunch

libEMuShareMem.so and some of the folders listed dont exist, or the command doesnt work the same with the svn version.

I dont know exactly what to do from this part forward.

EDIT: I am able to use Ubuntu or Debian, doesnt make a difference.

[Kobaz]

Here's how I handle it. I have a directory called eqemu. In this I have the following 4 scripts:


john@paranoia:~/eqemu$ cat getEmuSource.sh
#!/bin/bash
svn checkout http://projecteqemu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ projecteqemu-read-only
john@paranoia:~/eqemu$ cat getEQmaps.sh
#!/bin/bash
svn checkout http://eqemumaps.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ eqemumaps-read-only
john@paranoia:~/eqemu$ cat getPEQdb.sh
#!/bin/bash
svn checkout http://projecteqdb.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ projecteqdb-current-only
john@paranoia:~/eqemu$ cat getQuest.sh
#!/bin/bash
svn checkout http://projecteqquests.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ projecteqquests-read-only
john@paranoia:~/eqemu$



I also create a folder called server, and I have a folder LS for privateLogin server.

In eqemu/server I have a symlink to the source files:


lrwxrwxrwx 1 john john 38 2009-06-20 07:31 source -> ../projecteqemu-read-only/EQEmuServer/


and all my other symlinks:


lrwxrwxrwx 1 john john 28 2009-06-20 13:21 chatserver -> source/chatserver/chatserver
lrwxrwxrwx 1 john john 21 2009-06-20 13:22 cleanipc -> source/utils/cleanipc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 john john 33 2009-06-20 13:22 commands.pl -> source/utils/defaults/commands.pl
lrwxrwxrwx 1 john john 43 2009-06-20 13:22 eqemu_config.xml.full -> source/utils/defaults/eqemu_config.xml.full
lrwxrwxrwx 1 john john 24 2009-06-20 13:23 eqlaunch -> source/eqlaunch/eqlaunch
lrwxrwxrwx 1 john john 36 2009-06-20 13:20 libEMuShareMem.so -> source/EMuShareMem/libEMuShareMem.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 john john 29 2009-06-20 13:23 log.ini -> source/utils/defaults/log.ini
lrwxrwxrwx 1 john john 27 2009-06-20 13:36 Maps -> ../eqemumaps-read-only/Maps
lrwxrwxrwx 1 john john 30 2009-06-20 13:24 mail_opcodes.conf -> source/utils/mail_opcodes.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 john john 28 2009-06-20 13:24 mailserver -> source/mailserver/mailserver
lrwxrwxrwx 1 john john 32 2009-06-20 13:24 mime.types -> source/utils/defaults/mime.types
lrwxrwxrwx 1 john john 25 2009-06-20 13:25 opcodes.conf -> source/utils/opcodes.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 john john 27 2009-06-20 13:27 patch_6.2.conf -> source/utils/patch_6.2.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 john john 35 2009-06-20 13:27 patch_Anniversary.conf -> source/utils/patch_Anniversary.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 john john 28 2009-06-20 13:27 patch_Live.conf -> source/utils/patch_Live.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 john john 27 2009-06-20 13:27 patch_SoF.conf -> source/utils/patch_SoF.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 john john 32 2009-06-20 13:27 patch_Titanium.conf -> source/utils/patch_Titanium.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 john john 31 2009-06-20 13:30 plugin.pl -> source/utils/defaults/plugin.pl
lrwxrwxrwx 1 john john 43 2009-06-20 13:35 plugins -> ../projecteqquests-read-only/quests/plugins
lrwxrwxrwx 1 john john 35 2009-06-20 13:35 quests -> ../projecteqquests-read-only/quests
lrwxrwxrwx 1 john john 31 2009-06-20 13:30 templates -> source/utils/defaults/templates
lrwxrwxrwx 1 john john 18 2009-06-20 13:31 world -> source/world/world
lrwxrwxrwx 1 john john 29 2009-06-20 13:30 worldui -> source/utils/defaults/worldui
lrwxrwxrwx 1 john john 32 2009-06-20 13:30 worldui.pl -> source/utils/defaults/worldui.pl
lrwxrwxrwx 1 john john 16 2009-06-20 13:31 zone -> source/zone/zone



To make the server, I just

cd eqemu/server/source

Add my patches to the server (random loot code), source any db updates and then type

make depends ; make -j 2

and wait. Change the number after the 'j' to however many cores you want working on compilation.

I follow the instructions as posted elsewhere to manage updating the database.

This is on a debian system, but should work on anything. I hope it helps.

[FatalIll]

Looks like a good idea but cleanipc and libEMuShareMem.so + some other things in your symlinks dont exist for me or?

[pfyon]

Looks like a good idea but cleanipc and libEMuShareMem.so + some other things in your symlinks dont exist for me or?

Did you not checkout the code from the svn? cleanipc should be in source/utils/cleanipc and libEMuShareMem.so should be in source/EMuShareMem/libEMuShareMem.so

[FatalIll]

Did you not checkout the code from the svn? cleanipc should be in source/utils/cleanipc and libEMuShareMem.so should be in source/EMuShareMem/libEMuShareMem.so

http://projecteqemu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/

cleanipc.cpp is the only thing related to cleanipc in name... and libEMuShareMem.so doesnt exist :<

[Kobaz]

Are you using the -s flag when you create the link?

ln -s TARGET LINK

will create a symlink, or soft link. The file TARGET need not exist, and will then create a "dangling symlink". Attempts to access LINK will fail until you actually create the file TARGET. In your case the file cleanipc will be created after you compile the software.

Play with the ln command in your /tmp directory. I recall that it took me a while to be comfortable with how it works when I first met UNIX. Also check out

ln --help

and

man ln

[pfyon]

You have to compile it first if you're getting it directly from the svn. As a linux user, this is pretty easy. Install the packages listed in the debian guide and:


cd source
make

[FatalIll]

You have to compile it first if you're getting it directly from the svn. As a linux user, this is pretty easy. Install the packages listed in the debian guide and:


cd source
make


Just get the SVN, cd to the folder and make it? or am I still going into the makefiles and changing shit around?

[pfyon]

I think the default makefiles will work, though you might have to add some lines to include bots. I've made some small changes to mine to make use of the multicore processor and optimize the code for efficiency, but I think the defaults work.

[Kobaz]

I wouldn't worry about bots or other changes to the makefiles and code until you've got it to work without. As Pfyon says, it's pretty easy, once you know how.

I did have to change the references to gmake to make in the utils directory as I recall, as I don't like having multiple makes lying around.

[pfyon]

Oh, yeah, I just renamed gmake to make. That was in one of the linux guides on the wiki, maybe even the debian one linked above.