Installation OpenRA on Gentoo

ddd · Post by **ddd** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 8:03 pm

New ebuild (openra-20110215_alpha_rc1-r1) was added for playtest version 20110215-2.

Use '--no-check-certificate' option for now.

If anyone tested it on any other platform than amd64, please report here.

ddd · Post by **ddd** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 4:45 pm

New ebuild (openra-20110215_alpha_rc1-r2) was added for playtest version 20110215-3.

Use '--no-check-certificate' option for now.

If anyone tested it on any other platform than amd64, please report here.

ddd · Post by **ddd** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 11:04 am

New ebuild (openra-20110224_alpha_rc1-r1) was added for playtest version 20110224-2.

Use '--no-check-certificate' option for now.

If anyone tested it on any other platform than amd64, please report here.

ddd · Post by **ddd** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 1:04 pm

New ebuild (openra-20110302_alpha_rc1-r1) was added for playtest version 20110302-2.

Use '--no-check-certificate' option for now.

• Patch was added to fix music.yaml for intro and map original RA music themes.
• Tao dlls are movied to openra root folder rather than gacutil installation.

If anyone tested it on any other platform than amd64, please report here.

ddd · Post by **ddd** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 7:47 am

New ebuild (openra-20110305_alpha_rc1-r1) was added for playtest version 20110305-2.

Use '--no-check-certificate' option for now.

• Editor was added to desktop menu.

If anyone tested it on any other platform than amd64, please report here.

ddd · Post by **ddd** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 1:47 pm

New ebuild (openra-20110306_alpha_rc1) was added for playtest version 20110306.

Use '--no-check-certificate' option for now.

If anyone tested it on any other platform than amd64, please report here.

rb10c · Post by **rb10c** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 5:05 pm

Sorry for being stupid, but what is this about? I understand Gentoo is to do with linux, but that is all.

My interpretation is that ddd is testing alpha builds. Is that right? If so, I'd like to test too! If not, sorry.

ddd · Post by **ddd** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 7:17 pm

Gentoo is a very cool Linux meta-distribution.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentoo_Linux
This topic is intended for installing openra on Gentoo using an unofficial overlay for package openra and also for announces of new so called ebuilds. So the Gentoo user may syncronize with unofficial overlay and install the new version of openra by using just "emerge -u openra" command in Gentoo.

If you have Gentoo you may test an ebuild on ~x86 and other platforms. If you don't have Gentoo installed you may test new so called playtest openra packages by downloading them from official site:
http://open-ra.org/
(See "Unstable Playtests" section for you platform).

You may also grab git sources http://open-ra.org/get-involved/ and compile them to stay on the bleeding edge.

rb10c · Post by **rb10c** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 8:15 pm

Ah right, excuse my naivety.

I probably will try out some unstable playtests, but would be in vain, both me and Sliepnir have macbook pros. (unless he doesn't have the 2.66 MHz 15"). Unless a univeral source will be released for my iBook G4! (edit) A non intel structure, is what i mean. Was there an old version for my PPC mac ever?

About gentoo... I tried to install ubuntu on the very same MBP, wiping the hard drive completely, so its a no-go for me again.

Git: I'll try that later, and test the playtests.

Thanks for explaining this further.

ddd · Post by **ddd** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 8:44 pm

BTW, if you want a playtest source package you should use
http://www.github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/tar ... -${VERSION}
For example:
http://www.github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/tar ... t-20110306

IDK about compatibility issues with Mac smth but I've just read the following note

Please be aware that OpenRA requires an Intel Mac running OS X 10.5 (Leopard) or higher.

on http://open-ra.org/download/osx/ page.

rb10c · Post by **rb10c** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 9:52 pm

Yup, read that it was intel macs and cried a little inside. Contrariwise, I use VPC7 to play real RA, so its fine. As for my MPB, I use OpenRA, so there's a little RA everywhere on my macs.

Post by **Sleipnir** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 9:32 am

I've had OpenRA running on my old G4 PowerBook - its not pretty, and the ra mod doesn't work, but cnc runs. For the sake of staying on topic, please create a new thread if you want to continue on this topic and i'll give some pointers

ddd · Post by **ddd** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 4:44 pm

• Old ebuilds, patches, unnecessary "inst_tao_deps.sh" and "openra-bin", "openra" script wrappers were all removed.
• All Ebuilds were rewritten in more Gentoo way according to EAPI 2.
• Desktop Entries were moved to theirs own Desktop Directory ("games-openra.menu" and "openra.directory" were added, "*.desktop" files were rewritten and validated).

You DOESN'T need to use '--no-check-certificate' option by adding to FETCHCOMMAND variable in '/etc/make.conf' ALREADY!

If anyone tested it on any other platform than amd64, please report here.

ddd · Post by **ddd** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:58 am

New ebuild (openra-20110314_alpha_rc1) was added for playtest version 20110314.

If anyone tested it on any other platform than amd64, please report here.

ddd · Post by **ddd** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 10:18 pm

New ebuild (openra-20110318_alpha_rc1) was added for version playtest-20110318.

If anyone tested it on any other platform than amd64, please report here.