Development:Dependency Matrix

Adonthell is a fairly complex project that has a number of dependencies. Most of those are common in the Unix world and you might find that they are already present on your system. When attempting to develop on more obscure systems you might have to install a couple of those yourself however.

Afterwards you are ready to get the source and compile Adonthell.

Dependency Matrix

Dependency		Min	Recent	Required	Comment	Debian Package Name
GNU autoconf	[1]	2.5.0	2.6.2	No	Optional when using CMake; required to build other dependencies	autoconf
GNU automake	[2]	1.6	1.10.1	No	Optional when using CMake; required to build other dependencies	automake
GNU libtool	[3]	1.5.22	1.5.26	Yes	Need libltdl that comes with libtool	libtool
GNU libiconv	[4]	1.11	1.11	No	Required to enable national language support (NLS)	libiconv
GNU gettext	[5]	0.14.4	0.17	No	Required to enable national language support (NLS)	gettext
Python	[6]	2.0	2.5	Yes	Used for scripting	python2.5-dev
SDL	[7]	1.2.0	1.2.13	Yes	Used for graphics and input	libsdl1.2-dev
zlib	[8]	1.1.4	1.2.3	Yes	Used for compression of data files	zlib1g-dev
Freetype2	[9]	2.1.9	2.2.1	Yes	Used for rendering fonts	libfreetype6-dev
Libxml2	[10]	2.5.0	2.6.26	Yes	Used for configuration files	libxml2-dev
libogg	[11]	1.0.0	1.1.3	Yes	Used for playback of music and sfx	libogg-dev
libvorbis	[12]	1.0.0	1.1.2	Yes	Used for playback of music and sfx	libvorbis-dev
SDL Mixer	[13]	1.2.0	1.2.7	Yes	Used for audio	libsdl-mixer1.2-dev
libpng	[14]	1.2	1.2.8	Yes	Used for loading graphics	libpng12-dev
SWIG	[15]	1.3.24	1.3.33	Yes	Used as glue between C++ and Python	swig
pkg-config	[16]	0.15	0.20	Yes	Used to make Adonthell modules available to tools	pkg-config
CMake	[17]	2.4.0	2.6.0	No	For building Adonthell unless using GNU autotools	cmake
Doxygen	[18]	2.x	2.6.3	No	Used to generate development documentation	doxygen
GraphViz (dot)	[19]	2.26.x	2.26.3	No	Used to generate development documentation	graphviz
flex	[20]	2.5.x	2.5.35	Only for Tools	Required by Dlgedit	flex

Notes

• Dependencies are listed in the order they should be installed, in case you start with a bare system.
• The version numbers given are the minimum version required and the most recent version known to still work with Adonthell. Please update as appropriate.
• Most libraries should be installed together with the development packages: the debian development packages are packagename-dev, e.g. libsdl-mixer1.2-dev