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.

Dependency Matrix

Dependency		Min	Recent	Required	Comment
GNU autoconf	[1]	2.5.0	2.6.0	No	Optional when using CMake; required to build other dependencies
GNU automake	[2]	1.6	1.9.6	No	Optional when using CMake; required to build other dependencies
GNU libtool	[3]	1.5.22	1.5.22	Yes	Need libltdl that comes with libtool
GNU libiconv	[4]	1.11	1.11	No	Required to enable national language support (NLS)
GNU gettext	[5]	0.14.4	0.15	No	Required to enable national language support (NLS)
Python	[6]	2.0	2.4.4	Yes	Used for scripting
SDL	[7]	1.2.0	1.2.12	Yes	Used for graphics and input
zlib	[8]	1.1.4	1.2.3	Yes	Used for compression of data files
Freetype2	[9]	2.1.9	2.2.1	Yes	Used for rendering fonts
Libxml2	[10]	2.5.0	2.6.26	Yes	Used for configuration files
libogg	[11]	1.0.0	1.1.3	Yes	Used for playback of music and sfx
libvorbis	[12]	1.0.0	1.1.2	Yes	Used for playback of music and sfx
SDL Mixer	[13]	1.2.0	1.2.7	Yes	Used for audio
libpng	[14]	1.2	1.2.8	Yes	Used for loading graphics
SWIG	[15]	1.3.24	1.3.31	Yes	Used as glue between C++ and Python
pkg-config	[16]	0.15	0.20	Yes	Used to make Adonthell modules available to tools
CMake	[17]	2.4.0	2.4.6	No	For building Adonthell unless using GNU autotools

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.