[Wiki] Building MaNGOS Zero on Debian Linux

[Xenithar]

Due to 95% of the guides on the web for Zero being out of date and relying on autoconf, I decided to write down my method for building Zero on Debian Squeeze. Note that I am a big Linux user and the guide will work as a normal user minus one or two areas, such as installing packages from the repositories or creating a directory for the project in "/usr/src". Everything else can be run as a normal user.

I wrote this guide in LibreOffice Writer and then exported it to PDF so that anybody can read it. I have seen a few MS Word documents out there and I found an OpenOffice/LibreOffice/StarOffice guide, but not all of us like to blow $500 for a copy of MS Office and not all of us know of the open standards, but almost everybody has Adobe Reader or Foxit Reader. I hope this helps!

Oh, and I will be adding a section on configuring and running the server after Christmas. If you find any errors please let me know.

MaNGOS Zero Guide

[jududdar]

For Windows users at least, viewers for office products can be found free of charge - pair that with CutePDF and any guides out there could be converted to PDF given a little time. Just in case other guides are found and somebody wants to post them in a more open format. The viewers are much smaller to download and install than MS Office or Libre Office.

[Xenithar]

Right, but what if you are a Mac or Linux user? Using a proprietary format is not a good choice. Everybody has a PDF viewer though. Heck, I have that on my Evo 3D!

[antz]

Might be a silly question, but is there a location for storing PDF's etc. at Mangos ?

[Xenithar]

Not to my knowledge. I simply uploaded it to my old gaming clan website. I used to run a clan that played first-person shooters and the site has been stagnant for quite a while now, so I may as well use it for something. I did not see an upload option here on the forum when posting however.