[Freeciv-Dev] Re: FreeCiv for MacOS X?

[Jules Bean <jules@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 11:03:30AM +0200, Alexander Reppel wrote:
> Hi there,
> I've seen FreeCiv running on one of my friend's Linux boxes and he told
> me that it is possible to run FreeCiv under MacOS X as well.

Well, freeciv is pretty portable, and I'm almost sure it runs under
{Free,Net,Open}BSD in which case MacOS X won't be a problem.

But you would need to run the X server; I'm not aware of a native
(aqua/quartz/carbon/whatever) port. Which just shows how ignorant I
am, now I check.  The all-knowing, all-seeing Google tells me about 

http://bolson.org/freeciv/

which is linked from 

http://www.freeciv.org/projects.phtml

Last I heard, although I don't really follow this, there is now an X
server for MacOS X which you can 'switch' between it and the MacOS
interface at the press of a button.

> However, I'm not really a tech guy and since I haven't found a Mac
> version on your homepage I was wondering if you could give me some hints
> how to get FreeCiv running on my Mac?

Well, once you've got a X server installed, it should be a simple case 
of compiling freeciv.  You'll need to install/compile some other
libraries first; notably GTK, if you plan to use the GTK front end.

Google suggests the following:

http://homepage.mac.com/breic/freeciv.html

http://osx.hyperjeff.net/Apps/Games.html

... which points to http://gnu-darwin.sourceforge.net/

Hope that helps..

Jules