This file tells you how to manually install nsnake on GNU/Linux systems.
First, I recommend you to check if nsnake is already available on your distro. In this case, you most likely won't need to install manually.
nSnake only depends on ncurses; it's used to show cute things on the terminal.
Make sure you have the package ncurses dev. Note that it's not the default that comes with your distro.
| Distro | Installation command |
|---|---|
| Ubuntu/Debian | apt-get install libncurses5-dev |
| Fedora | yum install ncurses-devel |
| Arch Linux | comes by default |
If you know the means to install on other distros, please tell me.
Briefly, the following shell commands should configure, build, and install this package on the default directories:
$ make
$ make install
If you want to test nsnake before installing, do make run.
By default, make install puts the game on the following
directories:
| Directory | What to store |
|---|---|
/usr/bin/ |
Executable file |
/usr/share/man/man6/ |
Man page |
/usr/share/icons/hicolor |
PNG icons |
/usr/share/pixmaps |
XPM icon |
/usr/share/applications |
Desktop file |
/usr/share/games/nsnake/levels |
Default game levels |
~/.local/share/nsnake/ |
User config and scores |
You can customize the install locations by using some make
variables.
$DESTDIR allows you to specify a custom root directory for the
whole game (other than /).
To do this, give make install the option DESTDIR=CUSTOM_ROOT;
for example:
$ make install DESTDIR=test/dir
This way, all files will be put inside test/dir, like this:
| Directory | What to store |
|---|---|
test/dir/usr/bin/ |
Executable file |
test/dir/usr/share/man/man6/ |
Man page |
test/dir/usr/share/icons/hicolor |
PNG icons |
| ... | ... |
$PREFIX allows you to specify an installation prefix other than
/usr by giving make the option PREFIX=CUSTOM_PREFIX;
for example:
$ make install PREFIX=other/dir
This way, the file hierarchy will be:
| Directory | What to store |
|---|---|
other/dir/bin |
Executable files |
other/dir/share/man/man6/ |
Man page |
other/dir/share/icons/hicolor |
PNG icons |
| ... | ... |
To uninstall this package and all it's files:
$ make uninstall
Note that if you specified a custom root directory for installation,
make needs to know about it to uninstall properly:
$ make uninstall DESTDIR=test/dir
If you installed it with a custom prefix, do the same:
$ make uninstall PREFIX=other/dir