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Newbie needing help with Cygwin/smaug codebase

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Posted by Lyrien   (9 posts)  [Biography] bio
Date Sun 10 Feb 2013 07:31 PM (UTC)
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Im a complete newbie trying to run DBsaga 2.0. I've got the codebase downloaded and I have Cygwin ver.1.7.17-1. I've read some of the how to compile threads and other posts but I don't exactly understand what I should do. The dbsc is in a zip file still. Do I need to move that folder somewhere into Cygwin? Im only doing this for personal use, learning to build and general fun. Can anyone give me a simple step-by- step newbie friendly guide to get this running on mushclient please?
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Posted by Nick Gammon   Australia  (23,043 posts)  [Biography] bio   Forum Administrator
Date Reply #1 on Sun 10 Feb 2013 08:42 PM (UTC)
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There was a thread recently involving Cygwin:

http://www.gammon.com.au/forum/?id=11923

You should probably also read this:

http://www.gammon.com.au/smaug/howtocompile.htm

To run most MUDs you need both a codebase (eg. Smaug, Mux, MUSH) and also the appropriate database / rooms file.

It isn't clear exactly what you have.
- Nick Gammon

www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com
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Posted by Lyrien   (9 posts)  [Biography] bio
Date Reply #2 on Mon 11 Feb 2013 09:11 AM (UTC)
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I got it worked out now the codebase was outdated. I now have used the make command and compiled everything but now when I use ./startup in the src folder I get Permission Denied. Is it something to do with using Windows 8?
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Posted by Nick Gammon   Australia  (23,043 posts)  [Biography] bio   Forum Administrator
Date Reply #3 on Mon 11 Feb 2013 10:36 AM (UTC)
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Might be. It might depend where you installed Cygwin, maybe.
- Nick Gammon

www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com
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Posted by Lyrien   (9 posts)  [Biography] bio
Date Reply #4 on Mon 11 Feb 2013 09:43 PM (UTC)
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Ah that might be the problem. Should I just re-install it in a different location then such as My Documents?
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Posted by Nick Gammon   Australia  (23,043 posts)  [Biography] bio   Forum Administrator
Date Reply #5 on Mon 11 Feb 2013 11:44 PM (UTC)
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Try it and see.
- Nick Gammon

www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com
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Posted by Lyrien   (9 posts)  [Biography] bio
Date Reply #6 on Thu 14 Feb 2013 04:10 AM (UTC)
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Okay. I tried re-installing Cygwin to My Documents instead; however, now when I bring up the terminal it is completely different and does recognize any default Cygwin command.
This is what it shows when installed to a folder that is not default..



bash-4.1$


When I tempt to use LS to find the directory, I am given this message.

bash-4.1$ ls
bash: ls: command not found
bash-4.1$ ls

Please keep in mind this is Windows 8. I had no problem a few years ago using the program on XP. What am I missing? And where should I try to install cygwin since the C:\ location is giving me permission issues when trying to use ./startup?

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Posted by Nick Gammon   Australia  (23,043 posts)  [Biography] bio   Forum Administrator
Date Reply #7 on Thu 14 Feb 2013 05:39 AM (UTC)
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I honestly don't know about Windows 8. I don't have a copy.

I can only suggest you Google something like "cygwin windows 8" and see what happens.
- Nick Gammon

www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com
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