Get it Running

Debian Linux

Install the following libraries:

• SDL main library, libsdl1.2-dev, web: ​link
• SDL image library, libsdl-image1.2-dev, web: ​link
• SDL true type fonts, libsdl-ttf1.2-dev, web: ​link
• SDL mixer, libsdl-mixer1.2-dev, web: ​link

I guess you would have to do something like this:

wraith root # apt-get install libsdl1.2-dev
...
wraith root # apt-get install libsdl-image1.2-dev
...
wraith root # apt-get install libsdl-ttf1.2-dev
...
wraith root # apt-get install libsdl-mixer1.2-dev

Getting the Source

First you will have to install the subversion program, make sure, that the ssl support is enabled

wraith root # apt-get install subversion

Check out the source via svn anonymous, this will download the hole project to the directory orxonox-dir

wraith user # svn co http://svn.orxonox.ethz.ch/reporx/orxonox orxonox-dir

You won't be able to commit (check in) anything with the anonymous repository. You have to ask us for user/pass combination. If you have already an account check it out like this:

wraith user # svn co https://svn.orxonox.ethz.ch/reporx/orxonox orxonox-dir

You will be asked for user name and password, that you have from us.

Compiling

Just change into the trunk directory, execute configure and make….

wraith user # cd ./orxonox/trunk/
wraith user # ./configure
...
wraith user # make
...
wraith user # cd src
wraith user # ./orxonox

Profiling

If you want to profile (performance measureing) orxonox you will probably want to view the statistics in a special program like kprof. On Gentoo systems you can just emerge it:

wraith root # apt-get install kprof

Orxonox runs much much slower with profiling enabled, so don't be embarassed!

wraith user # cd ./orxonox/trunk/
wraith user # ./configure --enable-profile
...
wraith user # make
...
wraith user # cd src
wraith user # ./orxonox

Ok. Orxonox runs now (very slow) and writes its profiling stats to a file called gmon.out. Remember that _only_ those functinalities, that you are using while running the program will be profiled (since the profile log is written while the program is been executed).
After you exit the application, you will have to parse the output file and then you are able to open it in kprof application:

wraith user # gprof -b ./orxonox > text.out
wraith user # kprof -f text.out

For more documentation see the DevelopmentResources.