Compile
Currently, FreeOrion will compile in most recent Windows, Linux, and MacOSX. The *BSD genus of operating systems might also work; follow the Linux instructions in this case.
Contents
- 1 Overview
- 2 Hardware requirements
- 3 Software requirements
- 4 Getting the source
- 4.1 Git
- 4.2 FreeOrion SDK
- 4.3 Tarballs
- 4.3.1 FreeOrion v0.4.4
- 4.3.2 FreeOrion v0.4.3
- 4.3.3 FreeOrion v0.4.2
- 4.3.4 FreeOrion v0.4.1
- 4.3.5 FreeOrion v0.4
- 4.3.6 FreeOrion v0.3.17
- 4.3.7 FreeOrion v0.3.16
- 4.3.8 FreeOrion v0.3.15
- 4.3.9 FreeOrion v0.3.14
- 4.3.10 FreeOrion v0.3.13
- 4.3.11 FreeOrion v0.3.12.1 for Linux
- 4.3.12 FreeOrion v0.3.12 for Windows
- 4.3.13 FreeOrion v0.3.11
- 4.3.14 FreeOrion v0.3.10
- 5 Compilation
Overview
First of all, you will need to obtain the source. This can be grabbed from our project page or from Subversion (SVN). The versions available on the project page are official releases or point releases, and may be somewhat or very out of date. To help with programming FreeOrion, you will need to grab the SVN copy. Then you need to set up the required software, compile the game, download the missing artwork, and run it.
Hardware requirements
The FreeOrion code makes heavy use of templates, and requires much memory to compile; 4 GB or more RAM is recommended.
On Linux, shutting down your X server and compiling from console may help on systems with little RAM. (If this doesn't mean anything to you, simply ignore this advice.)
You will also need a fast processor. To build GG and FreeOrion, expect up to 45 minutes of a Core i5 system, or over an hour on a Core2 Duo system; on a Core i7 system it can be under 10 minutes.
Note that, while not required to compile FreeOrion, running the FreeOrion client requires a graphics card and drivers that support OpenGL 2.0.
Software requirements
Note: On Windows and OSX, most dependencies are available pre-compiled in the FreeOrion SDK.
- GiGi - Including GiGiOgre and the GiGiOgre OIS plugin. The code for these is included in the FreeOrion SVN repository, but they must be built as separate libraries.
- Boost - version 1.56 or later.
- FreeType2 - a GiGi dependency. version 2.4.3 is known to work.
- Python - version 2.7 or later (version 2.x only; 3.x will not work)
- OpenAL
- libogg - version 1.1.3 or later 1.2.1 is known to work.
- libvorbis - version 1.1.2 or later 1.3.2 is known to work.
- GLEW - (Windows only) version 1.5.7 is known to work.
- zlib - version 1.2.5 is known to work with libpng 1.4.4
- libpng - versions 1.2 and 1.4 work
Getting the source
Git
The source code can be obtained from freeorion/freeorion/master repository on GitHub.
SourceForge Subversion
Prior to March 2015, FreeOrion source code was stored and managed on SourceForge Subversion (SVN). This repository is now retired, and future development with occur on GitHub.
FreeOrion SDK
There are Software Development Kits (SDKs) availaboe for Windows and MacOSX which contain precompiled dependencies needed for building FreeOrion from source. You may download and build all of these open-source dependencies yourself if you prefer. Using the SDK is likely faster and easier, however.
The SDKs do not contain the FreeOrion source code, which must be retrieved using git.
Tarballs
Release builds are tagged in the freeorion/freeorion GitHub repository. Zipped downloads of the repository are available there.
The SourceForge Subversion web-client allows one to download pre-March-2015 numbered versions of the source code as a tarball:
FreeOrion v0.4.4
- FreeOrion v0.4.4 is FreeOrion SVN revision 7708: https://sourceforge.net/p/freeorion/code/7708/tree/tags/RELEASE_V_0_4_4/
FreeOrion v0.4.3
- FreeOrion v0.4.3 is FreeOrion SVN revision 6281: http://sourceforge.net/p/freeorion/code/6281/tree/trunk/
FreeOrion v0.4.2
- FreeOrion v0.4.2 is FreeOrion SVN revision 5771: http://freeorion.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freeorion/trunk/?pathrev=5771.
FreeOrion v0.4.1
- FreeOrion v0.4.1 is FreeOrion SVN revision 5096: http://freeorion.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freeorion/trunk/?pathrev=5096 with GiGi SVN revision 1074: http://gigi.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/gigi/trunk/?pathrev=1074
FreeOrion v0.4
- FreeOrion v0.4 is FreeOrion SVN revision 4635: http://freeorion.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freeorion/trunk/?pathrev=4635 with GiGi SVN revision 1074: http://gigi.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/gigi/trunk/?pathrev=1074
FreeOrion v0.3.17
- FreeOrion v0.3.17 is FreeOrion SVN revision 4282: http://freeorion.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freeorion/trunk/?pathrev=4282 with GiGi SVN revision 1044: http://gigi.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/gigi/trunk/?pathrev=1044
FreeOrion v0.3.16
- FreeOrion v0.3.16 is FreeOrion SVN revision 4046: http://freeorion.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freeorion/trunk/?pathrev=4046 with GiGi SVN revision 1043: http://gigi.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/gigi/trunk/?pathrev=1043
FreeOrion v0.3.15
- FreeOrion v0.3.15 is FreeOrion SVN revision 3727: http://freeorion.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freeorion/trunk/?pathrev=3727 with GiGi SVN revision 813: http://gigi.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/gigi/trunk/?pathrev=813
FreeOrion v0.3.14
- FreeOrion v0.3.14 is FreeOrion SVN revision 3571: http://freeorion.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freeorion/trunk/?pathrev=3571 with GiGi SVN revision 812: http://gigi.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/gigi/trunk/?pathrev=812
FreeOrion v0.3.13
- FreeOrion v0.3.13
- On Windows is FreeOrion SVN revision 3094: http://freeorion.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freeorion/trunk/?pathrev=3094 with GiGi SVN revision 756: http://gigi.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/gigi/trunk/?pathrev=756
- On Linux is FreeOrion SVN revision 3103: http://freeorion.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freeorion/trunk/?pathrev=3103 with GiGi SVN revision 757: http://gigi.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/gigi/trunk/?pathrev=757
- On Mac OSX is FreeOrion SVN revision 3094: http://freeorion.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freeorion/trunk/?pathrev=3094 with GiGi SVN revision 757: http://gigi.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/gigi/trunk/?pathrev=757
FreeOrion v0.3.12.1 for Linux
- FreeOrion v0.3.12.1 for Linux is SVN revision 2918: http://freeorion.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freeorion/trunk/?pathrev=2918 with GiGi revision 711: http://gigi.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/gigi/?pathrev=711
FreeOrion v0.3.12 for Windows
- FreeOrion v0.3.12 for Windows is SVN revision 2807: http://freeorion.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freeorion/trunk/?pathrev=2807 with GiGi revision 710: http://gigi.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/gigi/?pathrev=710
FreeOrion v0.3.11
- FreeOrion v0.3.11
- On Windows is SVN revision 2729 http://freeorion.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freeorion/trunk/FreeOrion/?pathrev=2729 with GiGi revision 695: http://gigi.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/gigi/trunk/GG/?pathrev=695
- On Linux is SVN revision 2732 http://freeorion.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freeorion/trunk/FreeOrion/?pathrev=2732 with GiGi revision 695: http://gigi.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/gigi/trunk/GG/?pathrev=695
FreeOrion v0.3.10
- FreeOrion v0.3.10 is SVN revision 2607: http://freeorion.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freeorion/trunk/FreeOrion/?pathrev=2607 with GiGi revision 651: http://gigi.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/gigi/trunk/GG/?pathrev=651
Compilation
Compilation instructions and troubleshooting tips are available for the following operating systems:
- Linux
- Windows
- Mac OS X
- For BSD, consult the Linux instructions, and possibly this forum thread.