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How to install typespeed 0.6.4
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Short answer: Type in "./configure && make all install" (without "").
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1.1 Supported Plattforms
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1.2 Supported Operating Systems
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2 Installing Typespeed
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In order to compile typespeed, your system must fulfill the following
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1.1 Supported Plattforms
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On the following plattforms, typespeed is known to work with at least
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one operating system listed in 1.2:
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1.2 Supported Operating Systems
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The following operating systems have been tested with typespeed.
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Due to limited resources, not every release can be tested with every
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operating system version.
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- GNU/Linux (various distributions)
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You need a working toolchain for c programs (i.e. c compiler and
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linker). Development and tests are done with gcc and binutils.
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Other compilers might work, too.
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Please use GNU make in order to build typespeed. Issues are known with
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other make implementations.
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Next to this your system must provide common header files. If you use
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a linux distribution, these could be supplied with packages ending in
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The last requirement is a curses library with corresponding header
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files. Most systems are shipped with different curses implementations.
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To give an overview, these packages are used for development
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(GNU/Linux system running on x86_64):
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name | minimum version known to work | used version
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autoconf | 2.59 | 2.61
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make (GNU) | 3.79.1 | 3.81
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2 Installing Typespeed
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Please note that your system should have a group called "games".
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If you do not want to change any default settings, simply type in the
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following commands in top directory (do not type #):
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# ./configure && make all install
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If you have installed typespeed without supplying configure options, the
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following files and directories will be created:
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/usr/local/bin/typespeed
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/usr/local/etc/typespeedrc
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/usr/local/share/doc/typespeed/README
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/usr/local/share/man/man6/typespeed.6
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/usr/local/share/typespeed/rules/ (contains game rules)
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/usr/local/share/typespeed/words/ (contains word lists)
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/usr/local/var/games/typespeed.score
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Additionaly, if your system supports i18n, the following files will be
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installed which contain menu translations:
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/usr/local/share/locale/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/typespeed.mo
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/usr/local/share/locale/fr_FR/LC_MESSAGES/typespeed.mo
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/usr/local/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/typespeed.mo