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{{Note| This step is only for those who want the bleeding-edge source code to compile on their own. You can skip this if you intend to use a provided binary  
 
{{Note| This step is only for those who want the bleeding-edge source code to compile on their own. You can skip this if you intend to use a provided binary  
 
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Before you begin, make sure you have write permissions on your current working directory. $HOME/$USER is a pretty safe bet. I recommend that you create a permanent /$HOME/$USER/src directory from which you run the CVS command, this way CVS will only update the files changed the next time you download the source and it's always nice to have things organized. Make sure you have CVS installed on your system. See the [[Fs2_open_on_Linux/Installing CVS|Installing CVS]] chapter on installing CVS.
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Before you begin, make sure you have write permissions on your current working directory. $HOME/$USER is a pretty safe bet. I recommend that you create a permanent /$HOME/$USER/src directory from which you run the svn command, this way svn will only update the files changed the next time you download the source and it's always nice to have things organized. Make sure you have svn installed on your system. See the [[Fs2_open_on_Linux/Installing Subversion|Installing Subversion]] chapter on installing Subversion.
  
 
Now get the source. Run from a terminal:
 
Now get the source. Run from a terminal:
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  $ cvs -d:pserver:anonymous:[email protected]:/home/fs2source/cvsroot login
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  $ svn://svn.icculus.org/fs2open/trunk/fs2_open
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This tells the CVS tool to first use a password file for authentication (pserver), that you are user "anonymous" with the password "anonymous" who wants to access warpcore.org's CVS repository "/home/fs2source/cvsroot" and login.
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This will pull in in the source code from the 'HEAD' branch.
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Next, get the code from the server we just connected to, either from the development branch:
 
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$ cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@warpcore.org:/home/fs2source/cvsroot co fs2_open
 
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$ cvs -z3 -d:pserver:[email protected]:/home/fs2source/cvsroot co -r fs2_open_3_6_9 fs2_open
 
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Both of the last two commands tell the CVS server that we want to checkout (co) the CVS module "fs2_open", either from the default branch (the development branch - HEAD) or from the branch determined by the "-r" option. In the latter checkout we specified the branch "fs2_open_3_6_9" (implying the release 3.6.9 of FS2 Open), but this naming is only due to "historical reasons" - release specific branches don't exist at the time being, we will get the most recent stable code available by using that checkout.  
 
 
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Revision as of 17:50, 14 May 2008

« Installing the Development Libraries The fs2_open on Linux Guide
Acquiring the Code 		Checkout Script »

Note: This step is only for those who want the bleeding-edge source code to compile on their own. You can skip this if you intend to use a provided binary executable.

Before you begin, make sure you have write permissions on your current working directory. $HOME/$USER is a pretty safe bet. I recommend that you create a permanent /$HOME/$USER/src directory from which you run the svn command, this way svn will only update the files changed the next time you download the source and it's always nice to have things organized. Make sure you have svn installed on your system. See the Installing Subversion chapter on installing Subversion.

Now get the source. Run from a terminal: 

$ svn://svn.icculus.org/fs2open/trunk/fs2_open

This will pull in in the source code from the 'HEAD' branch.

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