Umbire the Phantom: split to establish, correct as necessary

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This page contains help on '''compiling SLASH'EM''' from its source code.

==Linux==
In order to compile SLASH'EM on Linux, you need to make these general changes when following the instructions for [[Compiling (3.4.3)|compiling NetHack 3.4.3]].

*Download the stuff you'll need.
sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev bison flex checkinstall make

*From with in the source directory. Run the setup script.
sh ./sys/unix/setup.sh

*You'll need to further edit 4 files.

gedit ./include/config.h

comment out lines 230, 231 with "/*" at the start of the line, and with "*/" at the end.

replace line 234 with "# define COMPRESS "/bin/gzip" /* FSF gzip compression */"

replace line 235 with "# define COMPRESS_EXTENSION ".gz" /* normal gzip extension */"

gedit ./src/Makefile

Comment out line 340. This "WINTTYLIB = -ltermlib", should become this "#WINTTYLIB = -ltermlib".

uncomment line 339. This"#WINTTYLIB = -lncurses", should become this "WINTTYLIB = -lncurses".

gedit ./util/Makefile

uncomment line 108.
comment out line 105

gedit ./win/tty/termcap.c

line 839, Replace the entire line with:
extern char *tparm(NCURSES_CONST char *, ...);

* Compile and install
make ; sudo checkinstall

*Easy uninstall with your regular package manager.
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