Zandronum Server on FreeBSD

It is possible to run a Zandronum server on FreeBSD.

Binary Packages

csnxs provides binary packages for FreeBSD, which are available on his archive.

Before you use these packages, you must install dependencies:

$ pkg install sdl sqlite3 openssl

If asked to install pkg, do so.

Package List

Note: Packages in green are the latest stable build, and packages in yellow are the latest beta build.

Version	i386	x86_64
3.0-alpha-160814-2010		zandronum-server-freebsd-x86_64-3.0-alpha-160814-2010.txz / with-debug
2.1.2	zandronum-server-freebsd-i386-2.1.2.txz	zandronum-server-freebsd-x86_64-2.1.2.txz

Once downloaded, use tar xf to extract the package into a new directory.

Compiling

• Install dependencies

pkg install sdl sqlite3 openssl cmake python3 mercurial

If you're building Zandronum 3.x or higher:

pkg install gcc5 && export cc=gcc5 && export CXX=g++5

If you're building Zandronum 2.x or lower:

pkg install gcc && export CC=gcc48 && export CXX=g++48

• Create your working dir:

mkdir zabuild && cd zabuild

• Clone the repo:

hg clone https://bitbucket.org/Torr_Samaho/zandronum && cd zandronum

• Optionally, checkout the latest stable release:

hg update ZA_3.1

• Append this line after the other #includes near the top of src/sdl/i_system.cpp:

#include <sys/wait.h>

• Generate the CMake files

mkdir ../build && cd ../build && cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DSERVERONLY=1 -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-fpermissive" ../zandronum

• Build it

make -j$(nproc)

• Assuming it all went well, you should have these files in your current directory:
  • zandronum-server
  • zandronum-server.debug
  • zandronum.pk3
  • skulltag_actors.pk3