libwebp

[JOURNEYMAN]

Is there any way libwebp can be included in with the distribution so that the game can be compiled and run independent of which version the system has?

[kharnov]

I've been wondering this exact same thing.

[danmal]

Should be trivial to add (for *NIX systems anyway). Will chat with Ishq when I get the time about this.

[Anomalous]

Debian users have it ready-built in our repository. Users of Debian derivatives can build and install it easily enough:

$ sudo apt-get install devscripts build-essential debhelper autotools-dev libtool autoconf automake libjpeg-dev libpng12-dev
$ dget http://tartarus.org/ds/unvanquished/pkg ... an.sid.dsc
$ cd libwebp-0.2.1
$ debuild binary
$ sudo dpkg -i ../webp_0.2.1-0ds1*deb

Alternatively, follow these instructions (except use ‘deb-src’ instead of ‘deb’ in the extra line in your sources.list, and you can ignore the ‘apt-get install’ line), then (assuming that you've chosen ‘sid’):

$ apt-get source libwebp=0.2.1-0ds1_debian.sid
$ apt-get build-dep libwebp=0.2.1-0ds1_debian.sid
$ cd libwebp-0.2.1
$ debuild binary
$ sudo dpkg -i ../webp_0.2.1-0ds1*deb

[kharnov]

That isn't the issue. The issue is that PlayDeb dropped us because they don't include higher versions of libraries than what the Ubuntu repositories already have. We need to statically link it if we want to get back in.

[DGMurdockIII]

isnt webp an image format?

[danmal]

yes. we use it for map textures

[DGMurdockIII]

ok at least someone is using it

[danmal]

WebP is now included with Unvanquished (has been for a while but I forgot about this thread). USE_INTERNAL_WEBP is the flag.