Prerequisites

This guide assumes that the reader has already successfully installed the base Debian operating system with a graphical user interface. The version of Debian used at the time of this article's writing is 6.0.5 Squeeze 64-bit. If you are using a different version, some changes may be required to the following instructions. While we understand that some of the terminology involved in the Debian installation process might be foreign to lifelong Windows users, or developers unexposed to certain elements of operating systems, we will only offer minimal assistance in the setup of Debian. There are numerous resources throughout the Internet that should answer your installation questions.

If you have not installed the Debian operating system yet, you can find a link to the latest version here: Debian Latest Version

Environment Setup

After logging into your Debian installation, and being presented with the desktop, you should open a Root Terminal. Understand that this is not the same as a simple Terminal. Usually, Root Terminal can be found by expanding the Application menu in the upper right-hand corner of the screen, and selecting Accessories, then Root Terminal. You will be prompted to enter your administrator password when the Root Terminal attempts to open. You defined this password during the Debian installation phase.

Once the Root Terminal has opened, you will need to enter a series of commands, provided below.

echo "deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ squeeze main non-free" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list && echo "deb-src http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ squeeze main non-free" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list && echo "deb http://opensource.wandisco.com/debian squeeze svn17" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
wget http://opensource.wandisco.com/wandisco-debian.gpg && apt-key add wandisco-debian.gpg && rm wandisco-debian.gpg
apt-get update && apt-get -q -y install gcc g++ make gdb automake libreadline5-dev subversion libneon27 libsvn-java libaprutil1 libaprutil1-dev libtool sun-java6-jre sun-java6-jdk libsvn-java
update-java-alternatives -s java-6-sun
echo 'JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun"' | tee -a /etc/environment
wget http://www.ocdsoft.com/files/debian/subversion-1.7.5.tar.gz && tar -xvf subversion-1.7.5.tar.gz && cd subversion-1.7.5 && ./autogen.sh && ./configure && make && make install && cd .. && rm subversion-1.7.5.tar.gz && rm -R subversion-1.7.5
wget http://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-5.1.4.tar.gz && tar -xvf lua-5.1.4.tar.gz && wget http://www.ocdsoft.com/files/debian/lua/lua514-emu-lnum.patch && cd lua-5.1.4/src && patch < ../../lua514-emu-lnum.patch && cd .. && make linux install && cd .. && rm -R lua-5.1.4 && rm lua-5.1.4.tar.gz && rm lua514-emu-lnum.patch
wget http://www.ocdsoft.com/files/debian/db-5.0.26.NC.tar.gz && tar -xvf db-5.0.26.NC.tar.gz && cd db-5.0.26.NC/build_unix && ../dist/configure --enable-cxx && make && make install && cd .. && cd .. && rm -R db-5.0.26.NC && rm db-5.0.26.NC.tar.gz
echo "/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.5.0/lib" | sudo tee -a /etc/ld.so.conf && ldconfig
apt-get install -q -y mysql-server mysql-server-5.1
apt-get -q -y install mysql-admin mysql-client libmysqlclient-dev
mysqladmin -u root password 12345678
apt-get -q -y upgrade
echo "create database swgemu; CREATE USER 'swgemu'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '123456'; GRANT ALL ON *.* TO 'swgemu'@'localhost';" | mysql -u root -p12345678
wget http://www.ocdsoft.com/files/debian/eclipse-cpp.tar.gz && tar -xvf eclipse-cpp.tar.gz && mv eclipse-cpp /usr/local/eclipse-cpp && ln -s /usr/local/eclipse-cpp/eclipse eclipse && rm eclipse-cpp.tar.gz
echo '-Djava.library.path=/usr/lib/jni' >> /usr/local/eclipse-cpp/eclipse.ini

Open eclipse from the newly created link on the desktop. On the inital window, remember the path to the workspace, you will need it later. Once inside the program, close the initial frame that pops up, and click on Help->Eclipse Marketplace and choose the popular tab. Then click install next to "Subclipse" when it shows up and hit next. Following that hit Next, Accept, and Finish. If it gives you a warning, ignore it and hit continue. Restart eclipse by choosing yes when the next box comes up.

i. Download SWGEmu Projects.

In eclipse, go to File->New Project. At the very bottom of the window there should be an SVN folder. Expand it and select Check Project's out from SVN. Create new repository location. The URL is: http://svn2.assembla.com/svn/swgemu/ . Expand "engine3public", click on "MMOEngine" and hit finish. This will download the public version of the engine.

Repeat, except this time expand core3->branches>unstable and select "MMOCoreORB" and hit finish.

Now, we need to move a few files to appropriate places. First, we need to move the linux lib to the right place. In the "Project Explorer" expand "MMOEngine/lib" and copy the "libengine3.a" file from the linux folder to the unix folder. NOTE: You will need to do this whenever the engine is updated.

From the already open root terminal, run the following commands. NOTE: /path/to denotes where you saved your workspace.
cp /path/to/workspace/MMOEngine/bin/idlc /usr/local/bin && chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/idlc
Now in eclipse, there is a tab for "Make" near the top on the right of the GUI. Run the configure command twice.
Go to Project-> Properties->C/C++ Make Project->Environment->New and add CLASSPATH as name and /path/to/MMOEngine/bin/idlc.jar as value and hit ok. NOTE: You will have to do this again if you check out a new project. If eclipse is throwing an exception when doing this please try the following: On the Project Properties->C/C++ Make Project->Discovery Options, turn on Automate Discovery and set the Discovery Profile to GCC per file info scanner, apply, change to a different section on the Properties, click Apply, and then go back to Discovery Options and turn off Automate Discovery. (thanks DTemplar5)
Now we need to import the swgemu.sql file for our server with this command. Open MySQL administrator from Applications->Programming, then "Restore Backup", click "Change Path" at the bottom and point it to /path/to/workspace/MMOCore.../sql, then choose swgemu, hit OK for UTF8. In the dropdown select "New Schema" (if swgemu doesn't exist) and name it swgemu, otherwise choose swgemu. Check the "Ignore SQL Errors" box, and then hit "Restore Backup".
In the Galaxy table in the swgemu schema, you will need to enter the IP address of the server. This can be a dynamic dns address, dns address, or ip address.
Lastly, you will need to get a copy of the SWG client(the game) on this development instance and update bin/conf/config.lua to point toward the client.

j. Finished! Please restart your system, and you should have a fully working environment to get started.

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