linux installation

[ShiraiJunichi]

Linux novice here, so please bear with me...

I recently installed Fedora Core 5 on my desktop, and would like to work on my project from there- but I can't get Ren'Py to run.

I downloaded the tarball and untarred it to /home/junichi/py4renpy-2.3.5-5.5.0
I downloaded Ren'Py 5.5.2b and extracted it to /home/junichi/Desktop

I then typed
/home/junichi/py4renpy-2.3.5-5.5.0/python /home/junichi/Desktop/renpy-5.5.2b/run_game.py
and got the following output

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/junichi/Desktop/renpy-5.5.2b/run_game.py", line 42, in ?
renpy.bootstrap.bootstrap(renpy_base)
File "/home/junichi/Desktop/renpy-5.5.2b/renpy/bootstrap.py", line 106, in bootstrap
import renpy.display.presplash
File "/home/junichi/Desktop/renpy-5.5.2b/renpy/display/presplash.py", line 31, in ?
import pygame.display
File "/home/junichi/py4renpy-2.3.5-5.5.0/lib/python2.3/pygame/__init__.py", line 75, in ?
from pygame.base import *
ImportError: /home/junichi/py4renpy-2.3.5-5.5.0/lib/libSDL-1.2.so.0: cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Permission denied

When I saw the "Permission denied" I tried logging in as root, and issuing the same command, but I had the same problem. Any help?

[PyTom]

A quick google search of the problem makes it seem selinux related. Read some of the hits at:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=ca ... gle+Search

to see how to fix it.

[ShiraiJunichi]

Well, I disabled SElinux, but still get the error. Maybe a reboot would resolve it.
EDIT: Nope- still not working... maybe I'll try some more after I get some sleep...

[Yurand]

Is it possible to get source code for renpy? I can't find it.

I downloaded:
py4renpy-2.3.5-5.5.0.tar.gz

and I see it contains x86 binaries for sdl, python, pygame, renpy. I am amd64 user so they are useless to me.
(I don't know how to build that _renpy.so)

P.S I think, you don't need supply sdl, python, pygame with renpy for linux since anyone can install them from distributive. Package that install like: "python setup.py install" and readme that specify dependancies will be perfect. So it will be possible to write ebuild, build deb, rpm.

[PyTom]

The source for Ren'Py is part of the Ren'Py tarball, you can try compiling the dependencies yourself by downloading them from:

http://www.bishoujo.us/renpy/dl/lgpl/

The reason I provide all the libraries is that many of them need to be complied with specific options. (To ensure games remain identical on all three supported platforms.)

[RedSlash]

The reason I provide all the libraries is that many of them need to be complied with specific options.

Specific options??? I installed all the dependancies myself without knowledge of those specific options.. are there some important ones I should know about?

"python setup.py install"

I believe that's what you do in the modules/ directory after you install all the dependancies. You also need to specify the RENPY_DEPS_INSTALL variable to where the dependancies are installed (i.e. /usr). Thereafter you should be able to run games with just the standard python command.

[PyTom]

Specific options??? I installed all the dependancies myself without knowledge of those specific options.. are there some important ones I should know about?

Yes. For example, SDL_sound needs to use a specific mod player library (of the two it supports), because only that one is reentrant. The options to freetype can change the look of the fonts a little. And so on.

Remember, my goal is pixel-correct output on 3 platforms.