Setting up Build Environment in Ubuntu 11.10 for building Firestorm Viewer

After recently installing Ubuntu 11.10 and figuring out how to get latest Nvidia drivers setup and successfully building Firestorm on it, i thought some others may find this short guide useful, especially as Linux doesn’t seem to be affected by any of the Nvidia problems that have been a pain on Windows recently since the Mesh code was added. (Nvidia 285.05.09 runs perfectly on a GTX460M in Ubuntu 11.10)…;):

First, Download the latest Ubuntu 11.10 32-bit ISO from here: http://www.ubuntu.com/start-download?distro=desktop&bits=32&release=latest

Once Ubuntu-11.10 LiveCD or USB is loaded:

Click “Install Ubuntu 11.10”.
Follow steps and when prompted Tick the 2 boxes to install 3rd party drivers.

Once installed and rebooted:
Open Terminal and type:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nvidia-common nvidia-settings

Click Gear icon in top right of screen and click “Updates Available…”, and install updates.

Once completed press CTRL + ALT + F1 to open true Terminal and type:

sudo service lightdm stop

then:

sudo nvidia-xconfig

Once it say a message abount writing a new X-config file, type:

sudo service lightdm start

Then Reboot computer.

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To fix boot splash screen resolution:

sudo apt-get install v86d hwinfo
sudo hwinfo --framebuffer

(take note of resolutions as highest one might not work…so may need to try a lower one).

sudo gedit /etc/default/grub

Search for: GRUB_GFXMODE=
And replace line with: GRUB_GFXMODE=1280×800 (<- your-resolution-here)
Below this you need to type: GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=1280×800 (<- your-resolution-here)
Save file and close it.

echo FRAMEBUFFER=y | sudo tee /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/splash
sudo update-grub2
sudo update-initramfs -u

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Open Ubuntu Software centre.
Install the following:

mercurial

g++
distcc
ccache
tortoisehg-nautilus

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Make a folder called “Src” in your Home Folder.
Open terminal and navigate to it, then type:

hg clone http://hg.secondlife.com/autobuild
cd autobuild
sudo python setup.py install

Sometimes autobuild doesn’t install the first time, so check to be sure you have it in /usr/local/bin with this command:

which autobuild

If it isn’t there, run “sudo python setup.py install” again and do the which command again.

Reboot computer.

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Open Terminal and go to /Home/Src folder and type:

sudo apt-get install libc6-dev libstdc++6 libx11-dev libxrender-dev nvidia-current-dev
sudo apt-get install libglu1-mesa-dev zlib1g-dev libssl-dev libogg-dev libpng12-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev libgtk2.0-dev
sudo apt-get install subversion cmake gcc-4.4 g++-4.4 build-essential bison flex libc6-dev libstdc++6 libx11-dev libxrender-dev libxml2-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libglu1-mesa-dev zlib1g-dev libssl-dev libogg-dev libpng12-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev libgtk2.0-dev python-pip

sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-4.4 60 --slave /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-4.4 --slave /usr/bin/gcov gcov /usr/bin/gcov-4.4

hg clone http://hg.phoenixviewer.com/phoenix-firestorm-lgpl/
cd phoenix-firestorm-lgpl

Pull latest updates:

If you’re familiar with using TortoiseHG GUI then type the following to open it and pull latest updates or apply patches you have:

sudo thg

(It seems to only see the Linux folders and not the other drives i have in sudo mode, but simply copy any patches you want to apply into the same folder using Nautilus file browser and it will find them.)

OR if you dont use TortoiseHG GUI then type:

hg pull
hg update

Go back to Terminal at /Home/Src/phoenix-firestorm-lgpl/ and type:

sudo autobuild configure -c ReleaseFS_open

Once completed type:

sudo autobuild build -c ReleaseFS_open

If all goes well, and you used the folder structure i used then you can find your built package (tar.bz2 file) in “/Home/Src/phoenix-firestorm-lgpl/build-linux-i686/newview/”.

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