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Hi, after installing this (not completely new) version using the fink distribution for MacOS, I found that the freeciv-server will not start, with the following error:

> freeciv-server
This is the server for Freeciv version 2.5.9
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0: Server: bad address: <(none):5556>.

This does not sound too cryptic, but what might be the reason?

Best wishes
Volker Blum

Looks like it cannot use any network address or maybe given port is used.
try:
freeciv-server -b 127.0.0.1
or
freeciv-server -p 15550

Probably server is badly built, try that Mac installers from here : http://forum.freeciv.org/f/viewforum.php?f=4 ?

Thank you! Yes, it seems that changing the port or the host do not help. Will try with a different build.

Well, nethack from the same source also does not work so I am out of options!

Best wishes and thanks again!

The Mac installer for 2.6.0 did work - thank you!