Reason why I wanted to start it from the compile folder was that I never compiled or installed anything on Linux before.
I did not want to destroy anything because of missing knowledge.
The install chapter is quite complicated (not a criticism, I know the different Linux derivates) and therefore I did not really understood what I did, I simply tried.
I installed it now by "make install" as described in the doc.
It starts now and I can create a new game. I will try more and see if everything works.
Thanks for all your help (and the work for this great game)!!!!
V2.6, Linux, Error: Lost connection to server (read error)!
Re: V2.6, Linux, Error: Lost connection to server (read error)!
Yes, it's not a good idea to install something to your system folders in a way other than package manager, causing package manager's bookkeeping of the system going astray.ppfreeciv wrote:Reason why I wanted to start it from the compile folder was that I never compiled or installed anything on Linux before.
I did not want to destroy anything because of missing knowledge.
If you need to 'make install' freeciv, my advise would be to do it to custom location ('--prefix' configure option) and not to system directories.