FreeOberon/README_build_eng.md

How to build a new version of Free Oberon for Linux

The commands are for Debian/Ubuntu OS.

Option 1. Download the archive and run the installer

1. On the https://github.com/kekcleader/FreeOberon.git website click the green button labeled «Code» and then click «Download ZIP», unpack the archive inside your home directory. You can rename directory FreeOberon-main to FreeOberon.

2. Inside the unpacked directory, run install.sh with root privileges.

   su
   ./install.sh
   

Option 2. Build Free Oberon manually

1. Install Git, GCC and Allegro5:

   apt-get install -y liballegro5-dev git gcc
   

2. Clone the Free Oberon repository:

   git clone https://github.com/kekcleader/FreeOberon.git
   

3. Clone the OfrontPlus repository using the submodule update command:

   cd FreeOberon
   git submodule update --init
   

The FreeOberon/Data/bin/OfrontPlus directory will be filled with files.

1. Build OfrontPlus:

   cd Data/bin/OfrontPlus/Target/Linux_amd64/Bin
   ./build
   
   cd ../../../../../../..
   

2. Build Free Oberon:

   cd FreeOberon/src
   ./make.sh
   

3. Run FreeOberon.

This is done from the directory where the executable file FreeOberon is located.

./FreeOberon

Document updated on January 11, 2023.