In order to compile FreeCol you will need Java and the Ant build
system, which you can get http://ant.apache.org/here. When
these are installed, go to the root directory of FreeCol and type
ant
to build a JAR file containing the game. This process
requires the native2ascii
task, which is an
optional ant task. Some Linux distributions place optional tasks in a
different package, so make sure you have installed all necessary
packages if you are a Linux user. The game is started using the
command java -Xmx128M -jar FreeCol.jar
.
If something goes wrong, please open a bug report at the
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freecolSourceForge page of
FreeCol. Use the command ant -projecthelp
to find out
about other kinds of things you can build (this manual, for
example). Note that you will require additional software to build the
manual, however.
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