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IMPORTANT: If you are running Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or older, then the following instructions can work for you. Otherwise, for Mac OS X (all versions), the JX Client is the recommended client option.
The Mac OS X - X11 (Intel) client is available through three methods
Any updates or corrections to this page can be made or discussed on the Crossfire Wiki, http://wiki.cross-fire.org/dokuwiki/doku.php/client:osx
Fink
Description:
Mac OS X package for crossfire-client in the Fink package manager
Installation Instructions:
Follow the install instructions found at the Fink website, http://www.finkproject.org/download/index.php
IMPORTANT: By default, Fink contains v1.7.0 of the client - see further down the page to learn how to upgrade the client installation
- Download the installer disk image
- Double-click the .dmg to mount the disk image
- Double-click the 'Fink Installer.pkg' package inside. Follow the instructions on screen.
- Open a new Terminal.app window and run the following: fink scanpackages; fink index
- Once that is finished, install any updates available for Fink. In the same Terminal.app window enter the following: sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get install fink
- Another option for updating: fink selfupdate;fink update-all
Note: Leopard Users will need to compile from source as there is binary release available
Screen Shot:
A screen shot of the GTK-v1 Client is here.
A screen shot of the GTK-v2 Client is here.
Location:
Precompiled Upgrade Package
IMPORTANT: The packages are considered Experimental, which means it has limited testing - but the results have been successful.
Once the client has been successfully installed, there is a .dmg file available for download that will let you run any of the three clients (crossfire-client-x11, crossfire-client-gtk and crossfire-client-gtk2)
Location:
- Download Mirror: http://crossfire.real-time.com/download/macosx/crossfire-client1.10.dmg
Installation Instructions:
- Wait for the file to download and follow the screen prompts
- Accept the prompts about installing the package
- In a new window, click on the client you wish to run
- For crossfire-client-x11 client: cfclient
- For crossfire-client-gtk: gcfclient
- For crossfire-client-gtk2: gcfclient2
Note: With the GTKv2 client, after first launching click on the green “+” which will then let you resize the client window.
Note: The binary files where compiled on OS X 10.5, they are untested on earlier or on past versions.
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Compile from Source Code
Compiling from source code requires some additional files to be downloaded.
- You should have Subversion installed by default.
- You can check with this command in a Terminal.app window: svn –help
- Run Subversion to download the latest snapshot of the client source code.
- For trunk: svn co https://svn.code.sf.net/p/crossfire/code/client/trunk client.svn
- For branch/1.x: svn co https://svn.code.sf.net/p/crossfire/code/client/branches/1.x client.svn
- For 1.10.0 release: svn co https://svn.code.sf.net/p/crossfire/code/client/tags/1.10/ client.svn
- You will need libpng to compile the client
- Download http://ethan.tira-thompson.com/Mac OS X Ports_files/libpng (universal).dmg the libpng individual installer
- Double click the .dmg package and follow the on screen prompts and instructions
- Change directories to client.svn and run the following commands:
- ./configure
- Just about all of your errors from ./configure can be fixed by installing the fink packages for them, not including the libpng.
- ./configure
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GTKv1 Client
- Change directories to the gtk directory
- Make sure you are in the correct directory by using the pwd command - it should be: /Users/<user_name>/client.svn/gtk
- Run this command: ./crossfire-client-gtk &
GTKv2 Client
- Change directories to the gtk directory
- Make sure you are in the correct directory by using the pwd command - it should be: /Users/<user_name>/client.svn/gtk-v2/src
- Run this command: ./crossfire-client-gtk2 &