19-12-2003 11:49									#1
	Z-lib and stuff Support Apolyton, buy Call to Power 2

I finally managed to (try to) compile freeciv with MingW32 but I get some errors of z-lib and gtk client missing. I would need the address where I can download these things. So if somebody knows it I'd appreciate it. (I don't want to use the cygwin setup to download everything...)

	20-12-2003 15:32									#2
	Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

There are two versions of gtk that I have tested and which should work. These are from dropline (http://www.dropline.net/gtk/) and gaim (don't know url, google for it).

You should probably use the mingw zlib package from the cygwin installer.

Oh, and if you manage to compile it successfully with then newest version of mingw, could you please post step-by-step instructions on how you did it? I have been unable to make it work for recent releases of mingw, so I am using an older version myself. I take it you are not using msys, though?

	22-12-2003 02:42									#3
	Remove this text

In fact I am using msys but: I first installed the latest ver. of Mingw and afterwards msys. It seems to work perfectly so far. I don't know if it will compile the game and I'm still looking for a way to get rid of those infos about my computer that appear before the compiling; if you happen to know any way please let me know. And also, is there any site where I can download zlib from, so as not to use the cygwin installer?(I really hate it )

	22-12-2003 03:25									#4
	Got spare money?

http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/zlib.htm

You need the binaries (i.e. the runtime .dll) and the developer files (*.h and *.a).

Alternatively download and compile zlib yourself:
http://www.gzip.org/zlib/