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LTris a tetris clone for Linux

                        	    LTris
				
                          a tetris clone for Linux
                             by Michael Speck
			      

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I.   Requirements
II.  Installation
III. Troubleshooting
IV.  Feedback
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I.   Requirements
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LTris runs in X and uses SDL (any version though >= 1.1.4
is recommended) and SDL_mixer (optional for sound). Both libraries
can be found at http://libsdl.org. 

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II.  Installation
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Enter your favorite shell and type in the following stuff (in the
directory you extracted the LTris source)
> ./configure [--disable-sound] [--disable-install]
              [--with-highscore-path=HPATH]
    --disable-sound:       no sound
    --with-buffer-size:    modify audio buffer size (set this value
                           to 2048 if you encounter any sound delays)
    --disable-install:     no installation; play from source directory
    --with-highscore-path: write global highscore chart lbreakout.hscr
                           to the specified directory
                           DEFAULT: /var/lib/games
> make
> su (become root)
> make install (if install wasn't disabled)
> exit (become user again)
> ltris (run game)

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III. Troubleshooting
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If you have SDL_mixer installed but configure tells you that it can't 
find it, remember that you have to install the development package
for compiling!
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If you can't compile because LTris' timestamps are slightly in 
the future run 'touchall' (found in the configure directory).
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If the SDL sound seems to be out of sync first try
to modify the audio buffer by using configure option 
--with-buffer-size (set to 2048). If this fails set
SDL_AUDIODRIVER to dma (export SDL_AUDIODRIVER=dma).
  
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IV.  Feedback
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LGames URL:  http://www.lgames.org
e-Mail:      [e-mail]