Win to Linux conversion

[b3333734]

Hi there,
I have an old game I designed for windows, but I would like to know if it's possible to compile to use in linux. I'm using the Allegro 4 and fmod libraries. Are those libraries available for linux? I'm not familiar with linux, but if I know it's possible I can then look into this further. Thanks

[MrSwiss]

@b3333734,

first step I'd take, Test: is the Source compiling on WIN, with a current Version of FBC for WIN32/64.
If this is successful, then Chances are good, that it will also compile/run on LIN (the same Lib's used).

Wellcome to the Forum.

[caseih]

Sure if those libraries are available on Linux then it should be a pretty simple matter of a compile. If your code uses file I/O, there may be issues of file paths you'll have to work out in your code. For example Windows uses backslash as a separator, everyone else uses forwards slash. Also if your code refers to drive letters you'll have to change that.

You can easily find out whether those libraries are available on Linux.

[b3333734]

@b3333734,
first step I'd take, Test: is the Source compiling on WIN, with a current Version of FBC for WIN32/64.
If this is successful, then Chances are good, that it will also compile/run on LIN (the same Lib's used).

Thank you. Yes, the game was programmed in FB. It compiles fine using the latest version.

Sure if those libraries are available on Linux then it should be a pretty simple matter of a compile. If your code uses file I/O, there may be issues of file paths you'll have to work out in your code. For example Windows uses backslash as a separator, everyone else uses forwards slash. Also if your code refers to drive letters you'll have to change that.

You can easily find out whether those libraries are available on Linux.

Yes, I found out Fmod and Allegro have linux versions. I'm guessing Linux doesn't use dll's? Would I have to recompile the libraries? If linux doesn't use dll's, what are the equivalents? (I have zero experiece with linux).

Thanks for any help.

[MrSwiss]

If linux doesn't use dll's, what are the equivalents?

The equivalent of a .dll in LIN, is a .so (dynamically loaded LIB, at run-time).