Compiling on Debian GNU Linux - novasdream/forgottenserver GitHub Wiki

The Forgotten Server v1.0 requires at least gcc 4.6, which is available in Debian 7 (wheezy).
The Forgotten Server v1.1 requires at least gcc 4.8, which is available in Debian 8 (jessie).

1. Install the required software

The following command will install Git, CMake, a compiler and the libraries used by The Forgotten Server.

Git will be used to download the source code, and CMake will be used to generate the build files.

# apt-get install git cmake build-essential liblua5.2-dev libgmp3-dev libmysqlclient-dev libboost-system-dev

2. Download the source code

$ git clone https://github.com/otland/forgottenserver.git

3. Generate the build files

$ cd forgottenserver
$ mkdir build && cd build
$ cmake ..

4. Build

$ make