Re: Newbie Swarm Questions

[Paul E Johnson]

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> As I mentioned in my MacOS X Port Effort email (thanks Glen!), I'm new 
> to swarm.  I have some experience working with Ascape and a little more 
> in differential game theory, but not a great deal in any of it.
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> Okay, some questions since I've downloaded the Source Code from CVS and 
> just started browsing through it the other day.
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> 1) There is no configure file except when I download the release 
> version.  Is this intentional?
Smarter/safer to check out a snapshot from the ftp.  SwarmFAQ has a 
little explanation of the fact that the source code is not ready to 
compile, but rather it has to have the automake/autoconf/autoheader 
magic applied. the autogen script should do all that, if you have the 
correct versions of the tools. Anyway, easier to take a snapshot.
> 2) Forgive this question but... how do I get started? :-p

If you are just starting, it is likely too tough to build swarm from 
cvs. Get a foothold by installing a prebuild binary on one of the 
platforms we support.


Check the SwarmFAQ

 http://lark.cc.ku.edu/~pauljohn/SwarmFaq/SwarmOnlineFaq.html

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