Disclaimer ========== This is an alpha release of this program. It may contain bugs. It may cause damage to your system. Use it at your own risk! Download the program distribution (lletters-0.1.x.tar.gz), and the media set, unless you've installed it already (lletters-media-0.1.x.tar.gz). Simple install procedure ======================== % gzip -cd lletters-0.1.x.tar.gz | tar xvf - # unpack the sources % cd lletters-0.1.x # change to the toplevel directory % tar zxvf lletters-media-0.1.x.tar.gz # unpack media set % ./configure # run the `configure' script % make # build LLN [ Become root if necessary ] % make install # install LLN The Nitty-Gritty ================ * This game requires the gtk and gdk-imlib libraries and development headers. I recommend getting version 1.2.6, but 1.0.x will do. The Debian packages are 'gdk-imlib-dev' and 'libgtk1.2-dev'. I've also built it on OpenBSD. GTK information: http://www.gtk.org/ GDK_IMLIB info: http://www.labs.redhat.com/imlib/ ** No GNOME packages are required!!! (There was some confusion about this** * Report bugs, suggestions, or comments to kirk_ismay@users.sourceforge.net. Adding Pictures =============== 1. Scale your picture to make it fit (if needed). It should be no more than 450x350 pixels for best results. The Gimp is excellent for this ;-) 2. Copy it to the lletters/images subdirectory (/usr/share/lletters/images/ by default). Give it the name of the word (ie Balloon.xpm), as this will be used by the program to display the word as a caption. 3. Start the game and enjoy.