[rharuk]

Well, fedora doesn't come with apt, it comes with yum. I installed apt to see if it would install anything that yum doesn't, and no luck.

[root@fedora trunk]# apt-get install libpcre3
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
E: Couldn't find package libpcre3

It can't even find that package, I have no idea what I'm doing wrong.. haha.

./configure --enable-x64 failed with the same error as before

checking lib pcre... (testing)
checking for pcre_study in -lpcre... no
checking for pcre_compile in -lpcre... no
checking lib pcre... no, (WARNING)
configure: error: Couldn't find pcre library. Make sure your pcre path is correct.

[sebkinne]

hm, w8 ill look it up.
ok:
"apt-get install libpcre3-dev"
then do the
autoreconf
./configure --enable-x64
make
make install

[rharuk]

Nope.. does apt use repositories like yum does that I might not have installed or something? I don't know, maybe its cause i'm trying to use apt on fedora.. I'm going to install debian in a virtual machine and see how that turns out, but I'd rather have this work instead.

[root@fedora ~]# apt-get install libpcre3-dev
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
E: Couldn't find package libpcre3-dev

[waymirec]

try yum install pcre-devel

[rharuk]

Already have that one installed :|

Package pcre-devel - 7.3-3.fc8.x86_64 is already installed.
Package pcre-devel - 7.3-3.fc8.i386 is already installed.
Nothing to do

[sebkinne]

yea..
do this:
apt-cache search pcre
apt-cache search libpcre
do them, and tell me what happens

seb

[rharuk]

[root@fedora ~]# apt-cache search pcre
php-common - Common files for PHP
pcre - Perl-compatible regular expression library
pcre - Perl-compatible regular expression library
pcre-devel - Development files for pcre
pcre-devel - Development files for pcre
[root@fedora ~]# apt-cache search libpcre
pcre - Perl-compatible regular expression library
pcre - Perl-compatible regular expression library
[root@fedora ~]#

Tried to install them then...

[root@fedora ~]# apt-get install pcre-devel
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
pcre-devel is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 removed and 0 not upgraded.

[root@fedora ~]# apt-get install pcre
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
pcre is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 removed and 0 not upgraded.

[sebkinne]

maby you need some other app for fedora core...ill do some research

seb

[rharuk]

I just tried to start all over in a new directory and compile the 3.8 stable branch instead of the trunk ... and come up with this error now before I can even get to ./configure......

[root@fedora 3_8_stable]# autoreconf -f -i 
configure.ac:12: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_CONFIG_HEADER
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
configure.ac:17: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
configure.ac:18: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
autoreconf: /usr/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1

[ThreatBlvd]

rharuk, don't give up on Fedora 8 (x86_64), I had the same problems as you and was able to eventually get it all working (trunk, didn't try 3.8 stable)

First of all, you don't need apt-get, yum will work just fine, but you can use it if you want. Also, the package names won't be exactly the same as they are for Debian. So for example, the pcre packages you want on Fedora are pcre and pcre-devel.

@Seb, unless I'm missing something, it seems that your tutorial is leaving out one major step, and that is installing a world database (content, not the structure), such as NCDB. I eventually found this information on the ascent wiki: Database Setup - Ascent Wiki

[rharuk]

Is there any way you could send me your corrected configure file? I'll keep trying to fix it by myself, but I'm not very good at that sort of thing.. haha.

[mainiacfreakus]

I get this error when calling ./configure:

checking lib pcre... -lpcre
: command not foundion.sh: line 2: 
: command not foundion.sh: line 5: 
svn: '.' is not a working copy
: command not foundion.sh: line 17: 
mv: cannot stat `svn_revision.h': No such file or directory
: command not foundion.sh: line 19: 
configure: creating ./config.status
.infig.status: error: cannot find input file:

lib pcre and dev are all installed correctly.
i am using the latest svn.

I have no idea what to do, because google returns no results on this error.
Im trying to compile on Fedora Core 8.

TIA
mainiacfreakus

[ThreatBlvd]

Originally Posted by rharuk

Is there any way you could send me your corrected configure file? I'll keep trying to fix it by myself, but I'm not very good at that sort of thing.. haha.

With the latest ascent from svn I actually didn't have to mess with my configure file. Are you working with the latest trunk?

[rharuk]

Yes I am, I think I figured it out though. :)

[rharuk]

In file included from Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:27:
Database/MySQLDatabase.h:4:25: error: mysql/mysql.h: No such file or directory
In file included from Database/CreateInterface.cpp:6:
Database/MySQLDatabase.h:4:25: error: mysql/mysql.h: No such file or directory
./Database/Field.h: In member function ‘uint64 Field::GetUInt64()’:
./Database/Field.h:42: warning: format ‘%llu’ expects type ‘long long unsigned int*’, but argument 3 has type ‘uint64*’
./Database/Field.h: In member function ‘uint64 Field::GetUInt64()’:
./Database/Field.h:42: warning: format ‘%llu’ expects type ‘long long unsigned int*’, but argument 3 has type ‘uint64*’
Database/MySQLDatabase.h: At global scope:
Database/MySQLDatabase.h error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of ‘MYSQL’ with no type
Database/MySQLDatabase.h error: expected ‘;’ before ‘*’ token
Database/MySQLDatabase.h:47: error: expected `)' before ‘*’ token
Database/MySQLDatabase.h:53: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of ‘MYSQL_RES’ with no type
Database/MySQLDatabase.h:53: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘*’ token
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp: In member function ‘virtual bool MySQLDatabase::Initialize(const char*, unsigned int, const char*, const char*, const char*, uint*** uint32)’:
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:55: error: ‘MYSQL’ was not declared in this scope
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:55: error: ‘temp’ was not declared in this scope
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:55: error: ‘temp2’ was not declared in this scope
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:57: error: ‘my_bool’ was not declared in this scope
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:57: error: expected `;' before ‘my_true’
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:71: error: ‘mysql_init’ was not declared in this scope
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:72: error: ‘MYSQL_SET_CHARSET_NAME’ was not declared in this scope
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:72: error: ‘mysql_options’ was not declared in this scope
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:75: error: ‘MYSQL_OPT_RECONNECT’ was not declared in this scope
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:75: error: ‘my_true’ was not declared in this scope
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:75: error: ‘mysql_options’ was not declared in this scope
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:78: error: ‘mysql_real_connect’ was not declared in this scope
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:81: error: ‘mysql_error’ was not declared in this scope
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:86: error: ‘struct MySQLDatabaseConnection’ has no member named ‘MySql’
Database/MySQLDatabase.h: At global scope:
Database/MySQLDatabase.h error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of ‘MYSQL’ with no type
Database/MySQLDatabase.h error: expected ‘;’ before ‘*’ token
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp: In member function ‘virtual std::string MySQLDatabase::EscapeString(std::string)’:
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:99: error: ‘struct MySQLDatabaseConnection’ has no member named ‘MySql’
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:99: error: ‘mysql_real_escape_string’ was not declared in this scope
Database/MySQLDatabase.h:47: error: expected `)' before ‘*’ token
Database/MySQLDatabase.h:53: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of ‘MYSQL_RES’ with no type
Database/MySQLDatabase.h:53: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘*’ token
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp: In member function ‘virtual void MySQLDatabase::EscapeLongString(const char*, uint*** std::stringstream&)’:
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:114: error: ‘struct MySQLDatabaseConnection’ has no member named ‘MySql’
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:114: error: ‘mysql_real_escape_string’ was not declared in this scope
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp: In member function ‘virtual std::string MySQLDatabase::EscapeString(const char*, DatabaseConnection*)’:
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:127: error: ‘struct MySQLDatabaseConnection’ has no member named ‘MySql’
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:127: error: ‘mysql_real_escape_string’ was not declared in this scope
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp: In member function ‘virtual bool MySQLDatabase::_SendQuery(DatabaseConnection*, const char*, bool)’:
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:143: error: ‘struct MySQLDatabaseConnection’ has no member named ‘MySql’
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:143: error: ‘mysql_query’ was not declared in this scope
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:146: error: ‘struct MySQLDatabaseConnection’ has no member named ‘MySql’make[3]: *** [CreateInterface.o] Error 1
make[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....

Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:146: error: ‘mysql_errno’ was not declared in this scope
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:154: error: ‘struct MySQLDatabaseConnection’ has no member named ‘MySql’
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:154: error: ‘mysql_error’ was not declared in this scope
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp: At global scope:
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:178: error: expected `)' before ‘*’ token
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp: In destructor ‘virtual MySQLQueryResult::~MySQLQueryResult()’:
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:185: error: ‘mResult’ was not declared in this scope
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:185: error: ‘mysql_free_result’ was not declared in this scope
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp: In member function ‘virtual bool MySQLQueryResult::NextRow()’:
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:191: error: ‘MYSQL_ROW’ was not declared in this scope
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:191: error: expected `;' before ‘row’
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:192: error: ‘row’ was not declared in this scope
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:196: error: ‘row’ was not declared in this scope
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp: In member function ‘virtual QueryResult* MySQLDatabase::_StoreQueryResult(DatabaseConnectio n*)’:
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:205: error: ‘MYSQL_RES’ was not declared in this scope
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:205: error: ‘pRes’ was not declared in this scope
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:205: error: ‘struct MySQLDatabaseConnection’ has no member named ‘MySql’
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:205: error: ‘mysql_store_result’ was not declared in this scope
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:206: error: ‘struct MySQLDatabaseConnection’ has no member named ‘MySql’
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:206: error: ‘mysql_affected_rows’ was not declared in this scope
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:207: error: ‘struct MySQLDatabaseConnection’ has no member named ‘MySql’
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:207: error: ‘mysql_field_count’ was not declared in this scope
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:212: error: ‘mysql_free_result’ was not declared in this scope
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp: In member function ‘bool MySQLDatabase::_Reconnect(MySQLDatabaseConnection* )’:
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:225: error: ‘MYSQL’ was not declared in this scope
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:225: error: ‘temp’ was not declared in this scope
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:225: error: ‘temp2’ was not declared in this scope
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:227: error: ‘mysql_init’ was not declared in this scope
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:228: error: ‘mysql_real_connect’ was not declared in this scope
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:231: error: ‘mysql_error’ was not declared in this scope
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:232: error: ‘mysql_close’ was not declared in this scope
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:236: error: ‘struct MySQLDatabaseConnection’ has no member named ‘MySql’
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:237: error: ‘struct MySQLDatabaseConnection’ has no member named ‘MySql’
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:237: error: ‘mysql_close’ was not declared in this scope
Database/MySQLDatabase.cpp:239: error: ‘struct MySQLDatabaseConnection’ has no member named ‘MySql’
make[3]: *** [MySQLDatabase.o] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/deadline/ascent/source/trunk/src/ascent-shared'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/deadline/ascent/source/trunk/src'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/deadline/ascent/source/trunk'
make: *** [all] Error 2
[deadline@fedora trunk]$

This happens when I try to do make . Ugh!!

[ThreatBlvd]

Originally Posted by rharuk

This happens when I try to do make . Ugh!!

Do you have all of these packages installed?

mysql
mysql++
mysql-devel
mysql++-devel
mysql-libs
mysql-server

[rharuk]

haha yeah that was the problem, i figured that out right after i posted it and forgot to edit the post.

[ThreatBlvd]

Originally Posted by sebkinne

... i will release a detailed guide later today, since i am just writing it up now : )

Sebkinne, are you still planning on releasing an updated guide? This one really helped me out and a new version that is up to date would be awesome. Thanks for all the work you've put into making this tutorial available.

[raza56773]

wehn i run my logon server app. it says logon server latancy 0ms. y can i not connect. when i go to create a char. it says disconected from server. can anyone help. :(

[ThreatBlvd]

Originally Posted by raza56773

wehn i run my logon server app. it says logon server latancy 0ms. y can i not connect. when i go to create a char. it says disconected from server. can anyone help. :(

It's probably because you don't have a world database populated with data. That step is missing from the tutorial, so I had the same problem as you. Read here on the ascent wiki for how to get NCDB: Database Setup - Ascent Wiki

btw, if you're using the latest ascent trunk from svn, the maps and DBC files sebkinne posted won't work (at least they didn't for me). You can read here how to extract them yourself: ClientFiles - Ascent Wiki. Unfortunately, as far as I know this step has to be done on Windows. If anyone knows how to do this under Linux please let me know.

[sebkinne]

NCDB is dead, dont even go there.
right: no talk about MPQE either.
Update your char db. done ;)

seb

[FearedBliss]

sebkinne,

sudo apt-get update

doesn't update your OS. It updates your repos. I would recommend to use aptitude anyways because it remembers your dependencies :).

To update your OS use the following :

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude safe-upgrade
sudo aptitude dist-upgrade

Also for servers I would recommend Debian as well but .. Ubuntu 8.04 for Servers and Desktop FTW !! ;D.

[ThreatBlvd]

Originally Posted by FearedBliss

Also for servers I would recommend Debian as well but .. Ubuntu 8.04 for Servers and Desktop FTW !! ;D.

I will agree that Debian and Ubuntu are great distro choices, but if someone is already familiar/comfortable with Fedora or CentOS, ascent will certainly run just fine on those as well. All are good choices IMHO.

[FearedBliss]

Yeah of course :). I used Fedora before and favorite it back in Fedora Core 5 (Bordeaux). I like the speed and stability of Debian based distributions and of apt.

[Medraq]

Thanks for your tutorial Seb :oD

A few friends and I (including Ryp Faust) have been using your guide to try to set up our own WoW private server without much success. (Actually I challenged Ryp & the others to set up the server as a classroom exercise so that they can learn some Ubuntu Linux bash commands, some MySQL commands and get more familiar with a CLI.) There has been much learning, but success has proved thus far to be a bit elusive.

We have stumbled many times at step 9 of your guide.

Since Ascent rev. 4397 is designed for WoW v2.4.1, I suspect that may have caused us some woes.

I am trying to update everything to WoW v2.4.1.

I used MPQE.exe to extract the DBC files and AD.exe to extract the maps from the WoW v2.4.1 installation on my Windows XP PC. I zipped the folders and copied the zip files to my Apache\htdocs folder so that I could wget them from my Ubuntu box. I used the scripts folder from "Apple's Ascent" (compiled by 'trunks94' from RageZone). I also used NCDB23.

The ./ascent-logonserver command worked fine.

But when I ran ./ascent-world (in a different PuTTY session) it ran OK for a while and then gave me a MAJOR ERROR/WARNING, namely: Trainers table format is invalid. Please update your database.

This was followed by a screenful of weird (but not so wonderful) characters with the phrase "Segmentation Fault" at the end - after which the program crapped out :o(

I have attached a JPG of the last screen from PuTTY. I got the same error when logged in to the server directly but without the "PuTTY" references.

Can anyone please suggest a better database to use now that NCDB is no longer current ?

Also, the windows utilities seem to be the best way of getting the Maps and DBC folders, but which scripts should I use ? I am also open to any suggestions on using different methods of acquiring the DBC files.

Thanks for any help you guys can give :o)

btw: Once I get this thing working I will post my documentation (onto its 7th page so far) as a reply to this topic. Being a Linux noob I have made plenty of errors (eg: including an ! in my MySQL root password and having to learn how to reset the root password ... ) and have typed up all of my misadventures to date.

As an aside, I thought you may find this post from mmopro somewhat familiar:
[Ascent][Linux]Tutorial - How To Create a Server - MMOProfessionals - WoW Hacks , Bots , Guides & Exploits Forum
I wonder what on earth made the id10t think that the two sites wouldn't have similar readers.