TGB on Linux - Unavailable
by Sam.E · in General Discussion · 04/04/2009 (2:31 pm) · 6 replies
Hey all, I am running Linux on my computer and trying to download TGB for it except there is no TGB for Linux? Anyone know whats going on?
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#2
04/06/2009 (10:03 am)
We have removed the TGB 1.1.3 Linux version as it was out of date with current distros. Linux versions of the engine are community maintained. 
#4
04/06/2009 (3:17 pm)
The TGB 1.5 and later had issues getting compiled from the distribution. I tried with the help of some community members to get it to work, but the editor part was too windows/macOS centric. Basically, you might get an engine working that could accept a fully finished TGB game written in Win/OSX, but you couldn't author with it.
#5
05/14/2009 (11:47 am)
It sounds to me like the TGB uses libraries from the windows/mac operating system to build it's editor interface. Does that not mean one could install similar libraries built for linux and link them up to make it work? 
#6
Linking the Linux version to Wine, for example, is still a major job to maintain. Making the window code platform-neutral is still a bit of a task, but mostly a one-time job.
05/14/2009 (1:20 pm)
The best option would be if a cross-platform library, like wxWidgets (because of its BSD/Zlib-like licence), was used for the platform parts.Linking the Linux version to Wine, for example, is still a major job to maintain. Making the window code platform-neutral is still a bit of a task, but mostly a one-time job.
Sam.E