How to get the latest build of TuxType?

[Zhuravl]

I was not able to build the game by myself and find a ton of outdated builds on the Internet, so decided to ask the next questions (to potentially extend the documentation with this information):

1. What is the current procedure for building and publishing the new versions of the application?
2. How initiate re-building with the latest code?
3. Where the latest builds are published for downloading by the target users?

[Zhuravl]

Hey @perepujal!
I can see you have managed the last PRs in this repository, so maybe you can answer these questions and will help me to publish the latest version of the application?

[perepujal]

Hi Illia,
I don't know the responses to your questions :( I ususally play with TuxPaint, and only occasionally with translations in the other tux4kids projects.

What I can say is, to compile TuxType you need first https://github.com/tux4kids/t4kcommon, and only when it is in place you will be able to compile TuxType.
After a long time without touching tuxtype, I could not compile it in my box anymore, not even t4kcommon.
Just today I found tux4kids/t4kcommon#10 that makes t4kcommon compile on newer systems, but still can't compile tuxtype so I can't be of much help currently :(

Pere

[Zhuravl]

Got it! Thank you for sharing this information, Pere!

I'll try to ask for the help of the community...

[Cheezmeister]

Thanks @Zhuravl

As you can see, both projects are not under active maintenance, so I'm not sure that there is a definite answer to your questions. They've undergone some bit-rot over the years, and will need some research to bring them back.

You may want to connect with Twan Chen, who was trying to make a successful build under Arch Linux: https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/tux4kids-tuxtype-dev/2023-March/001402.html

It would help if you share here your OS/platform, the steps you took in trying to build, and what error message(s) you received.

If you're able to get a working build, share the fix and/or update documentation, it would surely be appreciated!