First of all, install Eclipse and Eclipse/CTD (CTD is a C++ workbench plugin for Eclipse).

Installing Subclipse

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• Start Eclipse
• In the main menu, select "Help" -> "Software Updates" -> "Find&Install..."
• In the dialog appearing, select "Search for new features to install"
• In the following dialog, select "New remote site" and enter "http://subclipse.tigris.org/update_1.6.x"
• Check "Automatically select mirrors"
• Select everything from the Subclipse site except plugins
• Click on "Finish"
• Agree to license agreements
• Choose "Install all"

Installing the D2X-XL project and source files

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• Select the Subclipse view (main menu: "Window" -> "Open Perspective" -> "Other" -> "SVN repository exploring")
• Right click in left window pane (open context menu)
• Select "New...", "Repository location" and enter "https://svn.code.sf.net/p/d2x-xl/code"
• Click on the black triangle left of the repository URL to expand the source tree
• Right click on the "trunk" branch (open context menu)
• Select "Checkout"
• In the dialog appearing, click "Next"
• Uncheck "Use default location" and enter your user directory, e.g. "/home/hey_its_me"
• Click "Finish", and the project will be checked out to /home/hey_its_me/d2x-xl

In case the files .project and .cproject do not get checked out and placed in the d2x-xl project folder you have, you need to check these files out manually and copy them to the d2x-xl project folder (e.g. "home/hey_its_me/d2x-xl").

Preparing for compiling

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• We need a proper conf.h file now, so open a terminal window
• cd /home/hey_its_me/d2x-xl
• chmod 0744 ./configure
• sh autogen.sh
• ./configure --enable-release=yes --enable-debug=no
• wait for configure to complete

Additional resources

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You will also need the Mesa-devel, MesaGLw-devel, SDL-devel and SDL_mixer-devel packages, so download and install them now if you haven't already.

Compiling

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• Switch back to Eclipse
• Select the C++ Project View (main menu: "Window" -> "Open Perspective" -> "Other" -> "C++")
• In the main menu, chose "Project" and uncheck "Build automatically"
• Right click on the "d2x-xl" project line (open context menu)
• Chose "Build Configurations" -> "Set Active" -> "Release"
• Chose "Build Project"

Updating from the Repository

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• Select the C++ Project View (main menu: "Window" -> "Open Perspective" -> "Other" -> "C++")
• Right click on the "d2x-xl" project line (open context menu)
• Select "Team"
• Select "Update"

A few pointers

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• Below the edit window, there are several windows grouped together each of which you can focus by clicking on its tab
• The console window shows any output going to the console (e.g. compiler and linker output)
• The problems window shows errors and warnings; click on a line here and the file will be loaded and the cursor placed on that line in the file
• The Debug view allows to directly launch a debugger (gdb) and use it in the Eclipse GUI