Can somone tell me how to setup a shell server i have uploaded the games i wanna host and when i go to dream daemon ive gotta find the file i wanna host but how?
if anyone can give me a guide or even walk me via it
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 Oct 30 2004, 10:44 am
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Oct 31 2004, 5:46 am
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digitalmouse
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have you tried reading the instructions that come with byond? also, take the time to search through the forums... it's all there :)
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I made a small tutorial.
As from [link] . [I did edit it a little for some touch-ups.] I did all this on Debain: Sergeant [unstable release, which means the “unstable” distribution is where active development of Debian occurs], and used lynx, so the commands may be a little different. Install Lynx to your Linux OS and Login to your Linux machine (I use Putty, found here.), and download byond_linux.zip from http://developer.byond.com/download/byond_linux.zip (If using Debian, the command would be <code>lynx http://developer.byond.com/download/byond_linux.zip</ code>; ). Unzip it by using the command: <code>unzip byond_linux.zip</code> Wait for the list to stop. then, Change to the byond directory [I also call directory as dir): <code>cd byond</code> Now, type: <code>make</code> Choose on of the 2 options and follow the rest of the procedures that it tells you. Once it doesn't tell you to do anything more, change to the bin dir: <code>cd bin</code> And run DreamMaker (you will probably get errors for not finding library files). To test DreamMaker, type <code> DreamMaker</code> If it won't work correctly, do the following between the lines: --------- If you get library errors, I have a file that is hard to find that will work on Debian - http://www.terranwolf.com/BYOND/libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 Download that and copy it to your lib directory. To download it correctly, do the following [you should be in the bin directory when doing this]: <code> cd .. cd .. cd .. </code> Now, you should be before your root directory. Download the above file and then send it to your lib directory and type this: <code>cp libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 /lib</code> Now, go to the root directory, then byond, then bin, then test DreamMaker again. If you still have errors, locate the file missing and <code>cp</code> it to the /lib directory [FROM NOW ON, STAY IN THE BIN DIR!!!]. That's all you have to do to install byond on your Linux Shell. | |
and to add on, most linux distributions have wget installed already, so you can relplace Wolf's lynx command with wget without needing to install lynx ahead of time.
also wolf: did you use debain seargant, or debian woody? there isn't a seargant woody as far as i can see on their website and on debianworld. | |
Wolf01 wrote:
I made a small tutorial. I did all this on Debain: Sergeant [unstable release, which means the “unstable” distribution is where active development of Debian occurs], and used lynx, so the commands may be a little different. Where it say <code>cd byond</code> do i type that in my internet browser or what and aswell as make | |
On the Linux command line. You probably use PuTTY or something to connect to your shell server, right? So connect to your shell server, and type those commands in there.
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Crispy wrote:
On the Linux command line. You probably use PuTTY or something to connect to your shell server, right? So connect to your shell server, and type those commands in there. Yes. PuTTY is one of the best I've used. I also use Secure CRT sometimes. | |
Crispy wrote:
On the Linux command line. You probably use PuTTY or something to connect to your shell server, right? So connect to your shell server, and type those commands in there. how do i type in shell commands what would be the site for me to type it in? my site is http://frostmud.dyndns.org/~william/ where do i go to login into the shell area to type that in? | |
Connect to http://frostmud.dyndns.org using ssh through PuTTY and then it asks you to login. So login, and then you have your command line.
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i think we may need to step back a bit, and find out if he *has* shell access to that account in the first place. if not, this is all moot and does not help him with original question which was to set up a shell server.
Gov: do you know what a 'shell server' is exactly? if not, we need to start there first. | |
Frostmud has shell access, I tried to get an account but I sped through the application too quickly because I was in a hurry =P
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Govegtos wrote:
how do i type in shell commands what would be the site for me to type it in? There is no "site". You obviously have no idea what you're doing, do you? =) my site is http://frostmud.dyndns.org/~william/ Okay. Step 1: Download PuTTY Step 2: Install PuTTY. Step 3: Run PuTTY. Step 4: Use it to connect to your shell account. Your host should have provided you with the necessary details (host name - probably frostmud.dyndns.org; port number - leave it at the default unless your host told you otherwise; username - probably "william", but check the info your host gave you; password - can't help you there =) ). Step 5: Once you've successfully connected to your account, you will get a bunch of text in a console window, eventually ending in a prompt that will look something like this: blah# That's the command line. That's where you type in the commands. If you've ever worked with the DOS command line, you'll find that the basic concepts are similar (although the commands are mostly very different, with a few exceptions). | |
Okay, let me just begin with a basic thing.
http://frostmud.dyndns.org/~william/ Is it normal for me to be able to access the .dm files for IconChatterz? I mean, I thought that was a closed source game? | |
... Oh, god. The idiot's gone and uploaded all of his source code to the server, and publicised the link. Govegtos, take those files down NOW unless you want Icon Chatterz ripped a million (more) times over.
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Nadrew wrote:
Frostmud has shell access, I tried to get an account but I sped through the application too quickly because I was in a hurry =P I have one. Maybe I'll use this threat to actually make USE of my account. | |
Crispy wrote:
... Oh, god. The idiot's gone and uploaded all of his source code to the server, and publicised the link. Govegtos, take those files down NOW unless you want Icon Chatterz ripped a million (more) times over. You should of Told me about putty so your the idiots who didnt tell me in da first place Jesus! | |
Sigh. Sorry, I didn't mean to come across so harshly.
But in fairness, PuTTY has nothing to do with any of this. You should have known that the source code is not required to host, and therefore not uploaded it in the first place. Even if it did have something to do with it, you didn't ask. If you stab yourself to death, is that my fault because I didn't tell you not to? | |
Crispy, you should know better by now- bad dog! (whaps Crispy with a rolld up newspaper). That said, Gov: Crispy *did* talk about Putty quite early in this thread ([link]) and was later followed up with instructions on how to use putty. Though in fairness, you did not provide enough info to understand your situation (you had not even responded whether or not you even read the README file I mentioned), and we made assumptions you knew what you were doing.
Let's continue to try and help him, but without the insults ok? [edit: Goveggie, have you asked the FrostMUD guy if it is ok to install BYOND and run BYOND-based games from his server? some free hosts don't care for third party daemons/programs that run in the background all the time that are prone to suck down their bandwidth (and i understand that icon chatterz can do that on occassion). better to make sure you have permission to install BYOND there before we help out anymore).] | |
digitalmouse wrote:
Crispy, you should know better by now- bad dog! (whaps Crispy with a rolld up newspaper). That said, Gov: Crispy *did* talk about Putty quite early in this thread ([link]) and was later followed up with instructions on how to use putty. Though in fairness, you did not provide enough info to understand your situation (you had not even responded whether or not you even read the README file I mentioned), and we made assumptions you knew what you were doing. I know the host of FrostMud personally, I speak to him often. (well, personally...over the net). You could say we're friends. Want me to ask him? | |