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== Compiling ScummVM for Nintendo DS under Linux ==
== Compiling ScummVM for Nintendo DS ==


== Getting the source ==
== Getting the source ==
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== Tools/libraries needed ==
== Tools/libraries needed ==
You must have [http://www.devkitpro.org/ devitPro] installed. Version r24 is known to work, more recent versions may work, but occasionally introduce non-backward compatibility changes which cause them to break compatibility with ScummVM.
You must have [https://devkitpro.org/wiki/Getting_Started devkitARM] installed. Version r55 is known to work, more recent versions may work, but occasionally introduce non-backward compatibility changes which cause them to break compatibility with ScummVM.


Moreover, by default, ScummVM DS expects to find libmad, an MP3 compressor library targeted for the ARM platform. If you don't have this, you must disable libmad support by opening 'backends/platform/ds/arm9/makefile' and commenting out the line which says USE_MAD = 1.
You need to install at least the following packages:
 
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
To sum it up, you need to install at least the following:
sudo dkp-pacman -Sy
* devkitPro, e.g. [https://sourceforge.net/projects/devkitpro/files/devkitARM/previous/devkitARM%20release%2024/ devkitPro r24]
sudo dkp-pacman -S \
* libnds
    devkitpro-pkgbuild-helpers \
* libfat
    nds-dev \
* libmad
    nds-zlib
</syntaxhighlight>


== Compiling ScummVM ==
== Compiling ScummVM ==
Enter the <code>backends/platform/ds</code> folder and type:
The following command should be run in order to setup your environment variables for cross-compiling:
 
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
<syntax type="bash">
source /opt/devkitpro/ndsvars.sh
make SCUMM_BUILD=a
</syntaxhighlight>
</syntax>
The executable nds file will build inside <code>backends/platform/ds/arm9/SCUMMVM-A</code>.
 
For other builds, substitute the letters <code>b</code> to <code>g</code> in the above line.
 
To build everything, type:


<syntax type="bash">
To compile ScummVM, issue the following commands inside the scummvm folder:
make allbuildssafe
</syntax>


== Further reading ==
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
* [http://forums.scummvm.org/viewtopic.php?t=3478 Forum thread "Compile Directions"]
./configure --host=ds --enable-plugins --enable-all-engines
* [http://forums.scummvm.org/viewtopic.php?t=7535 Forum thread "version of devkitpro needed to compile 13.1"]
make
</syntaxhighlight>
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