Debian packages for Zarf's glulxe interpreter

The glulxe interpreter is the reference implementation of Zarf's glulxe virtual machine standard. It was specifically designed for running Interactive Fiction (a.k.a. Text Adventures). Version 0.4.3 of glulxe is available from Zarf's homepage here or from the Interactive Fiction Archive here.

Unfortunately I haven't found Debian/Ubuntu packages in the net, so I decided to make some by myself. Here is the quick and dirty result:

• glulxe for Debian 4.0 "Etch" (i386): glulxe_0.4.3-1_i386_debian-4.0.deb

• glulxe for Ubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon" (i386): glulxe_0.4.3-1_i386_ubuntu-7.10.deb

• glulxe for Debian "Sid"/testing of 2008-06-08 (amd64): glulxe_0.4.3-1_amd64_debian-sid-20080608.deb

• glulxe source package for Debian and Debian based systems:

  • glulxe_0.4.3.orig.tar.gz
  • glulxe_0.4.3-1.diff.gz
  • glulxe_0.4.3-1.dsc

  To compile the source package into a binary package you will need the debianized version of Zarf's glkterm library, which is available from here. The binary packages available from above do not need glkterm installed on your system.

Please note that I am not an official Debian developer. These packages are thrown together in a rather random way and will propably eat your dog and blow up your house. However, on my machine, they work. Your mileage may vary.

These packages already contain a patch for glkterm to make them work on a 64 bit machine.

Feedback is welcome (send your rants to peer@wolldingwacht.de).

Legalese: The glkterm library is copyright © 1998-2000 by Andrew Plotkin. See the readme.txt file in the tarball for details.

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:10:32 +0200