thomas@ubuntu-desktop:~/mudserver/smaugfuss/src$ make
make -s smaug
Compiling o/imc.o....
In file included from mud.h:389,
from imc.c:59:
weather.h:63: error: variably modified ‘weatherMap’ at file scope
weather.h:63: error: array type has incomplete element type
weather.h:64: error: variably modified ‘weatherDelta’ at file scope
weather.h:64: error: array type has incomplete element type
In file included from imc.c:59:
mud.h:4484: error: conflicting types for ‘smash_tilde’
mud.h:4483: error: previous declaration of ‘smash_tilde’ was here
mud.h:4790: error: conflicting types for ‘interpret’
mud.h:4789: error: previous declaration of ‘interpret’ was here
mud.h:4794: error: conflicting types for ‘one_argument’
mud.h:4793: error: previous declaration of ‘one_argument’ was here
imc.c: In function ‘imc_find_social’:
imc.c:7494: error: ‘for’ loop initial declaration used outside C99 mode
make[1]: *** [o/imc.o] Error 1
make: *** [all] Error 2

Very nice little bugfeed, I don't have a clue as what to do! I googled that for loop error, and found a solution and when I apply it the error before imc.c persists, so now the error looks like:

thomas@ubuntu-desktop:~/mudserver/smaugfuss/src$ make
make -s smaug
Compiling o/imc.o....
In file included from mud.h:389,
from imc.c:59:
weather.h:63: error: variably modified ‘weatherMap’ at file scope
weather.h:63: error: array type has incomplete element type
weather.h:64: error: variably modified ‘weatherDelta’ at file scope
weather.h:64: error: array type has incomplete element type
In file included from imc.c:59:
mud.h:4484: error: conflicting types for ‘smash_tilde’
mud.h:4483: error: previous declaration of ‘smash_tilde’ was here
mud.h:4790: error: conflicting types for ‘interpret’
mud.h:4789: error: previous declaration of ‘interpret’ was here
mud.h:4794: error: conflicting types for ‘one_argument’
mud.h:4793: error: previous declaration of ‘one_argument’ was here
make[1]: *** [o/imc.o] Error 1
make: *** [all] Error 2

Any help please??

Can you post your makefile?

CC = gcc
#PROF = -p

#Uncomment to compile in Cygwin
#CYGWIN = -DCYGWIN

#Uncomment the line below if you are getting undefined references to dlsym, dlopen, and dlclose.
#Comment it out if you get errors about ldl not being found.
NEED_DL = -ldl

#Some systems need this for dynamic linking to work.
EXPORT_SYMBOLS = -export-dynamic

# Uncomment the two lines below if compiling on a Solaris box
#SOLARIS_FLAG = -Dsun -DSYSV
#SOLARIS_LINK = -lnsl -lsocket

#IMC2 - Comment out to disable IMC2 support
IMC = 1

W_FLAGS = -Wall -Werror -Wshadow -Wformat-security -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wredundant-decls

C_FLAGS = -g2 $(W_FLAGS) $(SOLARIS_FLAG) $(PROF) $(EXPORT_SYMBOLS)
L_FLAGS = $(PROF) $(SOLARIS_LINK) -lz $(NEED_DL)
#D_FLAGS : For the DNS Slave process. No need in linking all the extra libs for this.
D_FLAGS = -g2 -O $(PROF) $(SOLARIS_LINK)

C_FILES = act_comm.c act_info.c act_move.c act_obj.c act_wiz.c ban.c boards.c \
build.c calendar.c chess.c clans.c color.c comm.c comments.c const.c db.c deity.c \
dns.c fight.c handler.c hashstr.c hint.c hotboot.c imm_host.c interp.c \
liquids.c magic.c makeobjs.c mapout.c mapper.c mccp.c \
misc.c mpxset.c mssp.c mud_comm.c mud_prog.c news.c planes.c player.c polymorph.c \
renumber.c reset.c save.c services.c sha256.c shops.c skills.c special.c tables.c \
track.c update.c variables.c weather.c

ifdef IMC
C_FILES := imc.c $(C_FILES)
C_FLAGS := $(C_FLAGS) -DIMC -DIMCSMAUG
endif

O_FILES := $(patsubst %.c,o/%.o,$(C_FILES))

H_FILES = $(wildcard *.h)

all:
$(MAKE) -s smaug
$(MAKE) -s dns

# pull in dependency info for *existing* .o files
-include dependencies.d

ifdef CYGWIN
smaug: $(O_FILES)
rm -f smaug.exe
dlltool --export-all --output-def smaug.def $(O_FILES)
dlltool --dllname smaug.exe --output-exp smaug.exp --def smaug.def
$(CC) -o smaug.exe $(O_FILES) smaug.exp $(L_FLAGS)
@echo "Generating dependency file ...";
@$(CC) -MM $(C_FLAGS) $(C_FILES) > dependencies.d
@perl -pi -e 's.^([a-z]).o/$$1.g' dependencies.d
@echo "Done compiling mud.";
chmod g+w smaug.exe
chmod a+x smaug.exe
chmod g+w $(O_FILES)

clean:
@rm -f o/*.o smaug.exe dependencies.d resolver.exe resolver.o *~

else
smaug: $(O_FILES)
rm -f smaug
$(CC) -export-dynamic -o smaug $(O_FILES) $(L_FLAGS)
@echo "Generating dependency file ...";
@$(CC) -MM $(C_FLAGS) $(C_FILES) > dependencies.d
@perl -pi -e 's.^([a-z]).o/$$1.g' dependencies.d
@echo "Done compiling mud.";
chmod g+w smaug
chmod a+x smaug
chmod g+w $(O_FILES)

clean:
@rm -f o/*.o smaug dependencies.d resolver resolver.o *~
endif

dns: resolver.o
rm -f resolver
$(CC) $(D_FLAGS) -o resolver resolver.o
@echo "Done compiling DNS resolver.";
chmod g+w resolver
chmod a+x resolver
chmod g+w resolver.o

indent:
indent -ts3 -nut -nsaf -nsai -nsaw -npcs -npsl -ncs -nbc -bls -prs -bap -cbi0 -cli3 -bli0 -l125 -lp -i3 -cdb -c1 -cd1 -sc -pmt $(C_FILES)
indent -ts3 -nut -nsaf -nsai -nsaw -npcs -npsl -ncs -nbc -bls -prs -bap -cbi0 -cli3 -bli0 -l125 -lp -i3 -cdb -c1 -cd1 -sc -pmt $(H_FILES)

indentclean:
rm *.c~ *.h~

o/%.o: %.c
echo " Compiling $@....";
$(CC) -c $(C_FLAGS) $< -o $@

.c.o: mud.h
$(CC) -c $(C_FLAGS) $<

This is your problem. SmaugFUSS compiles as C++ and makes use of operator function overloading, switching to g++ will solve the issues that you're having.

[Edit:] I always get the two mixed up...

Also, restoring the original line back in imc.c will work fine once the compiler is switched back to g++

yeah! now it works! wohoo \o/
(I mean it's still compiling, we'll see )

okay it works! thanks!

what the hell!! what does this error mean?

thomas@ubuntu-desktop:~/mudserver/smaugfuss/src$ nohup ./startup &
nohup: ignoring input and appending output to `/home/thomas/nohup.out'
nohup: cannot run command `./startup': No such file or directory
[1] 20991
[1]+ Exit 127 nohup ./startup

I hate this! damn it!

I read the readme and it said that after compiling (which went good no errors) i should start the server with the command nohup ./startup &

EDIT: I tried to change the startup file's folders and got a permission denied error (also with and without sudo) so now I'm truly lost.. I thought this would be a walk in the park easy thing to setup, but nooo-uuuu..

I tried it with sudo too, but no help..

Where did you get this copy? It's very bizarre that the makefile was set to gcc: I think it's been using g++ since 1.8. That makes me suspicious as to what else might have been broken...

Anyhow, you might need tcsh, but that should be installed with Ubuntu by default. Make sure that the startup file is there, and that it's chmodded +x.