Can't compile FreeCiv-SDL from cvs source

[thethawav]

everytime try to compile the cvs-sources with the sdl client i get the following message "checking for TTF_RenderUNICODE_Blended_Shaded in -lSDL_ttf... no"
further it says "specified client 'sdl' not configurable"
so where do i get that patched header file?
how do i fix this?

[CapTVK]

This is a bit of a specialist question. You might get a quicker response via the Freeciv mailing lists.

[havachu]

You need the SDL_ttf library. This is separate from the standard SDL library. You can download SDL_ttf from [ http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_ttf ] . If you are running Linux, check with your distribution provider for pre-made packages (rpm or deb). If you do that get the SDL_ttf-dev package too! (Required for compiling on Linux systems)

[Per]

You need a specially patched version of SDL_ttf's development version (from SDL CVS). Yes, this sucks. We're working with the maintainer of SDL_ttf on this.