[HOW-TO] Build the latest development version from svn

[hugbug]

Few hints to help with svn.

1. Get the latest version from subversion repository to your computer:
   

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   svn co https://nzbget.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/nzbget/trunk nzbget-svn

   
   This command creates directory "nzbget-svn" in current directory. You can use any other name instead of "nzbget-svn".
   
   
2. Change to new directory:
   

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   cd nzbget-svn

   
   
3. Update timestamps of two important files to prevent the unnecessary executing of autoconf and automake:
   

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   touch configure
touch Makefile.in

   
   
4. Now you can configure and make as usual:
   

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   ./configure
make

Important:
Because of new features in newer versions of nzbget the file format for download queue may change. Newer nzbget-versions can read older formats and update queue to new format on next saving of queue. If you want to be able to downgrade to older versions with preserving of queue, you should make a backup of queue-directory.
Otherwise you'll get a message "could not load queue due version message" in an older nzbget-version. If don't have a backup, just ignore the message and add nzb-files to queue again. If option "DupeCheck" is enabled, the already existed files will be skipped automatically.

[KaraokeStu]

Will this method overwrite the currently installed version of NZBGet that I have installed to /opt ?

[hugbug]

1. The post describes only how to compile. To install call "make install" or manually copy created binary.
2. The method works for native compiling. Cross-compiling requires additional steps, which depend on target platform.

[KaraokeStu]

To get it installed to /opt, you'll need to do the following:

From your nzbget-svn directory:

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make install
rm /opt/bin/nzbget
mv /usr/local/bin/nzbget /opt/bin


This works fine on a Linkstation Pro running Debian (Lenny)

[KaraokeStu]

Created an update script!

Call the file "upgrade" and put it in your nzbget-svn directory, then give it execute permissions

If your nzbget is installed in /opt/bin:

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#! /bin/sh
nzbget -Q
svn update
touch configure
touch Makefile.in
./configure
make install
rm /opt/bin/nzbget
mv /usr/local/bin/nzbget /opt/bin
nzbget -D


If your nzbget is installed in /usr/local/bin:

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#! /bin/sh
nzbget -Q
svn update
touch configure
touch Makefile.in
./configure
make install
nzbget -D


To run, go into your nzbget-svn directory and type:

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./upgrade