Re: [Torcs-users] Error compiling torcs 1.3.7 in ubuntu 18.04

[David S. <dsa...@te...>]

----- On Dec 5, 2018, at 2:29 PM, João Aniceto wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> Im having a problem in compiling TORCS 1.3.7, using a 64 bit ubuntu 18.04 .
> 
> The error is the following :
> 
> OpenALMusicPlayer.cpp: In member function ‘virtual bool
> OpenALMusicPlayer::streamBuffer(ALuint)’:
> OpenALMusicPlayer.cpp:164:22: error: invalid conversion from ‘char’ to ‘const
> char*’ [-fpermissive]
> const char* error = '\0';
> ^~~~

The solution is to change '\0' to ""
in
torcs-1.3.7src/libs/musicplayer/OpenALMusicPlayer.cpp
then compile.
Hopefully the next version of torcs will have this fixed.

Don't install the torcs source code into /usr/src
Don't compile as root.
Don't install torcs binary into the system.
(no need for root privileges)
Do use your home directory eg. /home/user/torcs-1.3.7
Furthermore, you should install the application to your home directory,
that way you can develop, compile, install and execute torcs in your
home directory. See TorcsNotes.txt

I hope that some day OpenALMusicPlayer and its dependencies
could be avoided with a compile switch.

Sincerely, David