In order to compile and install Tux Typing on your system, as root (superuser) type the following in the base directory of the Tuxtype distribution:
% ./configure
% make
% make install
Since Tux Typing uses
autoconfyou should have not trouble compiling it. Should you run into problems please report them to the the author at Sam Hart
If you obtained a binary distribution of Tux Typing (eg, in a format such as RPM or DEB) then please consult your documentation on how to install such packages on your system.
As of version 1.0pre1, Tux Typing has support for optional themes. These themes can be anything from alternative language support to alternative graphic themes or word files. Over the 1.1-1.2 development cycle we plan on finalizing this theme support, however, for now you can utilize themes via the command line.
To install a new theme, you first must obtain a theme from:
http://www.tux4kids.org/dm/tuxtype/themes/This theme will come in the form of a ZIP file.
Uncompress this ZIP file using whatever compression utility your OS supports, and place the directory contents inside your Tux Typing data directory. On Unix systems this is typically /usr/local/share/tuxtype/ or /usr/share/tuxtype/ whereas on Win32 and BeOS it is whereever you installed Tux Typing.
Once you have installed the theme, you activate the theme by running Tux Typing with the "--theme" or "-t" options. For example, if I had installed the theme "french" on my system, I would activate this theme with the following command line:
tuxtype --theme french