OK, next problem. I ran

./configure --without-java --without-perl --without-python --without-3ds --with-cal3d=$HOME/development/cal3d  --enable-make-emulation="no" --without-wx
and the compiler output ends with:

C++ ./out/linuxx86_64/optimize/plugins/engine/3d/texture.o
C++ ./out/linuxx86_64/optimize/plugins/engine/3d/portal.o
C++ ./out/linuxx86_64/optimize/plugins/engine/3d/impman.o
C++ ./out/linuxx86_64/optimize/plugins/engine/3d/material.o
C++ ./out/linuxx86_64/optimize/plugins/engine/3d/sector.o
C++ ./out/linuxx86_64/optimize/plugins/engine/3d/reflectomotron3000.o
C++ ./out/linuxx86_64/optimize/plugins/engine/3d/campos.o
MkDir1 ./out/linuxx86_64/optimize/plugins/engine/3d/meshgen
C++ ./out/linuxx86_64/optimize/plugins/engine/3d/meshgen/meshgen.o
C++ ./out/linuxx86_64/optimize/plugins/engine/3d/meshgen/densityfactormap.o
C++ ./out/linuxx86_64/optimize/plugins/engine/3d/meshgen/meshgen_positionmap.o
C++ ./out/linuxx86_64/optimize/plugins/engine/3d/plugin_impl.o
LinkPlugin engine.so
./out/linuxx86_64/optimize/plugins/engine/3d/engine.o: In function `csEngine::CreateBlackTexture(char const*, int, int, csColor*, int)':
/home/bratzbert/development/cs/plugins/engine/3d/engine.cpp:2308: warning: undefined reference to `non-virtual thunk to csImageBase::SetName(char const*)'
/usr/bin/ld: ./out/linuxx86_64/optimize/plugins/engine/3d/engine.o: relocation R_X86_64_PC32 against undefined symbol `_ZThn24_N11csImageBase7SetNameEPKc' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/bin/ld: final link failed: Bad value
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

    g++ -Wl,--as-needed -o engine.so ./out/linuxx86_64/optimize/plugins/engine/3d/camera.o ./out/linuxx86_64/optimize/plugins/engine/3d/engine.o ./out/linuxx86_64/optimize/plugins/engine/3d/meshfact.o ./out/linuxx86_64/optimize/plugins/engine/3d/light.o ./out/linuxx86_64/optimize/plugins/engine/3d/halogen2.o ./out/linuxx86_64/optimize/plugins/engine/3d/impmesh.o ./out/linuxx86_64/optimize/plugins/engine/3d/halogen.o ./out/linuxx86_64/optimize/plugins/engine/3d/lightmgr.o ./out/linuxx86_64/optimize/plugins/engine/3d/sharevar.o ./out/linuxx86_64/optimize/plugins/engine/3d/lghthalo.o ./out/linuxx86_64/optimize/plugins/engine/3d/portalcontainer.o ./out/linuxx86_64/optimize/plugins/engine/3d/objwatch.o ./out/linuxx86_64/optimize/plugins/engine/3d/meshlod.o ./out/linuxx86_64/optimize/plugins/engine/3d/meshobj.o ./out/linuxx86_64/optimize/plugins/engine/3d/texture.o ./out/linuxx86_64/optimize/plugins/engine/3d/portal.o ./out/linuxx86_64/optimize/plugins/engine/3d/impman.o ./out/linuxx86_64/optimize/plugins/engine/3d/material.o ./out/linuxx86_64/optimize/plugins/engine/3d/sector.o ./out/linuxx86_64/optimize/plugins/engine/3d/reflectomotron3000.o ./out/linuxx86_64/optimize/plugins/engine/3d/campos.o ./out/linuxx86_64/optimize/plugins/engine/3d/meshgen/meshgen.o ./out/linuxx86_64/optimize/plugins/engine/3d/meshgen/densityfactormap.o ./out/linuxx86_64/optimize/plugins/engine/3d/meshgen/meshgen_positionmap.o ./out/linuxx86_64/optimize/plugins/engine/3d/plugin_impl.o  -lc -lm -ldl -lnsl -L/usr/local/lib -Wl,-z,defs -Wl,--warn-unresolved-symbols -g2 -shared -Wl,--gc-sections -fPIC ./out/linuxx86_64/optimize/libs/libcrystalspace-2.1.so -lz -lpthread -lpthread -lc -lm -ldl -lnsl -L/usr/local/lib -Wl,-z,defs -Wl,--warn-unresolved-symbols -g2 \
      -Wl,-soname,engine.so
 
...failed LinkPlugin engine.so ...
...failed updating 1 target(s)...
...updated 496 target(s)...

I don't know GNU

Then it's high time that we changed that: https://www.gnu.org/

There might be no PlaneShift without GNU.

Hi all,

I tried compiling the project on Ubuntu 16.04 following the compile guide, and I'm stuck with compiling Crystal Space. I'd thought I better ask here before I ask them, in case somebody else has had the same problem here.

First of all, using https with SourceForge is mandatory now, so the checkout line needs to be:

svn co -r 39798 http://svn.code.sf.net/p/crystal/code/CS/trunk cs
After checking out the code, I ran

$HOME/development/cs$ ./configure --without-java --without-perl --without-python --without-3ds --with-cal3d=$HOME/development/cal3d
and got stuck at:

config.status: creating Jamfile
config.status: executing include/csconfig.h commands
config.status: executing Jamconfig commands
config.status: executing Makefile commands
crystal@crystalspace3d.org's password:
I did some digging and this is used fot some MSI stuff for Windows, so I edited mk/jam/build.jam and commented out the line # include $(jamrulesdir)/msi.jam ;. Now the project will configure, but with a warning:

config.status: creating Jamfile
config.status: executing include/csconfig.h commands
config.status: executing Jamconfig commands
config.status: executing Makefile commands
config.status: WARNING: failed to create makefile emulation layer
configure:
******************************************************************************
***                 Crystal Space -- Configuration Summary                 ***
******************************************************************************
Build mode: optimize
Version: 2.1 (SVN: yes)

Optional Dependencies
---------------------
Found
  alsa                 (audio)
  cairo                (image)
  cal3d                (models)
  cg                   (rendering)
  freetype2            (other)
  jpeg                 (image)
  linux-joystick       (other)
  ogg                  (audio)
  opengl               (rendering)
  oss                  (audio)
  png                  (image)
  vorbis               (audio)
  x11                  (rendering)
  zlib                 (other)

Missing
  3ds                  (models)
  assimp               (models)
  bullet               (physics)
  cairomm              (image)
  cegui                (gui)
  curl                 (other)
  gtk                  (other)
  jackasyn             (audio)
  java                 (bindings)
  lcms                 (image)
  mng                  (image)
  ode                  (physics)
  openal               (audio)
  perl                 (bindings)
  python               (bindings)
  speex                (audio)
  theoradec            (image)
  vgvm                 (image)
  wxwidgets            (gui)
Then I ran

$HOME/development/cs$ jam -aq libs plugins cs-config walktest
And got the following output:

Jamfile: No such file or directory
don't know how to make walktest
...found 5 target(s)...
...can't find 1 target(s)...
If I remove walktest from the call, I still have a missing target.