Download the Micropolis source (micropolis-activity-source.tgz) from http://www.donhopkins.com/home/micropolis/.

Install the following packages:

sudo apt-get install libx11-dev libxpm-dev x11proto-xext-dev libxext-dev

yacc Issue

Micropolis requires yacc to compile properly. Bison is the recommended replacement package for yacc however errors were generated and Micropolis would not compile. I used the FreeBSD package freebsd5-buildutils instead:

sudo apt-get install freebsd5-buildutils

Now extract the Micropolis source code:

tar -xzf micropolis-activity-source.tgz
gedit micropolis-activity/src/tclx/config.mk

Go to line 83 and change the yacc path to be /usr/lib/freebsd/yacc:

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Definition of the compiler you want to use, as well as extra flags for the
# compiler and linker.  Also the yacc program you wish to use.
#
AR=ar
XCFLAGS=
XLDFLAGS=
YACC=/usr/lib/freebsd/yacc
#YACC=bison -b y

Patch the Micropolis Source Code

First download the patch from http://rmdir.de/~michael/micropolis_git.patch and place in the directory into the newly unzipped micropolis-activity/ directory.

Now run the patch:

patch -p1 < micropolis_git.patch

A successful patch will display the following:

patching file res/micropolis.tcl
patching file res/sounds/player
patching file res/weditor.tcl
patching file res/whead.tcl
patching file res/wmap.tcl
patching file res/wscen.tcl
patching file src/sim/g_bigmap.c
patching file src/sim/g_cam.c
patching file src/sim/g_map.c
patching file src/sim/g_smmaps.c
patching file src/sim/headers/sim.h
patching file src/sim/headers/view.h
patching file src/sim/makefile
patching file src/sim/s_disast.c
patching file src/sim/s_fileio.c
patching file src/sim/w_resrc.c
patching file src/sim/w_sim.c
patching file src/sim/w_sprite.c
patching file src/sim/w_tk.c
patching file src/sim/w_x.c
patching file src/tcl/tclenv.c
patching file src/tcl/tclunix.h
patching file src/tclx/ossupp/makefile
patching file src/tclx/src/tclxgdat.y
patching file src/tclx/src/tclxid.c
patching file src/tclx/src/tclxint.h
patching file src/tk/tkbind.c
patching file src/tk/tkcanvas.c
patching file src/tk/tkcolor.c
patching file src/tk/tkgrab.c
patching file src/tk/tkint.h
patching file src/tk/tkpixmap.c
patching file src/tk/tkscale.c
patching file src/tk/tkscrbar.c
patching file src/tk/tkwindow.c
patching file src/tk/tkwm.c

Compiling Micropolis

Now it is time to compile Micropolis. From a command prompt navigate to the directory in which you downloaded micropolis-activity-source.tgz and:

cd micropolis-activity/src
make && make install

This will install Micropolis in the micropolis-activity/res/ directory. To run Micropolis ensure that you are in the micropolis-activity/ directory and run:

./Micropolis

Error Messages:

Missing X11/ files

In file included from main.c:20:
tkconfig.h:54:22: error: X11/Xlib.h: No such file or directory
tkconfig.h:55:28: error: X11/cursorfont.h: No such file or directory
tkconfig.h:59:27: error: X11/Xresource.h: No such file or directory
tkconfig.h:60:23: error: X11/Xutil.h: No such file or directory
In file included from main.c:21:
tkint.h:25:25: error: X11/Xlibint.h: No such file or directory

Install libx11-dev:

sudo apt-get install libx11-dev

Missing xpm.h

tkpixmap.c:44:17: error: xpm.h: No such file or directory
tkpixmap.c: In function ‘Tk_GetPixmap’:
tkpixmap.c:164: error: ‘XpmAttributes’ undeclared (first use in this function)
tkpixmap.c:164: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
tkpixmap.c:164: error: for each function it appears in.)
tkpixmap.c:164: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘xpm_attributes’
tkpixmap.c:198: error: ‘xpm_attributes’ undeclared (first use in this function)
tkpixmap.c:201: error: ‘XpmVisual’ undeclared (first use in this function)
tkpixmap.c:201: error: ‘XpmColormap’ undeclared (first use in this function)
tkpixmap.c:201: error: ‘XpmDepth’ undeclared (first use in this function)

Install libxpm-dev:

sudo apt-get install libxpm-dev

Missing XShm.h

In file included from sim.c:62:
headers/sim.h:133:33: error: X11/extensions/XShm.h: No such file or directory
In file included from headers/sim.h:148,
                 from sim.c:62:
headers/view.h:182: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘XShmSegmentInfo’

Install x11proto-xext-dev:

sudo apt-get install x11proto-xext-dev

Cannot find -lXext

/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lXext
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

Install libxext-dev:

sudo apt-get install libxext-dev

Missing yacc

make[2]: yacc: Command not found
make[2]: *** [tclxgdat.c] Error 127

Instructions are here.

tclxgdat.y Compile Issues

tclxgdat.y:67.15: syntax error, unexpected =
tclxgdat.y:79.16: syntax error, unexpected =
tclxgdat.y:83.25: syntax error, unexpected =
tclxgdat.y:86.32-33: invalid $ value: $3
tclxgdat.y:88.32-33: invalid $ value: $3
tclxgdat.y:88.44-45: invalid $ value: $4
tclxgdat.y:90.32-33: invalid $ value: $3
tclxgdat.y:91.50-51: invalid $ value: $4
tclxgdat.y:91.62-63: invalid $ value: $4
tclxgdat.y:93.32-33: invalid $ value: $3
tclxgdat.y:93.41-42: invalid $ value: $5
tclxgdat.y:95.32-33: invalid $ value: $3
tclxgdat.y:95.41-42: invalid $ value: $5
tclxgdat.y:95.53-54: invalid $ value: $6
tclxgdat.y:97.32-33: invalid $ value: $3
tclxgdat.y:97.41-42: invalid $ value: $5
tclxgdat.y:98.50-51: invalid $ value: $6
tclxgdat.y:98.62-63: invalid $ value: $6
tclxgdat.y:100.14: syntax error, unexpected =
tclxgdat.y:105.13: syntax error, unexpected =
tclxgdat.y:110.40-41: invalid $ value: $2
tclxgdat.y:112.27: syntax error, unexpected =
tclxgdat.y:115.47-48: invalid $ value: $5
tclxgdat.y:119.47-48: invalid $ value: $4
tclxgdat.y:126.21: syntax error, unexpected =
make[2]: *** [tclxgdat.c] Error 1

Instructions are here.