Subj : HPT
To   : Tiny
From : Accession
Date : Sat Nov 29 2025 13:24:14

Hey Tiny!

On Sat, 29 Nov 2025 08:41:18 -0600, you wrote:

 > Mainly for Nick. :)  Is there a URL for HPT somewhere?  Everything I
 > find online seems to be too old to compile etc.  As you know I have
 > it running under windows now and am moving everything as my windows
 > install is a bit wonky due my sailing the seas for games.

If you're going to run it on Linux, it's super easy. Here is a link to the INSTALL.asciidoc, and in your case, you'll want to scroll down to section 2.4, "Installing Husky on Other UNIX-like Operating Systems."

https://github.com/huskyproject/huskybse/blob/master/INSTALL.asciidoc

You can use the wget command from anywhere, including your home dir, but:

I'm not sure why those instructions have it installing to '/home/user/husky', but I created '/home/user/src/husky' instead, to keep my sources in the same place, and not directly in my home directory. With that said, instead of running "init_build" by itself, you would use the './init_build -d YOUR_DIRECTORY' option just below the first set of instuctions.

Make sure you edit huskymak.cfg. If you changed from the default directory or don't want these programs installed to /usr/local where you may have to deal with permissions, you'll have to change the 'PREFIX=' line, too (mine is set to '/home/user/fido'. Also, there is a line that specifies what husky programs you'd like to install. If you *just* want hpt, you'll have change the 'PROGRAMS=' line to just install hpt. If you don't care (it doesn't take up a ton of space or anything), you can leave that line alone and install everything from the project (pretty sure that's what I did, but I use more than just hpt).

Hope that helps, and if you have any questions feel free to give me a shout.

Regards,
Nick

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