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| author | gumi <git@gumi.ca> | 2018-09-21 11:36:32 -0400 |
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| committer | gumi <git@gumi.ca> | 2018-11-07 13:58:39 -0500 |
| commit | 8acbd8ddeabbe2a27ac1653933516f55f6f15c38 (patch) | |
| tree | 6ce832996b05d0844d2da0d0ca33c31746c6a17b | |
| parent | bd46a03bfc9987d4f04d5aca8f3a8cc6930c0848 (diff) | |
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simplify windows installation instructions
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@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ Platforms](https://github.com/HerculesWS/Hercules/wiki/Supported-Platforms) wiki #### Windows - Git client - - MySQL-compatible server ([MySQL Community Edition](https://www.mysql.com/products/community/) or - [MariaDB](https://mariadb.org/)) - Microsoft Visual Studio ([Version 2012 through 2015](https://www.visualstudio.com/)) #### Unix/Linux/BSD (names of packages may require specific version numbers on certain distributions) @@ -96,16 +94,26 @@ guides relevant to your Operation System, please refer to the Wiki (links at the end of this file). #### Windows +##### Easy installation 1. Install the prerequisites. 2. Clone the Hercules repository (see [GitHub](https://github.com/HerculesWS/Hercules)) using a git client, into a new folder. - 3. Connect to the MySQL server as root: + - If you do not want to use the command line, you can also clone with [GitHub Desktop](https://desktop.github.com/). + 3. Run `mariadb.bat` to automatically install and configure MariaDB. + 4. Start Visual Studio and load the provided solution: + - Compile and run the three projects, login-server, char-server, map-server. +##### Manual installation + 1. Install the prerequisites. + 2. Install a MySQL-compatible server, such as [MariaDB](https://mariadb.org/) (recommended) or [MySQL Community Edition](https://www.mysql.com/products/community/) + 3. Clone the Hercules repository (see [GitHub](https://github.com/HerculesWS/Hercules)) using a git client, into a new + folder. + 4. Connect to the MySQL server as root: - Create a database (hercules): `CREATE DATABASE hercules;` - Create a user (hercules): `CREATE USER 'hercules'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';`. - Give permissions (GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE) to the user: `GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE ON hercules.* TO 'hercules'@'localhost';` - 4. Connect to the MySQL server as the new user: + 5. Connect to the MySQL server as the new user: - Import the .sql files in /sql-files/ into the new database. - 5. Start Visual Studio and load the provided solution: + 6. Start Visual Studio and load the provided solution: - Compile and run the three projects, login-server, char-server, map-server. #### Unix |