SWR 1.0 problem

Hi. I am really new to actually running the SWR code. I have played SWRs for three years, but never ran one. Ok, this is my problem. I have SWR 1.0, and I unpacked it. (BTW, I am running Redhat 7.2) I right clicked on the src folder and compiled the whole folder with emacs ( now, I right clicked on it, emacs popped up, and I hit enter. The option I think was "make -k", I havn't used emacs much, so I just hit enter and it compiled. After that, I moved the swreality exe to the areas folder and clicked. It just kinda flashed, and that was it. I tried running it using the shell, and it didn't work. I have no clue what is wrong. Maybe I need to compile it differently? Maybe I did it all wrong? Any suggestions, including pointers to a complete install guide. The only guide I have found is for using cygwin under windows. Thanks for all help. I know I have been vague, but I am trying to type this out quickly before I head off to work. Thanks.

Generally with Linux you need only unpack it, go to th src dir, compile, and then run the startup script from the src dir. It will handle the rest from there if everything is working. The directions for Cygwin don't completely apply here. Also, it's best to do this from a command line instead of the GUI in Redhat.

Yes, if you do it from the command line you'll be able to see what is wrong with it (it will usually print a message or something telling you what failed.)

Thanks for your help. But, the startup thing isn't working either. And wanna know something really sad, I don't know how to execute it from the shell. :( I was looking all throug my POS Sam's learn linux in 24 hours BS. (I punched the book across the room because it never told me how to execute things from the command line.) I am gonna go hang my head in shame, thanks anyways.

Alright. Nevermind. I got some help from my friend. I executed the startup script, and it just kept syaing not director or some shit like that. I also executed the swreality, but I got a segmentation error. Oh, and my friend told me to try the Makefile thing, and some other stuff. Getting lots of segmentation errors. He is so much better at Linux than me, so I am gonna take the code over to his house soon and we are gonna try and get it running on his computer.