Installing TinTin++

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Installing WinTin++

A windows installer is available for download to install WinTin++, which exists of the PuTTY terminal and a TinTin++ binary. Wintin doesn't have shell capabilities, but otherwise it's an excellent TinTin++ port that works on Windows 95, 98, XP, Vista, 7, 8 and 10. For an interactive shell see the instructions for installing TinTin++ on Windows.

Compiling TinTin++

wget https://github.com/scandum/tintin/releases/download/2.02.41/tintin-2.02.41.tar.gz tar -zxvf tintin-2.02.41.tar.gz cd tt/src ./configure make install tt++

If 'make install' does not work try 'sudo make install'. If you can't get make install to work launch the program using ./tt++ from the src directory.

If tintin fails to compile you most likely need to install the zlib and/or pcre libraries. The gnutls library for ssl support is optional.

Snap

If your system supports snap you can install tintin using 'snap install tintin'.

Installing TinTin++

Alpine Android BSD Chromebook Debian Fedora Fire OS iOS Mandrake Mac OS X (OSX) 10.2 and higher Red Hat Slackware 8.0 and higher Solaris SuSe Ubuntu Windows 95 and higher Windows 10 and higher

The following commands should install TinTin++ on Alpine Linux.

mkdir tintin cd tintin apk update apk upgrade apk add build-base apk add zlib-dev apk add gnutls-dev apk add pcre-dev apk add make apk add wget wget https://github.com/scandum/tintin/releases/download/2.02.41/tintin-2.02.41.tar.gz tar -zxvf tintin-2.02.41.tar.gz cd tt/src ./configure make install

Android

The following commands should install TinTin++ on Android.

Install Termux (an Android terminal emulator and Linux environment) using the Termux website (the Google play store version works for Android 11+), then enter: apt update apt install tintin++ tt++

In case Termux doesn't provide the latest version the following commands should manually install TinTin++.

apt install make apt install cmake apt install libgnutls apt install pcre apt install wget wget https://github.com/scandum/tintin/releases/download/2.02.41/tintin-2.02.41.tar.gz tar -zxvf tintin-2.02.41.tar.gz cd tt/src ./configure make cp tt++ /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/

Make sure to read the Termux helpfile on using a touch keyboard for information about using control codes. You can, for example, use #macro {\cn} {n} to have TinTin++ execute 'n' when pressing volume-down and the 'n' key simultanously. Also checkout the getting started page.

BSD

In order to compile the source code you need to have the zlib and pcre libraries installed.

The following commands should install TinTin++ on OpenBSD 7.4.

pkg_add pcre wget https://github.com/scandum/tintin/releases/download/2.02.41/tintin-2.02.41.tar.gz tar -zxvf tintin-2.02.41.tar.gz cd tt/src ./configure CFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib make CFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib make install

If this fails, see if you need to provide different -I and -L values using these two commands: pcre-config --cflags pcre-config --libs

Chromebook

Follow the Android installation instructions to install TinTin++ on Chromebook.

Debian

The following commands should install TinTin++ on Debian.

mkdir tintin cd tintin sudo apt-get install build-essential sudo apt-get install zlib1g-dev sudo apt-get install libpcre++-dev wget https://github.com/scandum/tintin/releases/download/2.02.41/tintin-2.02.41.tar.gz tar -zxvf tintin-2.02.41.tar.gz cd tt/src ./configure sudo make install

You can also install from the repository which typically gives you an older version.

sudo apt-get install tintin++

Fedora

The following commands should install TinTin++ on Fedora.

mkdir tintin cd tintin sudo yum install make sudo yum install gcc sudo yum install zlib-devel sudo yum install pcre-devel wget https://github.com/scandum/tintin/releases/download/2.02.41/tintin-2.02.41.tar.gz tar -zxvf tintin-2.02.41.tar.gz cd tt/src ./configure sudo make install

It's also possible to install straight from the Fedora repository using 'yum install tintin', though this may give you an out of date version.

Execute: tt++ to launch TinTin++

Fire OS

The following commands should install TinTin++ on Fire OS for the Kindle Fire and Amazon Fire HD tablets.

Install the Google Appstore Follow the Android installation instructions

iOS

The following instructions install TinTin++ on iOS which is used by the iPhone and iPad.

Install the iSH shell emulator: https://ish.app Once your shell is running enter the following commands: apk update apk upgrade apk add build-base apk add zlib-dev apk add gnutls-dev apk add pcre-dev apk add make apk add wget apk add inetutils-syslogd apk add util-linux util-linux-dev mkdir tintin cd tintin wget https://github.com/scandum/tintin/releases/download/2.02.41/tintin-2.02.41.tar.gz tar -zxvf tintin-2.02.41.tar.gz cd tt/src ./configure make install

Mandrake

In order to compile the source code you may need to have the zlib and pcre libraries installed.

Mac OS X (OSX)

The easiest way to install TinTin++ on Mac OS X is by installing the Homebrew package manager first. After you've installed Homebrew you can use:

brew install tintin

That's all that's needed. If you want to install from source try:

brew install gcc brew install make brew install gnutls brew install pcre brew install zlib brew install wget wget https://github.com/scandum/tintin/releases/download/2.02.41/tintin-2.02.41.tar.gz tar -zxvf tintin-2.02.41.tar.gz cd tt/src ./configure make install

Execute: tt++ to launch TinTin++

Red Hat

In order to compile the source code you may need to have the zlib and pcre libraries installed.

Slackware

In order to compile the source code you may need to have the zlib and pcre libraries installed.

Solaris

If you get symbol reference errors add -lxnet to the end of the CC variable in Makefile: CC = -Wall -lxnet

SuSe

In order to compile the source code you may need to have the zlib and pcre libraries installed.

Ubuntu

The following commands should install TinTin++ on Ubuntu.

mkdir tintin cd tintin sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install build-essential sudo apt-get build-dep tintin++ wget https://github.com/scandum/tintin/releases/download/2.02.41/tintin-2.02.41.tar.gz tar -zxvf tintin-2.02.41.tar.gz cd tt/src ./configure sudo make install

If sudo apt-get build-dep tintin++ fails try installing developer libraries using:

sudo apt-get install zlib1g-dev sudo apt-get install libpcre3-dev sudo apt-get install libgnutls28-dev

Execute: tt++ to launch TinTin++

Windows 95 and higher

An installer is available for download to install WinTin++, which exists of the mintty terminal and the TinTin++ binary. WinTin doesn't have shell capabilities, but otherwise WinTin is an excellent TinTin++ port that works on Windows 95, 98, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10 and 11.

WinTin is not to be confused with the less retro (or what some would call more graphical) wintin.net or wintin 95 mud client. For people who want an upgrade from wintin 95, the WinTin++ port is an excellent alternative supporting most of the same features, except for some wintin 95 and wintin.net specific commands, as well as a lot of functionality that has been added to TinTin++ and hence is available in the WinTin port as well, like Perl Compatible Regular Expression support.

In order to run WinTin or TinTin++ in a linux environment on Windows you need the Cygwin emulator which consists of two parts:

A DLL (cygwin1.dll) which acts as a Linux emulation layer providing substantial Linux API functionality. A collection of tools, which provide Linux look and feel.

The Cygwin DLL works with all non-beta, non 'release candidate', ix86 32 bit versions of Windows since Windows 95, with the exception of Windows CE.

The size of Cygwin depends on how many packages you install, but averages around 200 megabytes while WinTin is only 5 MB. If this appeals to you, follow the instructions below to install Cygwin. Keep in mind that WinTin doesn't have shell capabilities which means the #system, #run, and #script command will not work. These commands can be used under Cygwin for sub windowing, ssh, sftp, playing sounds, sending emails, visiting websites, etc.

Create the directory named 'Cygwin' in the root of your C drive: C:\Cygwin. Download setup.exe from http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe to the Cygwin directory. Launch setup.exe and click next Choose 'install from internet' and click next Use the default values, click next Just use the default for the package directory, click next Set your internet connection, click next Select a download site, click next You must select the correct packages now, select the following: Devel: select gcc-core, make Editors: select your favorite text editor, pico is easy to use Libs: select libpcre-devel, zlib-devel, gnutls-devel Net: select inetutils Net: select openssh System: select util-linux Web: select wget Click next and wait for cygwin to finish installation. Download tintin.tar.gz (do not unzip it) to C:\Cygwin\Home\YourUsername\ Enter your shell (click the cygwin icon) and type: tar -zxvf tintin*.tar.gz cd tt/src/ ./configure make make install tt++ The last command should startup TinTin++. If for some reason you have trouble compiling TinTin++ you can instead install WinTin++, next copy tt++.exe from the WinTin++ installation directory to the /bin directory in Cygwin. Enjoy

Windows 10 and higher

Please see the section on Windows 95 and higher for installing Cygwin or WinTin++. As of Windows 10 it is possible to run TinTin++ using WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux). The biggest advantage of WSL, particularly WSL 2, is performance. Installation instructions are as following:

Use the search assistant to open the 'For Developers' setting and enable 'Developer Mode'. Use the search assistant to open the 'Turn Windows features on or off' setting and turn on 'Windows Subsystem for Linux' Use the search assistant to open the 'bash' application which should tell you to visit the WSL Store where you can download your favorite Linux distribution, with Ubuntu being the most convenient one. Once Ubuntu is up and running use 'sudo apt-get update' and 'sudo apt-get install tintin++' to install TinTin++. If you want to install the TinTin++ Beta version see the Ubuntu installation instructions for details. Download and use the Mintty WSL Bridge installer to use Mintty as your WSL Terminal instead of the Windows 10 Bash console. Edit .bashrc and add 'cd' at the end of the file to automatically switch to your home directory when using Mintty WLC Bridge. If you want to be able to execute Windows programs within WSL have a look at cbwin.