mpq-tools

[TriggerHappy]

Has anyone ever used MpqTools?
It's a linux command line mpq extractor and its frustrating me because I cannot figure out how to use it.

Any tips?

 

[Tru_Power22]

Use WINE to run MPQ master?

 

[TriggerHappy]

It needs to be command line.

 

[Tru_Power22]

What distro of linux are you running?

 

[TriggerHappy]

Erm, I don't know.
Whatever my server is using, but I do know it's linux.

I'm using a hosting service, not my own computer.

 

[Lyerae]

It'll probably be Ubuntu or Debain if your using a hosting service.

 

[codemonkey]

It's most likely CentOS, actually, but it shouldn't matter.

 

[Samuraid]

I'd actually expect it to be RHEL or CentOS, most likely.

Anyway, as for the original question:
Yes, I've used mpq-tools, but by default, it doesn't allow extraction of files by name (only by number).

I'm pretty sure they added extraction-by-name support to the library recently, otherwise you'll need to port that functionality in from stormlib.

Also, you'll need to write your own front-end application, as libmpq is only a library. That site has an example front-end application, called mpq-extract, but from what I recall, it doesn't do a whole lot by default.

 

[TriggerHappy]

This is the contents of mpq-extract;

.\" Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Maik Broemme <mbroemme@plusserver.de>
.\"
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.TH mpq-tools 1 2008-02-10 "The MoPaQ archive library"
.SH NAME
mpq-extract \- utility to extract files of the given mopaq (mpq) archive.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mpq-extract
[options] [archive] [file...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
\fImpq-extract\fP is a simple utility to extract files of a given mpq archive.
.SH OPTIONS
.l
\fImpq-extract\fP accepts the following options:
.TP 8
.B  \-h|\-\-help
Print the usage message on the standard output.
.TP 8
.B  \-v|\-\-version
.ti 15
Print the currently installed version on the standard output.
.TP 8
.B  \-e|\-\-extract
.ti 15
Extract all files from the given mpq archive.
.TP 8
.B  \-l|\-\-list
.ti 15
List all files from the given mpq archive.
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBmpq-info\fR(1), \fBlibmpq-config\fR(1)
.SH AUTHOR
Check documentation.
.TP
libmpq is (c) 2003-2008
.B Maik Broemme <mbroemme@plusserver.de>
.PP
The above e-mail address can be used to send bug reports, feedbacks or library enhancements.

It says you should be able to extract by filename, but all my attempts failed.
Even if it can't, could you provide an example in php with exec()?

The website said to install it, and I did this;

	$directory =  dirname(__FILE__).'/';
	$exec = exec($directory.'configure && make && make install');
	if (!$exec){die('error'.$exec);}
	echo $exec;

And it printed "checking for C compiler default output file name...". That's it. So is it installed?

 

[Samuraid]

configure, make, and make install should all be run from the server's shell. If it is a VPS or dedicated machine, it should work if you are logged in as root. If you are on a shared hosting machine, it will not work. You will need to reconfigure using a prefix in your home directory.

Something like this:

./configure --prefix=/path/to/your/homedir/mpqtools
make
make install

 

[TriggerHappy]

Alright I got on with a chat technician for my hosting provider and he said I could not compile programs, but I can execute them. I have another program that supposedly handles mpq's (ralle said he uses it), but it has no documentation it's just a single file.

sfmpq_linux. Ever used it? I'm waiting on a PM from ralle for more info.

EDIT I just got ssh access.

 

[Samuraid]

Run it, and read the usage statement:

LMPQDLL demo program v1.2 Copyright (c) 1999 Andrey V. Lelikov
This programs uses ShadowFlare MPQ API Library v1.07

                Usage:  sfmpq_linux <command> <archive_name> <file_names>
  Add or replace file:  sfmpq_linux a <archive_name> <file_name> <packed_name>
     Add uncompressed:  sfmpq_linux A <archive_name> <file_name> <packed_name>
          Delete file:  sfmpq_linux d <archive_name> <file_name>
         Extract file:  sfmpq_linux e <archive_name> <packed_name> [target_directory]
Extract with pathname:  sfmpq_linux x <archive_name> <packed_name> [target_directory]
        List archive :  sfmpq_linux l <archive_name> [listfile1] [listfile2] [...]

So, for example, extracting a file from an mpq to a directory would look like this:

sfmpq_linux e MyWarcraftMap.w3x war3map.w3i /home/myaccount/output_directory

 

[TriggerHappy]

Everytime I try to call it, I get a segfault error.

Segmentation fault (core dumped)

This is what mine looks like;

  Add or replace file:  mpq a <archive_name> <file_name> <packed_name>
     Add uncompressed:  mpq A <archive_name> <file_name> <packed_name>
          Delete file:  mpq d <archive_name> <file_name>
         Extract file:  mpq e <archive_name> <packed_name> [target_directory]
Extract with pathname:  mpq x <archive_name> <packed_name> [target_directory]
        List archive :  mpq l <archive_name> [listfile1] [listfile2] [...]

        LMPQDLL demo program v1.2 Copyright (c) 1999 Andrey V. Lelikov

Maybe it's a fault with the one I am using. Would you mind sending me the one you have?

 

[Samuraid]

Everytime I try to call it, I get a segfault error.



This is what mine looks like;

  Add or replace file:  mpq a <archive_name> <file_name> <packed_name>
     Add uncompressed:  mpq A <archive_name> <file_name> <packed_name>
          Delete file:  mpq d <archive_name> <file_name>
         Extract file:  mpq e <archive_name> <packed_name> [target_directory]
Extract with pathname:  mpq x <archive_name> <packed_name> [target_directory]
        List archive :  mpq l <archive_name> [listfile1] [listfile2] [...]

        LMPQDLL demo program v1.2 Copyright (c) 1999 Andrey V. Lelikov

Maybe it's a fault with the one I am using. Would you mind sending me the one you have?

I don't have sfmpq_linux. I ran sfmpq_linux from one of Ralle's servers to get that message I posted.
The file he gave you should theoretically show the same results.

 

[TriggerHappy]

erm. You don't have any idea whats causing the problem?

EDIT: He didn't give me the file. I found it online but he said he used the same one.

I suppose I'll ask him for it.