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NetHack Patch Database v0.27

323 patches

NetHack is a computer game. For more information, see the NetHack article on Wikipedia.

In the context of the NetHack patch database, they're snippets of code that you apply to NetHack's source code to add new things or change behaviour.

Just submit it.

In short:

Download NetHack's source code.
Unpack the sources to a directory of your choice.
Make sure that you can compile just the vanilla NetHack, without any modifications. See the README in the top level of the directory where you unpacked it, and then the instructions for your platform in the sys -directory, eg. on linux you'd want to read sys/unix/Install.unx
Once you have compiled NetHack, create a copy of the directory. You'll most likely want to keep a working copy of the unpatched source available...
Find the patch diff file you want, and save it on your computer.
In the working directory, do
```
patch -p0 < file
```
where file is the patch diff you saved. You might need to try other values for the -p parameter; usually -p0 or -p1 work.
Try to compile the patched NetHack.

In practice, this is easiest on a unix-like operating system, such as Linux or *BSD.

For more help, check out the following links:

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