MAME imgtool

Hello,

MAME comes with imgtool; an image manipulation program. Somehow, the pkg version of mame does not seem to include imgtool at all. Is there a way to install it separately?

Thank you
 
It's apparently only saved with emulators/mess (slave port of emulators/mame). I've done several attempts at redoing the MAME port, it's not the easiest port to work with. The MESS port should really be removed, it's been integrated in the main MAME port a really long time ago.

The idea I had was to integrate everything and use FLAVOR to select 'arcade-only' or 'full'.
 
After hours of compiling,
Yes, it's a fairly big and complex port to build. Not helped by the fact it uses a bunch of embedded tools and libraries that are available as ports nowadays.

A package would have been easier,
pkg install mess

Code:
root@williscorto:~ # pkg info -l mess | grep libexec
        /usr/local/libexec/mess/castool
        /usr/local/libexec/mess/chdman
        /usr/local/libexec/mess/floptool
        /usr/local/libexec/mess/imgtool
        /usr/local/libexec/mess/jedutil
        /usr/local/libexec/mess/ldresample
        /usr/local/libexec/mess/ldverify
        /usr/local/libexec/mess/nltool
        /usr/local/libexec/mess/nlwav
        /usr/local/libexec/mess/pngcmp
        /usr/local/libexec/mess/regrep
        /usr/local/libexec/mess/romcmp
        /usr/local/libexec/mess/split
        /usr/local/libexec/mess/srcclean
        /usr/local/libexec/mess/unidasm
 
Yes, it's a fairly big and complex port to build. Not helped by the fact it uses a bunch of embedded tools and libraries that are available as ports nowadays.
Ah, the chicken-and-egg problem of assuming that the wheel does not need to be re-invented. Kind of like expecting metal wheels, but the only ones available externally are made out of wood.
 
Well, at the time the port was first added some of the required libraries weren't available 'natively'. So the embedded one got built instead, it made sense back then. Nowadays many of those actually do have working ports. The MAME port didn't have a maintainer for a very long time.
 
Yes, it's a fairly big and complex port to build. Not helped by the fact it uses a bunch of embedded tools and libraries that are available as ports nowadays.


pkg install mess

Code:
root@williscorto:~ # pkg info -l mess | grep libexec
        /usr/local/libexec/mess/castool
        /usr/local/libexec/mess/chdman
        /usr/local/libexec/mess/floptool
        /usr/local/libexec/mess/imgtool
        /usr/local/libexec/mess/jedutil
        /usr/local/libexec/mess/ldresample
        /usr/local/libexec/mess/ldverify
        /usr/local/libexec/mess/nltool
        /usr/local/libexec/mess/nlwav
        /usr/local/libexec/mess/pngcmp
        /usr/local/libexec/mess/regrep
        /usr/local/libexec/mess/romcmp
        /usr/local/libexec/mess/split
        /usr/local/libexec/mess/srcclean
        /usr/local/libexec/mess/unidasm
Doh! I will know better next time. Thanks!
 
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