Index: Build/Laptop/AIMMembers.cc
===================================================================
--- Build/Laptop/AIMMembers.cc  (revision 6010)
+++ Build/Laptop/AIMMembers.cc  (working copy)
@@ -1383,7 +1383,7 @@
        }

        //draw the select light for the buy equipment buttons
-       for (UINT16 i = 0; i != 3; ++i)
+       for (UINT16 i = 0; i != 2; ++i)
        {
                DrawButtonSelection(giBuyEquipmentButton[i], gfBuyEquipment == i);
        }

Install GCC either from your package manager or use MSYS+MinGW on Windows.
Install SDL development libraries either from your package manager or get them from the SDL site.
Get the source code of JA2-Stracciatella either via SVN from svn://tron.homeunix.org/ja2/trunk or get a source package
Copy config.template to config.default, edit the resulting file: Uncomment ONE language, optionally uncomment some build options.
For MSYS+MinGW uncomment the parts specific to it regarding SDL and adjust the path to SDL as necessary
Build it by typing make (or gmake on some platforms)
Start the game once, it will generate a config file .ja2/ja2.ini (or JA2/ja2.ini on Windows) in your home directory and terminate. Edit the file and adjust the path in their to point to your Jagged Alliance 2 data files.

lee@localhost:~/ja2-0.12.1$ ./ja2
WARNING: Could not open configuration file ("/home/lee/.ja2/ja2.ini").
Please edit "/home/lee/.ja2/ja2.ini" to point to the binary data.
ERROR: caught unhandled exception:
Path to binary data is not set.
lee@localhost:~/ja2-0.12.1$ ./ja2
ERROR: caught unhandled exception:
Initialising libraries failed
lee@localhost:~/ja2-0.12.1$

lee@kotek:~$ cat ~/.ja2/ja2.ini
#Tells ja2-stracciatella where the binary datafiles are located
data_dir = /media/disk/ja2 

lee@kotek:~/ja2-0.12.1$ ls -R /media/disk/ja2/
/media/disk/ja2/:
Data  Ja2.ini  Ja2.set  Readme.txt  Uninst.isu  ja2.exe  mss32.dll  smackw32.dll

/media/disk/ja2/Data:
BINARYDATA.SLF  LOADSCREENS.SLF  TILECACHE    bigitems.slf  fonts.slf    music.slf    speech.slf
BattleSNDS.slf  NPC_SPEECH.SLF   Temp         cursors.slf   laptop.slf   npcdata.slf  stsounds
INTERFACE.SLF   RADARMAPS.SLF    ambient.slf  data.slf      maps.slf     polish.slf   tilesets.slf
Intro.slf       ShadeTables      anims.slf    faces.slf     mercedt.slf  sounds.slf

/media/disk/ja2/Data/ShadeTables:
RGBDist.dat

/media/disk/ja2/Data/TILECACHE:
CP_DEAD1_nb.jsd   I_DEAD1_nb.jsd    Mustard2.sti     h_dead1_nb.jsd   must_exp.sti      s_dead2.jsd
CT_DEAD1_nb.jsd   K_dead2.jsd       P_DECOMP2.jsd    heli_sh.sti      mustchze.sti      s_dead2_nb.jsd
CT_DEAD_nb.jsd    K_dead2_nb.jsd    S_DEAD1_nb.jsd   hm_wrek.jsd      mustrd.sti        s_expld.jsd
CW_DEAD1_nb.jsd   L_dead1.JSD       S_D_BCK_nb.jsd   i_dead1.jsd      q_dead.jsd        shckwave.sti
C_DEAD1_nb.jsd    L_dead1_nb.JSD    Teargas.sti      ic_wrek.jsd      q_dead_nb.jsd     smalmust.sti
FT_DEAD1_nb.jsd   M_BCK_nb.jsd      Tk2_wrek.jsd     j_dead.jsd       qn_dead.jsd       smalsmke.sti
F_D_BCK_nb.jsd    M_DEAD1_nb.jsd    Tk2_wrek_nb.jsd  k_dead1.jsd      s_burnt.jsd       smaltear.sti
F_d_dhd.JSD       M_D_BCK_nb.jsd    W_DEAD1_nb.jsd   k_dead1_nb.jsd   s_d_bck.jsd       smkechze.sti
F_d_dhd_nb.jsd    M_JFK_nb.jsd      W_DEAD2_nb.jsd   knifing.sti      s_d_dhd.jsd       smoke.sti
F_d_fall.JSD      M_d_dhd.JSD       c_dead1.jsd      m_bck.jsd        s_d_dhd_nb.jsd    spit2.sti
F_d_fall_nb.jsd   M_d_dhd_nb.jsd    cp_dead1.jsd     m_d_bck.jsd      s_d_fall.jsd      spit_gas.sti
F_d_fallf.JSD     M_d_fall.JSD      ct_dead.jsd      m_dead1.jsd      s_d_fall_nb.jsd   tear_exp.sti
F_d_fallf_nb.jsd  M_d_fall_nb.jsd   ct_dead1.jsd     m_dead2.jsd      s_d_fallf.JSD     tearchze.sti
F_d_fwd.JSD       M_d_fallf.JSD     cw_dead1.jsd     m_dead2_nb.jsd   s_d_fallf_nb.jsd  tk_wrek.jsd
F_d_fwd_nb.jsd    M_d_fallf_nb.jsd  f_d_bck.jsd      m_jfk.jsd        s_d_fwd.jsd       tk_wrek_nb.jsd
F_d_jfk.JSD       M_d_fwd.JSD       f_dead.jsd       miniboom.sti     s_d_fwd_nb.jsd    w_dead1.jsd
F_d_jfk_nb.jsd    M_d_fwd_nb.jsd    f_dead_nb.jsd    mn_dead1.jsd     s_d_jfk.jsd       w_dead2.jsd
F_d_prn.JSD       M_d_jfk.JSD       fly_shdw.sti     mn_dead1_nb.jsd  s_d_jfk_nb.jsd    wat_exp.sti
F_d_prn_nb.jsd    M_d_jfk_nb.jsd    ft_dead1.jsd     mn_dead2.jsd     s_d_prn.jsd       zgrav_a.sti
F_d_wtr.JSD       M_d_prn.JSD       ft_dead2.jsd     mn_dead2_nb.jsd  s_d_prn_nb.jsd    zgrav_b.sti
F_d_wtr_nb.jsd    M_d_prn_nb.jsd    ft_dead2_nb.jsd  msle_sma.sti     s_d_wtr.jsd       zgrav_c.sti
H_dead2.jsd       M_d_wtr.JSD       gen_blow.sti     msle_smk.sti     s_d_wtr_nb.jsd    zgrav_d.sti
H_dead2_nb.jsd    M_d_wtr_nb.jsd    h_dead1.jsd      msle_spt.sti     s_dead1.jsd

/media/disk/ja2/Data/Temp:

/media/disk/ja2/Data/stsounds:
blah.wav  blah2.wav

lee@kotek:~/ja2-0.12.1$ ja2
{ 0 } Initializing Memory Manager [Line 133 in sgp/SGP.cc]
{ 1 } Initializing File Manager [Line 137 in sgp/SGP.cc]
{ 2 } Initializing Video Manager [Line 140 in sgp/SGP.cc]
Initializing the video manager
{ 149 } Initializing Video Object Manager [Line 143 in sgp/SGP.cc]
{ 150 } Initializing Video Surface Manager [Line 146 in sgp/SGP.cc]
{ 152 } CD Library /media/disk/ja2/Data/data.slf opened. [Line 139 in sgp/LibraryDataBase.cc]
{ 153 } Warning in InitializeFileDatabase(): Library Id #0 (data.slf) is to be loaded but cannot be found.
 [Line 79 in sgp/LibraryDataBase.cc]
ERROR: caught unhandled exception:
Initialising libraries failed
Shutting down the Video Surface manager
Shutting down the video manager