How to install game from source code (CMAKE)
75Heyo conrads, it's me, turble celbor. Today I am going to teach you how to install a game from souce code (from C++).
Has this ever happened to you? You want to be a cool new linux gamer but all the best Free games are not available on your OS app store! But someone has dumped all the source code on github! You download the zip only to find there's just a bunch of goddamned text files and bitmaps in there! No game at all!
Don't worry. I'm here for you honey bunches of oats. I am going to show you how to download, compile, and run video games from source code. In this case it will be for a game written in C++ using Cmake and Gcc.
The game I am using is a fork of aangband called FA aangband. It's a classic roguelike with a relatively simple graphics interface. It is not available on the gnome software center, but the source code is freely available online.
I will walk you through all the steps, using Cmake to manage the process. This will require terminal commands.
1. Download the software here: https://github.com/NickMcConnell/FAan...
2. Make sure you have Cmake installed
3. Make sure your compiler is up to date. (Most linux distros have one already installed, I am not making a windows tutorial here).
4. Get ready to compile!
Don't be alarmed at the relative complexity. This is a great way to get software on your system that may not be otherwise available to you.
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Blender: https://www.blender.org/
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