Alpine Linux

SRB2 version featured in the article: 2.2.9

If the current version number varies from the one featured in the article, using these instructions can cause unexpected issues.

Building from source code

1. Download and install all of the necessary components:

sudo apk install build-base clang cmake curl-dev git libc-utils libpng-dev make sdl2-dev sdl2_mixer-dev zlib-dev

2. Download the SRB2 source code and access the directory its source code is in:

git clone https://github.com/STJr/SRB2/ && cd SRB2

3. Apply a small patch to account for libmusl being used rather than glibc (Thanks to SleepyFugu for the patch):

wget https://nzarx.github.io/srb2/i_system.c && cp -f i_system.c /src/sdl/i_system.c

4. Build SRB2:

32-bit:

make -C src/ LINUX=1 LIBGME_LDFLAGS=-lgme LIBGME_CFLAGS=

64-bit:

make -C src/ LINUX64=1 LIBGME_LDFLAGS=-lgme LIBGME_CFLAGS=

5. Access the directory the newly-compiled binary is in:

cd bin

6. Rename the binary and move it to the default location for executable files:

sudo mv lsdl2srb2 /usr/local/bin/srb2

7. Create a local SRB2 directory where some SRB2 data will be stored:

cd && mkdir .srb2 && cd .srb2

8. Download SRB2 libraries:

wget https://github.com/STJr/SRB2/releases/download/SRB2_release_2.2.9/SRB2-v229-Full.zip

9. Extract them and delete the zip file:

unzip "SRB2-v229-Full.zip" '*.pk3' '*.dta' '*.dat' 'models/**/*' && rm -r SRB2-v229-Full.zip

10. Create a directory for SRB2 libraries:

sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/share/games/SRB2

11. Move all the libraries over to a global directory:

find . -maxdepth 1 \( -name '*.pk3' -o -name '*.dta' \) -exec sudo mv "{}" /usr/local/share/games/SRB2 \;

12. Move the SRB2 icon to a specific directory so that it can be seen in the shortcut file:

cd && mkdir .icons ; mv SRB2/srb2.png $HOME/.icons/srb2.png

13. The source code folder is no longer needed, the command below deletes it:

rm -r SRB2

14. Download the shortcut file:

wget https://nzarx.github.io/srb2/srb2.desktop

15. Move said shortcut file to the local shortcut directory:

mv srb2.desktop .local/share/applications/srb2.desktop