Compiling on Linux

Installation

Ubuntu 20.04 and distros based on Ubuntu 20.04

Update and install the compiler, related build tools, and libraries required to build PixelGameEngine applications.

sudo apt update

sudo apt install build-essential libglu1-mesa-dev libpng-dev

Arch Linux

Update and install the compiler, related build tools, and libraries required to build PixelGameEngine applications.

sudo pacman -Sy

sudo pacman -S gcc glibc libpng mesa

More Linux distros

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Building

g++ -o olcExampleProgram olcExampleProgram.cpp -lX11 -lGL -lpthread -lpng -lstdc++fs -std=c++17

Run the example program

./olcExampleProgram

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