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Setup and requirements
To develop for Linux using Stride, you need a Linux PC with a graphics card that supports at least OpenGL 4.2 or Vulkan 1.0. The preferred Linux distribution for Stride is Debian 12 or later, as this was the setup we used to develop the Linux version of Stride.
The instructions below assume you have Debian 12 installed.
You will also need a Windows PC to build your projects for Linux using Game Studio.
Setup
You need the following packages:
FreeType
To render fonts, we use the FreeType library. The minimum required version is 2.6 and can be installed via:
Debian / Ubuntu
sudo apt install libfreetype6-dev
Fedora
sudo dnf install freetype-devel
Arch
sudo pacman -S freetype2
OpenAL
To play sounds and music, we use the OpenAL library. It can be installed via:
Debian / Ubuntu
sudo apt install libopenal-dev
Fedora
sudo dnf install openal-soft-devel
Arch
sudo pacman -S openal
SDL2
To run games on Linux, we use the SDL2 library which provides the ability to create windows, handle mouse, keyboard and joystick events. The minimum required version is 2.0.4 and can be installed via:
Debian / Ubuntu
sudo apt install libsdl2-dev
Fedora
sudo dnf install SDL2-devel
Arch
sudo pacman -S sdl2
FreeImage
FreeImage is battle-tested library for loading and saving popular image file formats like BMP, PNG, JPEG etc. The minimum required version is 3.18 and can be installed via:
Debian / Ubuntu
sudo apt install libfreeimage-dev
Fedora
sudo dnf install freeimage-devel
Arch
sudo pacman -S freeimage