Installing Red Eclipse 2 on Arch Linux

Red Eclipse 2 is a free and open-source first-person shooter game that runs on Linux, Windows, and macOS. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Red Eclipse 2 on Arch Linux.

Prerequisites

Before installing Red Eclipse 2 on Arch Linux, make sure that you have an up-to-date system with the following packages installed:

• git
• gcc
• make
• sdl2
• sdl2_image
• sdl2_mixer
• sdl2_ttf

You can install these packages using the following command:

sudo pacman -S git gcc make sdl2 sdl2_image sdl2_mixer sdl2_ttf

Installing Red Eclipse 2

To install Red Eclipse 2 on Arch Linux, follow these steps:

1. Open a terminal window.

2. Clone the Red Eclipse 2 repository to your local machine using the following command:

   git clone https://github.com/redeclipse/base.git redeclipse
   

3. Change to the redeclipse directory using the following command:

   cd redeclipse
   

4. Build Red Eclipse 2 using the following command:

   make release
   

   This command will build the game and create a release package.

5. Install the release package using the following command:

   sudo make install
   

   This command will install the game to your system.

6. You can now launch Red Eclipse 2 by typing the following command:

   redeclipse
   

   Alternatively, you can launch the game from the applications menu or by creating a desktop shortcut.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Red Eclipse 2 on Arch Linux. Now you can enjoy playing this fantastic first-person shooter game on your Arch Linux machine.

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