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:

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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