Red Eclipse 2 is a fast-paced, free and open-source first-person shooter game that is designed for both single player and multiplayer game modes. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Red Eclipse 2 on Debian latest.
Before we get started with the installation process, we need to make sure that our Debian system is up-to-date with the latest packages. Therefore, we will run the following command in the terminal to update the system:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
Now that our system is updated, we can proceed with the installation of Red Eclipse 2. Follow the steps below:
Firstly, open the terminal and navigate to the directory where you would like to download Red Eclipse 2. Then, use the following command to download the latest version of the game:
wget https://gitlab.com/red-eclipse2/red-eclipse-2/-/archive/master/red-eclipse-2-master.tar.bz2
Before we can install Red Eclipse 2, we need to install its required dependencies. Run the following command to install the necessary packages:
sudo apt-get install libsdl2-dev libsdl2-image-dev libsdl2-mixer-dev libsdl2-ttf-dev libopenal-dev libogg-dev libvorbis-dev pkg-config git
Now that we have downloaded Red Eclipse 2 and installed its dependencies, we need to extract the files from the downloaded tarball. Use the following command to extract the files:
tar -xvf red-eclipse-2-master.tar.bz2
We now need to navigate to the directory where the extracted files were saved. Use the following command to change directories to the extracted directory:
cd red-eclipse-2-master
To compile and install Red Eclipse 2, use the following command in the terminal:
make
sudo make install
Now that Red Eclipse 2 has been installed, we can launch it by running the following command in the terminal:
redeclipse
Red Eclipse 2 is now installed on our Debian system, and we can now enjoy playing the game.
That's it! We have successfully installed Red Eclipse 2 on our Debian latest system. We hope you found this tutorial helpful. Happy gaming!
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