The Battle for Wesnoth is a popular turn-based strategy game that you can play on your Linux machine. Here's how to install it on EndeavourOS, the latest version of the Arch-based Linux distribution.
Before you begin, make sure you have the following:
Open a terminal emulator application on your EndeavourOS.
Type the following command to install the required dependencies:
sudo pacman -S cmake gcc make sdl2 sdl2_image sdl2_ttf gettext bzip2
Clone the Wesnoth GitHub repository by running the following command:
git clone https://github.com/wesnoth/wesnoth.git
Change to the Wesnoth source code directory by running the following command:
cd wesnoth
Create a build directory by running the following command:
mkdir build
Change to the build directory by running the following command:
cd build
Run the CMake command to generate the build files:
cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DWANT_LTO=1
Note: This particular command is tuned for a release build with Link Time Optimization enabled. You can tweak it according to your needs.
Compile Wesnoth by running the following command:
make -j$(nproc)
This command will build the executable files in your build directory.
Install Wesnoth by running the following command:
sudo make install
This will copy the executable files to /usr/local/bin and the Wesnoth data files to /usr/local/share/games/wesnoth/.
Once you've installed Wesnoth, you can start the game by running the following command:
wesnoth
Alternatively, you can start the game from your system's application launcher.
Congratulations! You've successfully installed The Battle for Wesnoth on your EndeavourOS machine. Enjoy the game!
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