How to Install Veloren on POP!_OS Latest

Introduction

Veloren is an open-source multiplayer voxel RPG game, inspired by classic games such as Minecraft and Cube World. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Veloren on POP!_OS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with the installation, you need to make sure that the following requirements are met:

• You have a computer running the latest version of POP!_OS.
• You have a stable internet connection.

Step 1: Install the Dependencies

Veloren requires a few dependencies to be installed before it can be compiled and run. We will install these dependencies using the following command:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y git cmake build-essential libssl-dev libpng-dev libopenal-dev libogg-dev libvorbis-dev libfreetype6-dev zlib1g-dev

Step 2: Clone the Veloren Repository

The next step is to clone the Veloren repository from GitHub. We will use Git to do this, so make sure that Git is installed on your system. You can install it using the following command:

sudo apt-get install -y git

Once Git is installed, you can clone the Veloren repository using the following command:

git clone https://gitlab.com/veloren/veloren.git

Step 3: Build and Install Veloren

Once the repository has been cloned, you can navigate to the Veloren directory using the following command:

cd veloren

Next, we will use CMake to generate the Makefile. You can do this using the following commands:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..

Once the Makefile has been generated, you can use the following command to build Veloren:

make -j$(nproc)

This command will compile Veloren, which may take several minutes depending on your system's speed.

Once the compilation process is complete, you can install Veloren using the following command:

sudo make install

Step 4: Run Veloren

Now that Veloren has been installed, you can run it using the following command:

veloren

Veloren should start and you can start playing the game.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we showed you how to install Veloren on POP!_OS Latest. Now that you have Veloren installed, you can start exploring the game and its features. If you encounter any issues during the installation process, you can refer to the official Veloren documentation for help.

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