Linux Development Environment
Supported OS versions: Linux (kernel 3.0+) x64.
For hardware specifications, see System Requirements.
For hardware specifications, see System Requirements.
To start working with the Unigine engine on the Linux platform you should install the UNIGINE SDK and additional software.
Prepare the Environment for Linux#
Install UNIGINE SDK#
- If you have a UNIGINE SDK archive downloaded at the UNIGINE developer portal:
- Extract the archive into a target directory.
- Run browser.run to launch UNIGINE SDK Browser. The downloaded UNIGINE SDK will be available on the SDKs tab.
UNIGINE SDK Browser is required when using UnigineEditor or debug builds of the engine.
- If you have UNIGINE SDK Browser downloaded at the UNIGINE developer portal:
- Execute the browser.
- Install or add installed UNIGINE SDK.
Additional Software#
- GCC 6.3.0+ — a С++ compiler.
- CMake 3.16+ — a tool that simplifies project building for different platforms.
- Python 2.7 (can be downloaded for free) — required to use the build script.
- .NET 5 SDK — required to develop projects using C# Component System. See here how to install .NET SDK and check its version.
- ccache (optional) — a tool that caches files compiled from C++ sources to avoid recompilation of previously compiled files.
To install all required Debian/Ubuntu packages, use the following:
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-3.16.0-4-all gcc g++ make ccache libgl1-mesa-dev libxrandr-dev libxinerama-dev libopenal1 libxrender-dev libxext-dev libc6-dev libx11-dev
Recommended IDEs#
- For C# development — Visual Studio Code, Rider
- For C++ development — Visual Studio Code, Qt Creator (mostly used for Qt framework development, but also suitable for regular C++ projects)
Last update:
2021-12-13
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