How can I install Godot Engine using command line? Is there a PPA for Godot Engine? I am waiting for the command to install it like sudo apt-get install godot-engine
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How can I install Godot Engine using command line? Is there a PPA for Godot Engine? I am waiting for the command to install it like sudo apt-get install godot-engine
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Answer adapted from here: https://cialu.net/install-godot-game-engine-on-fedora-or-ubuntu/
First, download the appropriate version for your system (32 bit or 64 bit) from the Godot Download Page.
Open a Terminal window and enter:
unzip Godot_v2.1-stable_x11.64.zip
After, move the executable to /opt folder:
And make it executable:
sudo chmod +x /opt/Godot/Godot
Then, create and edit a launcher for Godot executable:
Populate the .desktop file, writing this in nano, saving with CTRL-O and exiting with CTRL-X:
And now you can launch Godot from your desktop system. If you want to customize the icon, just put the Godot icon in your theme and name it
godot
.My preferred way of installing software(If it's available):
Perhaps not the answer you want...
There are stirrings on Launchpad but no PPA or anything looking useable at the moment.
I tried downloading the compiled binary but it segfaulted immediately when I ran it :|
So I downloaded this release (click to download) from the Godot Engine GitHub page and followed the instructions here for compiling on Ubuntu.
Install dependencies:
Untar the source and enter the directory:
Now run:
Many CPU cycles later it compiled. The binary can be found in the
bin
directory in the top level directory of the source. It runs fine for me. You can symlink it to a location in your PATH for easier running, or make a launcher.I'm on 16.10 (Ubuntu MATE). YMMV.