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Expand Up @@ -63,13 +63,30 @@ Download and unpack devel packages for `SDL2` and `SDL2_mixer`.\
Set paths to them in `CMakeLists.txt`, see suggested placement in `/Libs`.\
Compile with Visual Studio; tested with 2019.

### On Linux
### On Debian/Ubuntu

Install devel packages for `SDL2` and `SDL2_mixer`.\
Compile with CMake; tested with GCC 10, Clang 11.\
To cross-compile for Windows, install a 64-bit version of mingw and its `SDL2` and `SDL2_mixer` distributions, then use the `mingwcc.cmake` toolchain.

[![Packaging status](https://repology.org/badge/tiny-repos/spacecadetpinball.svg)](https://repology.org/project/spacecadetpinball/versions)
```sh
apt update
sudo apt install libsdl2-dev libsdl2-mixer-dev

cd ../path/to/SpaceCadetPinball
mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
make -j$(nproc) # Build with all available CPU cores
```

Use one of following commands instead to specify the compilers explicitly:

```sh
cmake .. -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=gcc -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=g++ # gcc
cmake .. -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++ # clang
```

[![Packaging status](https://repology.org/badge/tiny-repos/spacecadetpinball.svg)](https://repology.org/project/spacecadetpinball/versions)

Some distributions provide a package in their repository. You can use those for easier dependency management and updates.

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