How to install Zero-K on Alpine Linux Latest

Zero-K is a Real-Time Strategy game that is available for different operating systems, including Linux. In this tutorial, we will show how to install Zero-K on Alpine Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

Alpine Linux Latest installed on your machine
A stable internet connection

Step 1: Update and Upgrade the system

First of all, we need to update and upgrade our system to ensure that all the packages are up-to-date.

apk update && apk upgrade

Step 2: Install dependencies

Zero-K requires some dependencies to be installed on the system. We can install them using the package manager of Alpine Linux.

apk add --no-cache ca-certificates curl unzip openal-soft openjdk11-jre xrandr xcursor glu

Step 3: Download Zero-K

We can download the latest version of Zero-K using the curl command.

curl -L -o Zero-K.zip https://github.com/ZeroK-RTS/Zero-K/releases/download/$(
    curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/ZeroK-RTS/Zero-K/releases/latest | grep -oP '"tag_name": "\K.*?(?=")'
    )/Zero-K.$(
    curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/ZeroK-RTS/Zero-K/releases/latest | grep -oP '"tag_name": "\K.*?(?=")'
    ).zip

The above command will download the latest version of Zero-K and save it in the Zero-K.zip file.

Step 4: Extract the downloaded file

Next, we need to extract the downloaded file to a specific location. In this tutorial, we will extract it to the /opt/ directory.

unzip Zero-K.zip -d /opt/

Step 5: Create a symlink for the Zero-K Launcher

We need to create a symlink for the Zero-K Launcher to make it easier to run the game.

ln -s /opt/Zero-K/startspring.sh /usr/local/bin/zk

Step 6: Run Zero-K

We have successfully installed Zero-K on Alpine Linux Latest. To run the game, we can simply use the following command.

zk

This command will launch the Zero-K Launcher, and we can start playing the game.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown how to install Zero-K on Alpine Linux Latest. Now you can enjoy playing this fantastic Real-Time Strategy game on your system.