How to Install The Battle for Wesnoth on EndeavourOS

The Battle for Wesnoth is a popular turn-based strategy game that you can play on your Linux machine. Here's how to install it on EndeavourOS, the latest version of the Arch-based Linux distribution.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have the following:

• An up-to-date EndeavourOS installation
• A terminal emulator application with administrative privileges

Steps

1. Open a terminal emulator application on your EndeavourOS.

2. Type the following command to install the required dependencies:

   sudo pacman -S cmake gcc make sdl2 sdl2_image sdl2_ttf gettext bzip2
   

3. Clone the Wesnoth GitHub repository by running the following command:

   git clone https://github.com/wesnoth/wesnoth.git
   

4. Change to the Wesnoth source code directory by running the following command:

   cd wesnoth
   

5. Create a build directory by running the following command:

   mkdir build
   

6. Change to the build directory by running the following command:

   cd build
   

7. Run the CMake command to generate the build files:

   cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DWANT_LTO=1
   

   Note: This particular command is tuned for a release build with Link Time Optimization enabled. You can tweak it according to your needs.

8. Compile Wesnoth by running the following command:

   make -j$(nproc)
   

   This command will build the executable files in your build directory.

9. Install Wesnoth by running the following command:

   sudo make install
   

   This will copy the executable files to /usr/local/bin and the Wesnoth data files to /usr/local/share/games/wesnoth/.

10. Once you've installed Wesnoth, you can start the game by running the following command:

    wesnoth
    

    Alternatively, you can start the game from your system's application launcher.

Congratulations! You've successfully installed The Battle for Wesnoth on your EndeavourOS machine. Enjoy the game!