Installing required software

Before reading

Install something with your distro's package manager means using your Linux (or Msys2 on Windows) distribution's package manager to install. Example:

sudo pacman -S some_software

sudo apt install some_software

Required software

GNU Make

The build process and build dependencies are managed by the Makefile. You need to install make with your distro's package manager.

LOVE

This is not required for the game to compile, but is essential for testing the game locally.

Install love from https://love2d.org/ or your distro's package manager.

DevkitPRO for Nintendo 3DS

You need to install the 3dstools package from DevkitPRO which contains 3dsxtool and smdhtool, essential to compile the 3DSX file.

Please follow the instructions at: https://devkitpro.org/wiki/Getting_Started

cURL

curl is most likely already installed on your distro. Tt's required for downloading dependencies.

unzip and tar

unzip and tar are required for extracting files from downloaded archives.