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Compiling from source on Linux
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You will need a copy of the higan source-code.
If you download an official release from the higan homepage,
you will need [7-zip][7z] or a compatible tool to extract it.
Alternatively,
you may obtain higan source code from
[the unofficial git repo](https://gitlab.com/higan/higan/)
using the Git source-code management tool,
or by clicking the download button on the right-hand side of the web-page
and choosing an archive format.
You will also need GCC 4.9 or higher,
including the C and C++ compiler,
GNU Make,
and development files
(headers, etc.)
for the following libraries:
- GTK 2.x
- PulseAudio
- Mesa
- gtksourceview 2.x
- Cairo
- SDL 1.2
- libXv
- libAO
- OpenAL
- udev
On a Debian-derived Linux distribution,
you can install everything you need with a command like:
sudo apt-get install build-essential libgtk2.0-dev libpulse-dev \
mesa-common-dev libgtksourceview2.0-dev libcairo2-dev libsdl1.2-dev \
libxv-dev libao-dev libopenal-dev libudev-dev
Once you have all the dependencies installed,
you may build and install higan.
Note: Run these commands as yourself,
**do not run them as root**
(no `sudo`, no `su`, etc.),
because higan does not support
being installed system-wide.
1. Put the higan source code in some convenient location,
like `~/higan-src`
2. Open a terminal window
3. Type `cd ~/higan-src`
(or wherever you put the higan source)
and press Enter
4. Type `make -C icarus compiler=g++` and press Enter
to build the icarus import tool
5. Type `make -C higan compiler=g++` and press Enter
to build the main higan executable
Installing a compiled build on Linux
------------------------------------
Assuming you have successfully compiled higan
as described in the previous section:
1. Open a terminal window
2. Type `cd ~/higan-src`
(or wherever you put the higan source)
and press Enter
3. Type `make -C icarus install` and press Enter
to install icarus and its game database
4. Type `make -C higan install` and press Enter
to install higan and its supporting files
This installs higan and its associated data files
into the `~/.local` directory hierarchy.
To confirm higan is installed correctly,
type `higan` in a terminal and press Enter.
If the higan window appears,
everything is working.
On the other hand,
if you get an error message like "command not found",
you should double-check that the directory `~/.local/bin`
is included in your `$PATH` environment variable
by running the following command in a terminal:
echo "$PATH" | tr ':' '\n' | grep ~/.local/bin
If the above command prints the full path of `~/.local/bin`
(for example: `/home/yourname/.local/bin`)
then you should be good.
If it prints nothing,
you need to add the following line to `~/.profile`:
export PATH=~/.local/bin:$PATH
(this line must be in `~/.profile` because
most GUIs do not read any other files at login)
If you also have a `~/.bash_profile`,
make sure it reads the contents of `~/.profile`
with a line like this:
source ~/.profile
You will need to log out and log back in
for changes to `~/.profile` or `~/.bash_profile`
to take effect.
Uninstalling a compiled build on Linux
--------------------------------------
To uninstall higan,
as installed by the above instructions:
1. Open a terminal window
2. Type `cd ~/higan-src`
(or wherever you put the higan source)
and press Enter
3. Type `make -C icarus uninstall` and press Enter
4. Type `make -C higan uninstall` and press Enter
To remove higan's configuration,
delete the directory `~/.config/higan` as well.
To remove the games imported into higan's library
(including in-game saves and save-states),
delete the directory `~/Emulation`.
You may also wish to delete the higan source directory.