Linux

Linux

System Packages

Install the native build, windowing, audio, and Vulkan packages used by Byte's Linux backend.

sudo apt install -y cmake libwayland-dev libasound2-dev libx11-xcb-dev libxkbcommon-dev libvulkan-dev vulkan-tools vulkan-validationlayers

x64 AVX2 Cargo Config

On x64 Linux, applications that depend on Byte Engine should enable AVX2 explicitly instead of using target-cpu=native. Add this to the application's .cargo/config.toml.

[target.x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu]
rustflags = ["-C", "target-feature=+avx2"]

Mold

Mold is a fast linker. It is not required by Byte, but we recommend it for improved iteration speed on Linux.

Install steps, including Rust setup, are outlined in its repository.

RenderDoc

RenderDoc is optional, but useful when debugging graphics captures.

sudo apt install renderdoc