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Eco on Linux (0.9.0.x)

Dennis Scholz edited this page Apr 19, 2021 · 8 revisions

Requirements

  • Ubuntu 16.04 and Ubuntu 18.04
  • Processor using x64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support.
  • Gnome desktop environment running on top of X11 windowing system (A user reported that gtk [Gimp Toolkit] is sufficient and Gnome is not required)
  • Other configuration and user environment as provided stock with the supported distribution (such as Kernel or Compositor)
  • Nvidia and AMD GPUs using Nvidia official proprietary graphics driver or AMD Mesa graphics driver.

(From https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/system-requirements.html#desktop)

Note: A user reported in #21410 that only gtk [Gimp Toolkit] is required, not the whole Gnome desktop environment.

Graphics drivers

It is recommended to update your graphics driver to the latest available:

GPU URL
Nvidia https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/unix/
AMD https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/amdgpu-installation
Intel https://www.intel.com.au/content/www/au/en/support/articles/000005520/graphics.html

Also make sure your Vulkan packages are up to date, see https://linuxconfig.org/install-and-test-vulkan-on-linux

Hosting a local world

If you wish to host a world locally you will need to install the prerequisites for the server: https://github.com/StrangeLoopGames/EcoIssues/wiki/EcoServer-on-Linux-(0.9.0.x)

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