Compiling the game launcher
Prerequisites
- Ubuntu (Up to date as of 2021-07-27) - you'll need to install the
required packages:
sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends g++ clang cmake make git ca-certificates libssl-dev libpng-dev libx11-dev libxi-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libudev-dev libevdev-dev libegl1-mesa-dev libssl-dev libasound2 qtbase5-dev qtwebengine5-dev qtdeclarative5-dev libqt5svg5-dev qml-module-qtquick2 qml-module-qtquick-layouts qml-module-qtquick-controls qml-module-qtquick-controls2 qml-module-qtquick-window2 qml-module-qtquick-dialogs qml-module-qt-labs-settings qml-module-qt-labs-folderlistmodel qml-module-qtwebengine - Fedora (Up to date as of 2024-08-21) - you'll need to install the
required packages:
sudo dnf install clang cmake make git ca-certificates libstdc++ glibc-devel libpng-devel zlib-devel libX11-devel libXi-devel libcurl-devel systemd-devel libevdev-devel mesa-libEGL-devel alsa-lib pulseaudio-libs mesa-dri-drivers systemd-devel libXtst-devel openssl-devel qt5-qtbase-devel qt5-qtwebengine-devel qt5-qtdeclarative-devel qt5-qtsvg-devel qt5-qtquickcontrols qt5-qtquickcontrols2 - macOS - you'll need to install the required packages:
brew install cmake libpng openssl@1.1 qt@5
Build instructions
git clone --recursive https://github.com/minecraft-linux/mcpelauncher-manifest.git mcpelauncher && cd mcpelauncher
mkdir -p build && cd build
CC=clang CXX=clang++ cmake .. -Wno-dev -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DJNI_USE_JNIVM=ON
make -j$(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN)
macOS: Add the following options to the cmake command:
-DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=$(brew --prefix openssl@1.1) -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$(brew --prefix qt@5).
Important note: Please note that you may need to replace
CC=clang CXX=clang++ cmake .. -Wno-dev -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DJNI_USE_JNIVM=ON
with
CC=clang CXX=clang++ cmake .. -Wno-dev -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DJNI_USE_JNIVM=ON -DMSA_DAEMON_PATH=/absolute/path/to/daemon/build/dir/msa-daemon
if you didn't install the MSA daemon (e.g. if you ran the previous
command in /home/paul/, you'd have to use
/home/paul/msa/build/msa-daemon as the path).
Installation
You can now optionally install the launcher system-wise. If you don't, you'll need to specify the path to the metalauncher later (and the resulting binary will only work on your system).
- Generic instructions - Run
sudo make install. Note that this doesn't make use of your system package manager, and therefore if possible, it's generally not recommended if there are better alternatives available for your system.