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# Linux

## Dependencies

|    Program    |                   Description                  |            Comment            |
| :-----------: | :--------------------------------------------: | :---------------------------: |
|      x11      |             Unix windowing system.             |                               |
|    xinerama   |         Multi display extension to x11.        |                               |
|    LibXext    |             More extensions to x11.            |                               |
|      ALSA     |               ALSA sound library.              |                               |
|    freetype   |                  Font library.                 |                               |
|   glu1-mesa   |                                                |                               |
|   webkit2gtk  |              WebKit Browser Engine             | Optional `JUCE_WEB_BROWSER=0` |
| curl4-openssl |                  CURL library                  |   Optional `JUCE_USE_CURL=0`  |
|     CMake     |     Build file generator. Replaces Projucer    |            Optional           |
|     Ninja     | Build system similar to Makefiles, but faster. |            Optional           |
|     Clang     |                    Compiler.                   |            Optional           |

### Ubuntu

```bash
# Required
sudo apt install libx11-dev libxinerama-dev libxext-dev libfreetype6-dev libasound2-dev libglu1-mesa-dev
# Optional
sudo apt install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev
```

### ToDo

* Arch
* Fedora
* Raspberry PI

## Install

```bash
git clone https://github/juce-framework/JUCE.git
cd JUCE/extras/Projucer/Builds/LinuxMakefile
make config=Release -j8
```


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