Byte Engine
  • welcome
  • Design
    • Rendering
      • material_assets
      • Render Models
        • Visibility
    • Resource Management
      • assets
  • Testing
  • References
    • Byte Engine Shader Language
    • JSON Shader Program Description
  • Sample Project
    • Creating Components
    • input
    • Project Setup
  • Setup
    • Environment Setup
    • installation
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  • Required
  • Linux packages
  • Optional
  • Mold
  • RenderDoc
  1. Setup

Environment Setup

Byte depends on a few external tools to work properly. You will need to install them before you can start using Byte.

Required

Linux packages

sudo apt install -y libwayland-dev libasound2-dev libvulkan1 vulkan-tools vulkan-validationlayers vulkan-sdk

Rust(up)

Byte is written in Rust. You will need to install Rust to be able to compile and run Byte.

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

Optional

Mold

Mold is fast linker. It is not required to run Byte, but if you are writing native code, it is recommended.

sudo apt install mold

RenderDoc

RenderDoc is a graphics debugger. It is not required to run Byte, but it is useful for debugging. Byte has an integration with RenderDoc to facilitate debugging.

sudo apt install renderdoc
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