Once cloned make sure you are on the release branch: cd UnrealEngine In my case it took several hours to download, so make sure you can leave your PC cloning the project for many hours if necessary. WARNING: The Unreal Engine project is a VERY large project. Alternatively, we can also download it in the form of a zip file. Go to its GitHub page and once there click on the green Code button, from which we will be given the SSH address to clone the project. Just follow it step by step, it asks you to make the connection between your GitHub account to the Epic account. The guide talks about Unreal Engine 4 but the instructions are exactly the same for Unreal Engine 5. The next thing will be to obtain access to the source code, Epic provides this detailed guide that explains step by step how to request said access from your dashboard.
Then we are going to need an Epic account, if you don't have one go to the official Epic website and create an account for free. Without further ado, here are the steps I followed to be able to download, compile and use Unreal Engine 5 on Linux, including downloading and using assets from the Unreal Engine Marketplace: Epic Registrationįirst, we will have to be registered on GitHub, this is an essential requirement since we will be given access to the source code through this popular platform. A small inconvenience that we will be able to overcome without problems. In no case we will have the freedoms that open source grants us, but for the case that concerns us today it is more than enough.Įpic, in addition to not providing precompiled binaries for Linux, also does not provide the Epic Games Launcher an almost essential platform to be able to download assets from the asset store. This means that it is battle tested to be used in real projects with the aim of being commercially distributed in any market.Įpic doesn't provide precompiled binaries for Linux, but luckely the engine is source available (not to be confused with open source) which means that we can have access to the source code and we can compile it by ourselves.
Epic, the company behind the engine, recently announced that their latest release, Unreal Engine 5, has reached stable status. Unreal Engine is one of the most famous engines for developing video games and a leader in the industry.
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