# `CauldronGPU.Setup.Linux`
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Building the renderer on Linux (`CauldronGPU.Setup.Platform`): a C++ compiler, `make` and
`pkg-config`, SDL3, Vulkan's headers, and a Vulkan driver to run it.

Looks in `pkg-config`'s search, `/usr/include`, `$VULKAN_SDK/include`, LunarG's SDK
(`~/vulkan/<version>/x86_64`) and the setup's own folder. Installs through the
distribution's package manager (apt, dnf, pacman or zypper, run with `sudo`). Vulkan's
headers are downloaded instead, which needs no administrator rights; the renderer loads
the driver's Vulkan library when it runs. SDL3 is built from source into the setup's
folder where the distribution has no SDL3 package.

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*Consult [api-reference.md](api-reference.md) for complete listing*