Installation

using cargo

Prerequisites

• you need to have cargo installed (which comes with rust)
• to do this, run the following command in your terminal:

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

• this downloads the latest rust installer, then pipes it to your shell to run it
• follow the instructions in the installer (if you don't know what to do, just press enter)
• after the installer is done, you need to restart your terminal (by closing it and opening a new one, or by running exec <your shell>), or by running the following command:

source $HOME/.cargo/env

• this adds the cargo command to your path

Installation

• to install gext, run the following command in your terminal:

cargo install gext

• this downloads the latest version of gext from crates.io, then compiles and installs it
• then, assuming the installation of rust modified your path, you can run the game with the following command:

gext [OPTIONS]

• if the installation of rust did not modify your path, you can run the game with the following command:

~/.cargo/bin/gext [OPTIONS]

• if you are not using *nix, replace ~/.cargo/bin/gext with the path to the gext binary (which should be in the bin directory of the cargo installation directory, on windows, this is usually C:\Users\<your username>\.cargo\bin\gext.exe)
• if you are using *nix, you can add the bin directory of the cargo installation directory to your path by running the following command:

echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.cargo/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc

using the binary

• the game is built on linux, so it should work on all linux systems
• to install gext, download the latest release from the releases page
• ensure to pick the correct binary for your system
• if your system is not listed, you can build the game from source, as detailed above