:: PICO-8 Linux Builds On many linux distributions, PICO-8 will run out of the box (just unzip and run pico8), but it does require wget to perform BBS downloads. To make sure wget is installed: $ sudo apt-get install wget You may need to ensure the pico8 file is executable: $ sudo chmod +x pico8 There are two different builds in this archive: pico8 // statically linked sdl2 pico8_dyn // dynamically linked sdl2 pico8_dyn can be used if you would like to provide your own sdl2, or to use the sdl2 built for your distribution: $ sudo apt-get install libsdl2-dev :: Video Configuration By default, PICO-8 runs fullscreen using OpenGL to blit (via SDL2). A software blitter can be used instead: $ pico8 -software_blit 1 Alt+Enter can be used to toggle fullscreen, or the -windowed switch can be used to start up in in a window: $ pico8 -windowed 1 There are several methods for blitting to fullscreen: $ pico8 -fullscreen_method 0 // Maximized Window (default) // SDL_WINDOW_SHOWN | SDL_WINDOW_BORDERLESS | SDL_WINDOW_MAXIMIZED | SDL_WINDOW_INPUT_GRABBED; $ pico8 -fullscreen_method 1 // Borderless Desktop-sized window // SDL_WINDOW_FULLSCREEN_DESKTOP $ pico8 -fullscreen_method 2 // Hardware Fullscreen (erratic behaviour under some drivers) 0 and 1 are very similar, but might behave differently on some distributions. 2 is normally not recommended or needed. These options can also be set in ~/.lexaloffle/pico-8/config.txt, which is generated when PICO-8 closes.