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+Simple Asteroids clone in C as an exercise in game development.
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+* Requires [SDL2](https://libsdl.org) for input and drawing.
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+* Compiles with gcc or clang. Can compile on Windows with clang or mingw. Visual Studio is not supported.
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+In order to compile, the SDL2 development libraries are needed.
+
+### Linux
+
+#### APT (Debian, Ubuntu, Raspbian)
+
+`sudo apt update`
+`sudo apt install libsdl2-dev`
+
+#### Yum (Red Hat, Fedora, CentOS)
+
+`sudo yum install SDL2-devel`
+
+#### Pacman (Arch)
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+`sudo pacman -S sdl2`