Gaming Linux^® From Scratch

Table of Contents

• Preface

  • Foreword
  • Who Would Want to Read this Book
  • Organization

• I. Introduction

  • 1. Welcome to GLFS

    • Which Sections of the Book Do I Want?
    • Conventions Used in this Book
    • Security Advisories
    • Change Log
    • Asking for Help
    • Artwork
    • Credits
    • Contact Information
    • Important Information

  • 2. Multilib

    • What is Multilib?
    • Do I Need Multilib?
    • Achieving Multilib

  • 3. Preparing for GLFS

    • File Downloads
    • Rationale for Packages
    • The Bash Shell Startup Files
    • Connecting to the Internet

• II. Core Components

  • 4. Networking

    • ICU-78.3
    • libxml2-2.15.3
    • nghttp2-1.69.0
    • libtasn1-4.21.0
    • NSPR-4.39
    • NSS-3.125
    • p11-kit-0.26.2
    • make-ca-1.16.1
    • libunistring-1.4.2
    • libidn2-2.3.8
    • libpsl-0.22.0
    • cURL-8.21.0
    • Wget-1.25.0

  • 5. Security

    • Linux-PAM-1.7.2
    • Shadow-4.19.4
    • Systemd-261.1
    • duktape-2.7.0
    • GLib-2.88.2
    • shared-mime-info-2.5.1
    • desktop-file-utils-0.28
    • Polkit-127

  • 6. Tooling

    • CMake-4.3.4
    • LLVM-22.1.8
    • Rustc-1.96.0
    • Cbindgen-0.29.4
    • rust-bindgen-0.72.1
    • Mako-1.3.12
    • Cython-3.2.8
    • libyaml-0.2.5
    • PyYAML-6.0.3

  • 7. Audio

    • ALSA
    • alsa-lib-1.2.16.1
    • alsa-plugins-1.2.12
    • alsa-utils-1.2.16
    • libogg-1.3.6
    • libvorbis-1.3.7
    • FLAC-1.5.0
    • Opus-1.6.1
    • Speex-1.2.1
    • libsndfile-1.2.2
    • PulseAudio-17.0

  • 8. Basic X11 Software

    • Basic Xorg-7 Software Introduction
    • util-macros-1.20.2
    • xorgproto-2025.1
    • libXau-1.0.12
    • libXdmcp-1.1.5
    • xcb-proto-1.17.0
    • libxcb-1.17.0
    • Which-2.25 and Alternatives
    • libpng-1.6.58
    • FreeType-2.14.3
    • HarfBuzz-14.2.1
    • Fontconfig-2.18.1
    • Xorg Libraries
    • libxcvt-0.1.3
    • XCB Utils
    • D-Bus-1.16.2
    • libunwind-1.8.3
    • Nettle-4.0
    • GnuTLS-3.8.13
    • Pixman-0.46.4
    • mtdev-1.1.7
    • libevdev-1.13.6
    • libinput-1.31.3

  • 9. Wayland

    • Wayland-1.25.0
    • Wayland-Protocols-1.49

  • 10. Graphics APIs

    • About OpenGL
    • libglvnd-1.7.0
    • GLU-9.0.3
    • Vulkan-SDK-1.4.350.1
    • SPIRV-LLVM-Translator-22.1.2
    • libatomic_ops-7.10.0
    • Libdrm-2.4.134
    • libgbm-1.0.7
    • libva-2.24.0
    • OpenCL-SDK-2026.05.29
    • libclc-22.1.8

  • 11. Graphics Drivers - Preliminaries

    • What Drivers to Install
    • GPU Kernel Options and Firmware
    • pciutils-3.15.0
    • hwdata-0.409

  • 12. Graphics Drivers - NVIDIA

    • NVIDIA Revisions
    • nv-codec-headers-13.0.19.0 (ffnvcodec)
    • NVIDIA-VA-API-Driver-0.0.17
    • r610
    • Introduction to NVIDIA-r610
    • NVIDIA-610.43.02
    • CUDA-13.3.0
    • r580
    • Introduction to NVIDIA-r580
    • NVIDIA-580.159.04
    • CUDA-13.0.3

  • 13. Graphics Drivers - Mesa

    • Mesa-26.1.3

  • 14. X11

    • xbitmaps-1.1.4
    • Xorg Applications
    • xcursor-themes-1.0.7
    • Xorg Fonts
    • XKeyboard-Config-2.48
    • libepoxy-1.5.10
    • Xorg-Server-21.1.23
    • Xwayland-24.1.12
    • Xorg Input Drivers
    • xinit-1.4.4

  • 15. Checkpoint

    • What Now?

• III. Steam

  • 16. Steam Preliminaries

    • What is Steam?
    • Steam Dependencies

  • 17. Installing Steam Dependencies

    • Xdg-user-dirs-0.20
    • libgpg-error-1.61

  • 18. Steam

    • Steam-1.0.0.85

• IV. Wine

  • 19. Wine Preliminaries

    • What is Wine?
    • Wine Dependencies

  • 20. The MinGW-w64 Toolchain

    • What is the MinGW-w64 Toolchain?
    • MinGW-w64-headers-14.0.0
    • MinGW-w64-Binutils-2.46.1
    • Static MinGW-w64-GCC-16.1.0
    • MinGW-w64-14.0.0
    • MinGW-w64-GCC-16.1.0

  • 21. Miscellaneous

    • libxkbcommon-d1442a (1.13.2)
    • SDL3-3.4.12
    • sdl2-compat-2.32.70

  • 22. GS

    • NASM-3.02
    • SVT-AV1-4.1.0
    • dav1d-1.5.3
    • libaom-3.14.1
    • fdk-aac-2.0.3
    • LAME-3.100
    • libvpx-1.16.0
    • x264-20250815
    • x265-4.2
    • FFmpeg-8.1.2
    • GStreamer-1.28.4

  • 23. Wine

    • Wine-11.12
    • DXVK-3.0
    • VKD3D-Proton-3.0.1

• V. Quality of Life

  • 24. Quality of Life

    • Gamepad Support
    • Binary Support
    • inih-62
    • GameMode-1.8.2

• A. Creative Commons License

• B. The MIT License

• Glossary

• Index