# Install solarus

Action-RPG game engine. Version 2.0.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-04-06.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:solarus
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install solarus
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#solarus
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/so/solarus/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install libsolarus-gui1
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libsolarus-gui1 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:solarus
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/solarus>
- **Version:** 2.0.4
- **Source summary:** Action-RPG game engine
- **Homepage:** <https://www.solarus-games.org/>
- **Repository:** <https://gitlab.com/solarus-games/solarus>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://docs.solarus-games.org/>
- **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later
- **Source archive:** <https://gitlab.com/solarus-games/solarus.git>
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-06T16:05:51Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- solarus-run (cli)
- solarus-run (alias)

## Dependencies

- glm
- libmodplug
- libogg
- libvorbis
- luajit
- openal-soft
- physfs
- sdl2
- sdl2_image
- sdl2_ttf

## Build Dependencies

- cmake

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 2.0.4
- Package-manager updated: 2026-04-06
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://www.solarus-games.org/
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** solarus
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - solarus: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/so/solarus/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- zypper - libsolarus-gui1 - 1.6.5-3.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libsolarus-gui1 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | Solarus game engine shared library (GUI parts) | https://www.solarus-games.org/
- zypper - libsolarus1 - 1.6.5-3.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libsolarus1 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | Solarus game engine shared library | https://www.solarus-games.org/
- zypper - solarus - 1.6.5-3.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: solarus from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | Game engine for action RPGs | https://www.solarus-games.org/
- zypper - solarus-devel - 1.6.5-3.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: solarus-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | Development files for solarus | https://www.solarus-games.org/
- zypper - solarus-gui - 1.6.5-3.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: solarus-gui from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | Graphical user interface to launch Solarus games | https://www.solarus-games.org/
- zypper - solarus-gui-lang - 1.6.5-3.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: solarus-gui-lang from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | Translations for package solarus-gui | https://www.solarus-games.org/


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