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==Obtaining the Source Code from GitHub==
==Obtaining the Source Code from GitHub==


PCSX2 is hosted on GitHub, a website where people can contribute to each others' programming projects using the Git version control software. GitHub is essentially just a showcase for your projects, to actually work on them you need to download and install the Git software.
PCSX2 is hosted on GitHub, a website where people can contribute to each others' programming projects using the Git version control software. GitHub is essentially just a showcase for your projects, to actually work on them you need to download and install Git itself.


On Arch Linux:<code>#pacman -S git</code>
Arch Linux: <code># pacman -S git</code>
 
Next you are going to want to create a directory on your machine for the PCSX2 code to live in. For this example, let's say the directory you create is /home/you/workspace/pcsx2. You are going to want clone the remote PCSX2 repository like so:
 
<code>$ cd /home/you/workspace/pcsx2</code>
<code>$ git clone https://github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2.git</code>
 
You are now making a copy of the remote repository into your own directory.
 
 
==Installing the Build System==
 
PCSX2 uses the cmake build system to create project files and other things for multiple platforms, and GCC to compile on the linux platform. To install these you are going to want to run:
 
Arch 64: <code># pacman -S cmake gcc-multilib </code>
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