To authorize the connection click Authorize EpicGames.įinally, set up Git before moving onto the next step.īy now, you've registered for an Epic Games account and linked it with your GitHub username. Link your GitHub username by clicking Connect under the GitHub icon. Go to your Epic Games account and click Connected Accounts. If you want to create games with Unreal Engine or contribute to the future of UE4 on Linux, you'll need to have a valid Epic Games account.

If you want to access our source code, you'll have to register for an Epic Games account, sign up for a GitHub account, associate your GitHub username with your Epic Games account, and set up Git on your Linux machine. The good news is that you can compile a binary of Unreal Engine from the same source code that we use to develop the engine. Ultimately, the focus of this guide is to show you how to set up the primary workflow needed to get UE4 running on your Linux machine.Ĭurrently, we don't supply a binary installer of UE4 for Linux users.

At the end of this tutorial, you'll have Unreal Engine 4 (UE4) running on your Linux machine, having learned how to set up Git (to download UE4 source code), how to fork and clone our source code, build Unreal Engine from source, and how to run Unreal Engine on your Linux machine.

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