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enhanced arch support for linux build script
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add setcap section to build instructions
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13 changes: 12 additions & 1 deletion docs/building.md
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Expand Up @@ -50,9 +50,20 @@ pkg install -y \
#### Linux
Dependencies vary depending on the distribution. You can reference our
[linux_build.sh](https://github.com/LizardByte/Sunshine/blob/master/scripts/linux_build.sh) script for a list of
dependencies we use in Debian-based and Fedora-based distributions. Please submit a PR if you would like to extend the
dependencies we use in Debian-based, Fedora-based and Arch-based distributions. Please submit a PR if you would like to extend the
script to support other distributions.

##### KMS Capture
If you are using KMS, patching the Sunshine binary with `setcap` is required. Some post-install scripts handle this. If building
from source and using the binary directly, this will also work:

```bash
sudo cp build/sunshine /tmp
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sudo setcap cap_sys_admin+p /tmp/sunshine
sudo getcap /tmp/sunshine
sudo mv /tmp/sunshine build/sunshine
```

##### CUDA Toolkit
Sunshine requires CUDA Toolkit for NVFBC capture. There are two caveats to CUDA:

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Expand Up @@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ dependencies=()

function add_arch_deps() {
dependencies+=(
'appstream-glib'
'avahi'
'base-devel'
'cmake'
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