I'm not good at writing guides but this may help you getting started with Tier 2 through Steam. There is a readme file in your AppGameKit you should read that has most of this information in it. Look in Tier2/platform/linux/source.
This works for Linux 32-bit 14.04 LTS. I had issues getting 64-bit ubuntu working with AppGameKit and/or Steam. Also if your computer uses UEFI (normally Windows 8 computers have this) you will not be able to use this guide. You cannot install 32-bit operating system on a UEFI system.
--- INSTALL UBUNTU -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Download Ubuntu Linux 32-bit 14.04 LTS. Download the ISO at http://www.ubuntu.com/download/alternative-downloads
Make a bootable USB Drive out of the ISO. PenDrive can do this for you: http://www.pendrivelinux.com/
Once Ubuntu is installed you need to get all the updates for the OS. Type "Software Updater" in the menu search bar. Run the updater.
Once your all up-to-date, Go to steampowered.com and install Steam.
Run Steam and wait for it to update. When that finishes Login with your steam account and install AGK.
Open Terminal and run the following commands:
ln -s -v ~/.local/share/Steam ~/
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cmake
sudo apt-get install g++
sudo apt-get install libopenal-dev
sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev
sudo apt-get install libpng-dev
sudo apt-get install libjpeg-dev
sudo apt-get install xorg-dev
sudo apt-get install libglu1-mesa-dev
sudo apt-get install libudev-dev
sudo apt-get install libavformat-dev
--- INSTALL GLFW------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
download GLFW 3.0.4 from: http://sourceforge.net/projects/glfw/files/glfw/3.0.4/glfw-3.0.4.zip/download
(I had a bit of trouble locating this older version that is required by AGK)
Extract it into a folder named glfw-3.0.4
Use a terminal navigate to that folder and execute these commands:
hash -r
cmake -G "Unix Makefiles"
make
sudo make install
----- INSTALL NETBEANS C++ IDE-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Download NetBeans IDE at: https://netbeans.org/downloads/start.html?platform=linux&lang=en&option=cpp&bits=x86
In a terminal go to the download folder and run these commands:
chmod +x netbeans-8.1-cpp-linux-x86.sh
./netbeans-8.1-cpp-linux-x86.sh
A installer should now install NetBeans.
Run NetBeans and select File>New Project
Select C/C++ and C/C++ Project with Existing Sources and select NEXT
Browse to: home/steam/steamapps/common/App Game Kit 2/Tier2/apps/interpreter_linux
Select Finish.
You should be able to build and run the project.
