BeamMP Run On Linux Guide 2025

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Can someone explain why the official docs has this command?

It now uses $VCPKG_ROOT so vcpkg can be installed anywhere without the user having to specify it in the build command.
And:

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Trying the second command won’t even compile, just spitting the following error

Make sure the $VCPKG_ROOT is set. Install and use packages with CMake | Microsoft Learn

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I’m on Arch/X11 (up-to-date), please someone clarify what’s going on

BeamMP uses cloudflare for protection and for it’s certificates, but cloudflare’s root certificate is no longer trusted by the mozilla trust store, causing the mod download to fail. Error on Arch Linux after update? - #5 by dekadentor

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Also please expand on the git checkout command (perhaps an example command) because I can’t find anything in the (git) docs for specifying the version.

There this on the docs:

You can find the latest tags without going to the github repository as well. First update your repo locally using git fetch and then run git tag for the complete list of versions.