Revise mold installation steps #11587
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I think you can also add Arch Linux here (pacman -Sy --noconfirm --needed mold).
Previously the documentation stated that mold is not widely packaged as of 2023. It is now 2026 and it is more widely packaged. Update this section.
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| - Download mold binaries from its `releases page <https://github.com/rui314/mold/releases/latest>`__. | ||
| - Extract the ``.tar.gz`` file, then move the extracted folder to a location such as ``.local/share/mold``. | ||
| - Add ``$HOME/.local/share/mold/bin`` to your user's ``PATH`` environment variable. | ||
| For example, you can add the following line at the end of your ``$HOME/.bash_profile`` file: | ||
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| sudo apt-get update | ||
| sudo apt-get install -y mold | ||
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| sudo dnf install -y mold | ||
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| PATH="$HOME/.local/share/mold/bin:$PATH" | ||
| pacman -Sy --noconfirm --needed mold | ||
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| - Open a new terminal (or run ``source "$HOME/.bash_profile"``), | ||
| then use the following SCons command when compiling Godot: | ||
| Once mold is installed, use the following SCons command when compiling Godot: |
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I have added Arch Linux to this section.
I have to say that I am not sure there is really any value in listing out the install instruction for every distro - if you have reached this point in the document you presumably know how to install the mold package with your distro's package manager. Maybe we can just say instead:
As of January 2026, a ``mold`` package is available in many distributions'
package managers. Once mold is installed, use the following SCons command when
compiling Godot:
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I'm ok with distro specific instructions, you never know if it's someone's first time trying to compile something, or download software via command line, especially with how common flathub is these days. |
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Previously the documentation stated that mold is not widely packaged as of 2023. It is now 2026 and it is more widely packaged. Update this section.