topic Re: Linux Support for Unreal Engine in ArcGIS Maps SDK for Unreal Engine Questions

Linux Support for Unreal Engine

Antonis — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 08:59:05 GMT

Dear ESRI team,

Is there any plan for supporting linux in UE in the near future?

Regards

Re: Linux Support for Unreal Engine

MichaelBranscomb — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 11:56:45 GMT

Hi,

We are currently evaluating support for Linux. To help inform our plans support, we would love to find out more about your plans for both development and deployment of apps on Linux.

Do you want to both develop on Linux and deploy apps to Linux?
For development and/or deployment, which Linux distributions are you intending to use/target? (e.g. Ubuntu, SUSE, Red Hat, CentOS)
Do you need support for just x64 or are you instead/also looking at ARM64?
What type of hardware/devices will you be building apps for?
Anything else...

Thanks

Re: Linux Support for Unreal Engine

Antonis — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 07:04:12 GMT

Hi Michael,

Yes, we need to both develop and deploy our applications.
We primarily use Ubuntu, but some members of our team use other distributions like Arch. It's critical that there aren't any dependencies on third-party libraries that could conflict with the Unreal Engine ones. Additionally, any precompiled libraries you provide should be compiled with the same libc++ version Unreal Engine uses. If not, we would have ABI incompatibility.
Currently, we are targeting x64. However, ARM support could be considered as optional for us.
We are developing applications specifically for desktops and laptops.

Thanks

A.A.

Re: Linux Support for Unreal Engine

MichaelBranscomb — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 12:42:37 GMT

That's excellent information, thanks - I've added to our internal issue.

Thanks

Mike

Re: Linux Support for Unreal Engine

Antonis — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 13:40:25 GMT

Hi Michael, is there a time frame for the development of this functionality?

Re: Linux Support for Unreal Engine

MichaelBranscomb — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 12:12:35 GMT

We plan to continue the R&D through 2024. It's possible we'll able to support Linux in late-2024 but cautiously I'd estimate mid-2025.

We'd love to hear more about how you're using, or planning to use, our Maps SDK for Unreal Engine - feel free to email me: mbranscomb@esri.com.

Thanks

Re: Linux Support for Unreal Engine

MichaelBranscomb — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 15:52:28 GMT

Hi,

We do support Linux for developing and deploying apps with Unreal Engine! (since December 2024, see Announcing ArcGIS Maps SDK 1.7 for Unreal Engine)

You can find more details on our current support for Linux here: System requirements for 2.1.0 | ArcGIS Maps SDK for Unreal Engine | Esri Developer

Notes:

We currently certify Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Other versions and distros may work, but are not tested or certified – let us know if you’re using something else?
Only 64-bit architectures are supported (not x86 or ARM64) – let us know if you need other architectures?
Use of Vulkan rendering is required when developing and/or deploying on Linux.
We’re only covering use of the pre-built Unreal Engine editor downloaded from Epic Games and not building Unreal Engine from source yourself. That might work, but it’s not tested/certified at this time.
Epic Games do not currently support the UELibrary embeddable control on Linux – let Epic Games know if that's something you're trying todo.

Thanks

Mike