Installing problems on Debian etch (FIXED)
 

Hi, long time lurking but new poster. Sorry for my english, it's not my first language (neither my second), I'll try to make it understandable:

I've been happily playing dom3 on my Ubuntu machine for months, today I switched to Debian Etch. I'm trying to re-install dom3 on my Debian, but I keep getting those "permission denied" messages every time I try to run the dominions_installer.run script, even if I'm logged as root. I have checked permissions with ls -l and it tells me that root has rx permission.

I'm sure it is just a silly thing, since I'm not proficient with linux, but I haven't got a clue.

Thanks in advance

Re: Installing problems on Debian etch
 

Are you trying to run it from a CD or some other non harddrive device? If so copy it to your hardrive first and try again.

Re: Installing problems on Debian etch
 

Hi

Thnak you for the tech support, it worked at first but I found another problem.

I've copied the dominions installer .run in my Desktop and now I don't get permission issues, but I cannot run it(nor user neither root). Message error displayed

/dominions3_installer.run: error while loading shared libraries: libXi.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I've done a "locate libXi.so.6" and it says that it's in my /usr/lib directory but somehow the installer does not find it. I'd try to move libXi manually to another directory, but I don't know where the installer is looking for it.

Thanks again

Re: Installing problems on Debian etch
 

No no no don't do that ! You're likely to break something else. Try making a symbolic link instead. Place it in the directory the game wants it, and make it point at where the library is. It still feels a bit like a dirty hack, there's probably a better way of doing it, but it's much cleaner this way.

I don't remember the syntax now, but it's something along the lines <font class="small">Code:</font><hr /><pre>ln -s</pre><hr />. If I remember correctly, the first argument should be the name of the link (should be the same as library's), and the second - what it points at.
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Note: I'm planning to switch to Etch, but I'm using Ubuntu now. By the way, my libXi.so.6 is in /usr/lib and there are no problems.

Re: Installing problems on Debian etch
 

Please list your libraries in /usr/lib like this:

<font class="small">Code:</font><hr /><pre>
# ls -l /usr/lib/libXi.so*
</pre><hr />

You should see something like:

<font class="small">Code:</font><hr /><pre>
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Jan 8 22:58 /usr/lib/libXi.so -&gt; libXi.so.6.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Jan 8 22:58 /usr/lib/libXi.so.6 -&gt; libXi.so.6.0.0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 28120 Jan 8 22:58 /usr/lib/libXi.so.6.0.0
</pre><hr />

If you are missing any of these files or links then it is possible that the install will not work.

Normally /usr/lib/ is always searched for shared libraries, so you should not need to create a link in the install or game directory.

B0rsuk is right that you should not be moving files out of /usr/lib.

If you are missing /usr/lib/libXi.so for example, you can create it with this command, <font class="small">Code:</font><hr /><pre>
ln -s /usr/lib/libXi.so.6.0.0 /usr/lib/libXi.so
</pre><hr />

If you are actually missing /usr/lib/libXi.so.6.0.0, so that
/usr/lib/libXi.so.6 is a link pointing to a non-existent file, you will need to re-install whatever package includes libXi.

Re: Installing problems on Debian etch
 

Hi everyone:

I'm getting this

ls -l /usr/lib/libXi*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 2007-05-07 12:38 /usr/lib/libXi.so.6 -&gt; libXi.so.6.0.0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 35752 2007-02-16 20:42 /usr/lib/libXi.so.6.0.0

so libXi.so -&gt; libXi.so.6.0.0 link is missing, or so it seems...

Meanwhile I've tried a workaround doing a manual install (as explained in the README file), and I get the game running, but i can't patch it correctly (also, I don't get the menu entries and so, but I don't really care for them)

Re: Installing problems on Debian etch
 

I think the permissions on /usr/lib/libXi.so.6.0.0 are wrong.

Please try this, <font class="small">Code:</font><hr /><pre>

chmod 755 /usr/lib/libXi.so.6.0.0
ln -s /usr/lib/libXi.so.6.0.0 /usr/lib/libXi.so
</pre><hr />

And then run the install program again.

Re: Installing problems on Debian etch
 

The installer is a 32-bit binary. Could it be that you're running a 64-bit distro without any support for 32-bit applications. In that case the installer won't work. But I believe there are instructions for a manual install as well.

Re: Installing problems on Debian etch
 

There is also a text-mode installation which wont need the gui libraries. I use that.

Re: Installing problems on Debian etch
 

Thanks again for helping me with this

vfb --&gt; it did not work

ls -l /usr/lib/libXi.so*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 2007-05-07 23:59 /usr/lib/libXi.so -&gt; /usr/lib/libXi.so.6.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 2007-05-08 01:18 /usr/lib/libXi.so.6 -&gt; libXi.so.6.0.0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 33248 2006-11-28 02:09 /usr/lib/libXi.so.6.0.0

I have this now, but installer keeps complaining about it:

/dominions3_installer.run: error while loading shared libraries: libXi.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Johan K --&gt; maybe you're right, I'm running a 64-bit Etch. Previously I installed it in Ubuntu 64 bits, but it had some 32-bit libraries (because it has no 64-bits native flash player and I had to install firefox32). I'll try this way. Manual install is OK and it works, but I'm not able to patch the game right...