Installing problems on Debian etch (FIXED)

[Duncan_Ferguson]

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 -> 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 -> 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)

[vfb]

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

Please try this, Code:

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chmod 755 /usr/lib/libXi.so.6.0.0

ln -s /usr/lib/libXi.so.6.0.0 /usr/lib/libXi.so

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And then run the install program again.

[Johan K]

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.

[Gandalf Parker]

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

[Duncan_Ferguson]

Thanks again for helping me with this

vfb --> it did not work

ls -l /usr/lib/libXi.so*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 2007-05-07 23:59 /usr/lib/libXi.so -> /usr/lib/libXi.so.6.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 2007-05-08 01:18 /usr/lib/libXi.so.6 -> 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 --> 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...

[lch]

For patching in Linux, you just have to unzip, so that shouldn't be a problem. The 64bit binary is included in the patch.

[Duncan_Ferguson]

Ok

It worked installing ia32-libs. My fault for being such a newbie.

Thanks to all of you for the help, really.