[SFS] How I got FreeSpace2 Open running

[Davide Del Vento]

If you enjoyed ldd, you may want to try patchelf to mess up with RPATH
and enjoy the thrill I have daily in being able to install and use any
number of versions of the same library and cross link them in the way
you want.

On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 12:56 PM, David L. Willson <DLWillson@thegeek.nu> wrote:
> Another fun learning experience provided by my flat refusal to run boring OS's. This time, as very bare notes-to-self. If you decide to try them out, let me know how they work for you. I happen to be running Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit but a similar process should work for any Debian-like.
>
> Buy and download FS2 installer from GOG. ($10)
> Don't install it.
> Download FSO installer from www.fsoinstaller.com into the same folder.
> Run the FSO installer something like this:
> $ java -jar FreeSpaceOpenInstaller.jar
> $ cd ~/FreeSpace2/
> $ ./fs2_open_3.7.2_RC4
>
> This one is cool, it tells you all the things that the program wants, that are missing.
> $ ldd ./fs2_open_3.7.2_RC4 | grep "not found"
>
> Then you install the things that are missing. In my case, I already had the 64-bit versions of these libs, but needed the 32-bit versions.
> $ sudo apt-get install libsdl1.2debian:i386
> $ sudo apt-get install libvorbisfile3:i386
> $ sudo apt-get install libjansson-dev:i386
> $ sudo apt-get install liblua5.1-0:i386
> $ ./fs2_open_3.7.2_RC4
>
> I can't wait to try this on a Raspberry Pi. :-)
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