Linux nightlies on Lubuntu fail to start [solved]

[Spacethingy]

Sorry for the vague title, it's just that I've tried a few different versions.


The latest Simutrans nightlies won't start on Lubuntu, executing the binary has no apparent effect.
I have paks in place, I checked execute permissions were OK, I tried using the CLI, all to no use.


Both r6701 and r6699 of gcc4 don't work, r6699 of gcc3 doesn't work, and r6701 of gcc3 has a broken archive.


r6520 (112.3) from Simutrans.com works fine. I haven't been through the nightlies systematically, but I don't think any of the available ones work for me.



EDIT: Out of interest, what's the difference between gcc3/4? I don't really know what it is.

[prissi]

IS there a libary missing? Best to compile it yourself, then you can be sure nothing is missing.

[Spacethingy]

Um... isn't the point of pre-compiled binaries that I don't have to compile them? I'll give it a go.

EDIT: OK, got up to the point about editing config.default and the point about "you need to specify frontend, colour depth, system ["you should know it" Uh, sorry no!]."

I have no idea what that means. How do I specify it? How do I choose? I can't find any help online, sorry.

[isidoro]

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The latest Simutrans nightlies won't start on Lubuntu, executing the binary has no apparent effect.
I have paks in place, I checked execute permissions were OK, I tried using the CLI, all to no use.
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EDIT: Out of interest, what's the difference between gcc3/4? I don't really know what it is.

Don't you get any message from the command line?  What version of Lubuntu do you have?

I have 13.04 (32 bits) at hand and can check.

About gcc3/gcc4, they are different versions of gcc.  You can check what of them you have installed with dpkg -l gcc.

Can the missing file(s) be related to http://forum.simutrans.com/index.php?topic=12556.0?

[Spacethingy]

Don't you get any message from the command line?  What version of Lubuntu do you have?

12.10 Quantal, 32 bit, the command line doesn't appear I'm afraid. Executing it from a terminal doesn't work, it doesn't seem to recognize the executable, it just says "command not found".

About gcc3/gcc4, they are different versions of gcc.  You can check what of them you have installed with dpkg -l gcc.

I've got 4.7.2 according to that.

Can the missing file(s) be related to http://forum.simutrans.com/index.php?topic=12556.0?

Not sure, I tried using the zip there provided by Prissi, still no joy.

[ArthurDenture]

Executing it from a terminal doesn't work, it doesn't seem to recognize the executable, it just says "command not found".

The steps you want to follow are:
- Download the nightly into your ~/simutrans directory (that is, the "simutrans" directory inside your home directory)
- Open a terminal. It should start in your home directory.
- cd simutrans
- ./sim

When you run a command, Linux checks for that command inside all the directories listed in your $PATH. (If you want to see that list, run echo $PATH at the terminal.) For security reasons it does *not* check in the current directory. So to run a command in the current directory, you need to add "./", where the "." means "the current directory".

Hope that helps? If not, it'll help if you post a more detailed description of the steps you take when trying to run Simutrans from the command line.

[Spacethingy]

The steps you want to follow are:
- Download the nightly into your ~/simutrans directory (that is, the "simutrans" directory inside your home directory)
- Open a terminal. It should start in your home directory.
- cd simutrans
- ./sim

When you run a command, Linux checks for that command inside all the directories listed in your $PATH. (If you want to see that list, run echo $PATH at the terminal.) For security reasons it does *not* check in the current directory. So to run a command in the current directory, you need to add "./", where the "." means "the current directory".

Hope that helps? If not, it'll help if you post a more detailed description of the steps you take when trying to run Simutrans from the command line.

  You sir, have just given me an extremely important piece of information about Linux... That explains why it was suggesting installing it with apt-get when I tried to run the stable binary called "simutrans". Excellent, thanks! So, trying it properly...


The nightly executable returns "error while loading shared libraries: libSDL_mixer-1.2.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory". So, I guess I need to try getting that library.

EDIT:...and doing so using sudo apt-get install libsdl-mixer1.2-dev makes the nightly work fine! Hooray! Thanks guys!