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Installing Dwarf Fortress on Fedora
« on: May 24, 2019, 03:10:32 pm »

This isn't a request for help, but a description of my process in case it helps other people.

The wiki is a good resource, but incomplete. I had to remove df_linux/libstdc++.so.6 and install ncurses-compat-libs before it would work. (Links: this explains the inscrutable error message, and this explains how to parallel-install the older version of ncurses.)

(I've only tested this for CLI mode; more will probably be necessary for GUI mode.)
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Re: Installing Dwarf Fortress on Fedora
« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2019, 04:08:32 pm »

I think you only need ncurses in TEXT print mode.

In general for missing libraries, you can try ldd on the binary (on libs/Dwarf_Fortress, not the df script), then dnf provides will tell you the package you need to install.
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Re: Installing Dwarf Fortress on Fedora
« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2019, 12:35:00 pm »

Boi, Linux LinSux.
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Re: Installing Dwarf Fortress on Fedora
« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2019, 07:08:25 am »

What version of Fedora are you using? If something is missing from the wiki, it can't hurt to add it there.
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