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[DoomBoom]

A while ago I tried to install Dwarf Fortress on Linux and I found I had some problems, so back then I made a script that could automate installing everything DF needed and fixed the audio bug Dwarf Fortress has on Linux. I used it today while reinstalling DF and it worked great, so I thought I should share it.

It should install all 32-bit libraries DF needs and create symbolic links so Dwarf Fortress can find your audio libraries. I haven't tested it much though, so it definitely possible I missed some libraries that were already installed on my computer. If you find some, please post them here so I can add them.

Just download the file, give it execution privileges with

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sudo chmod a+x df_depend.sh
and execute it with

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sudo ./df_depend.sh
DOWNLOAD:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26359447/dontdelete/df_depend.sh

I hope this can help some people make it easier to get DF to work on their computer.

[Swonnrr]

from the README.linux:

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-------------------
System Requirements
-------------------

In addition to the hardware requirements (which will be the same as the other
platforms) your system will need these libraries installed:

* GTK+ 2+
* SDL 1.2+
* SDL_image

And some kind of OpenGL implementation, so:

* libgl
* libglu

I'm not sure the libgl is included in libglu1-mesa, but it should.

For the record and in case of brokenlinks:

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#!/bin/bash -e
# df_depend: installs 32-bit Dwarf Fortress dependencies on Debian-based PCs
# exits immediately upon failure of any commands

# licensed under WTFPL Version 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTFPL#Version_2
# Copyright (C) DoomBoom, 2013-2014
# Version 1.0

if [ $UID -ne 0 ]; then
    echo "This script requires superuser privileges to work."
    echo "Run as: \"sudo $0\""
    exit 1
fi

# check if package list contains 32-bit packages, if not, add them
if [ `dpkg --print-foreign-architectures | grep -c i386` -eq 0 -a \
     `dpkg --print-architecture | grep -c i386` -eq 0 ]; then
    dpkg --add-architecture i386
fi

# get latest package list
apt-get update

# install OpenGL, SDL, GTK2, and OpenAL 32-bit versions and dependencies
apt-get install libglu1-mesa:i386 libgtk2.0-0:i386 libsdl-image1.2:i386 \
    libsdl-ttf2.0-0:i386 libopenal1:i386

# sound fix:
# Dwarf Fortress looks for audio libraries libopenal.so and libsndfile.so,
# often these files are not created, only libopenal.so.1 and libsndfile.so.1 are

# link the files DF looks for to the ones that actually exist, if it hasn't been
# done already
echo "Fixing sound..."
cd /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/
if [ ! -f libopenal.so ]; then
    ln -s libopenal.so.1 libopenal.so
fi
if [ ! -f libsndfile.so ]; then
    ln -s libsndfile.so.1 libsndfile.so
fi

echo "Executed successfully. Dwarf Fortress should start correctly now."

[DoomBoom]

I'm not sure the libgl is included in libglu1-mesa, but it should.

Yeah I remember I didn't add libgl because libglu1-mesa depends on it, so it should be installed with that.