Cant Install Games

[snipe76]

How can i install games on ubuntu 8.10?
i have some file with .sh and .tbz
can some 1 help me please?

[Diabolis]

Probably your game has a readme file where it tells you how to do it. If the .sh file its called "install", then run it like this in a terminal:


chmod +x install.sh
sudo ./install.sh

Before running anything with the sudo command, verify that it come from a trustworthy source.

A very quick guide: http://martin.ankerl.com/2007/04/19/how-to-install-anything-in-ubuntu-condensed/

[snipe76]

but which folder i put the "install" to install it?

[snipe76]

after i installed it how can i play?

[Diabolis]

Don't you have a menu option now???
If not try typing the name of the game, example:

pacman -h

*next time give more info about what you are doing, like the name of the game or any error messages, so you'll get quicker responses.

[snipe76]

ok, the name of the game is darwinia.
error:
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing Darwinia full 1.4.0b9........................................... ...........................
/home/snipe76/.setup8599: error while loading shared libraries: libgtk-1.2.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

[Diabolis]

I googled the error and I'm guessing that you are on a 64 bit computer, right?

[snipe76]

how can i check it?

[Diabolis]

Execute:

uname -m
and paste the output here.

[snipe76]

i686

[binbash]

sudo apt-get install libgtk1.2

[Diabolis]

nvm, you are not on a 64 bit machine. Yep, I was just about to tell you to install that library.

[snipe76]

sudo apt-get install libgtk1.2

what it installed?

[Diabolis]

A library called libgtk1.2.

[snipe76]

sudo apt-get install libgtk1.2

woohoo thanks man!
its worked

[snipe76]

A library called libgtk1.2.

but why the installation ask for CD?

[Diabolis]

I don't know, I haven't installed it.

[snipe76]

ok i installed it now how i run it?

[Diabolis]

Just run the game.

[snipe76]

i click on the launcher in the games but nothing happan

[Diabolis]

Run it in a terminal, just as before, so you can see the error message.

[snipe76]

error:
/usr/local/games/darwinia/lib/darwinia.bin.x86: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

[Diabolis]

You need another library:

sudo apt-get install libstdc++5

[snipe76]

thnks! i downloaded other game and its work!
i thing the problem is in darwinia!
thnks very much people!