PlaneShift
Support => Linux Specific Issues => Topic started by: bilbowbagins on February 09, 2008, 10:28:34 pm
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Okay so recently my idiot of a brother installed Ubuntu, Which obviously annoyed me because i know how hard it is installing stuff on it.
I'm completely in the mist, i have no idea how to install planeshift but by all means i intend to.
All i know is that when i run the .bin file (( either x64 or x86)) it doesnt recognise the file format.
Therefore i refer to the forums.
I Have no idea how to use terminal.
Maybe the administrators/moderators could make and sticky a topic on what to type into terminal to install planeshift.
I Tried typing the following in terminal:
chmod +x PlaneShift_CBV0.3.020-x86.bin
chmod +x PlaneShift_CBV0.3.020-x64.bin
cd desktop then
chmod +x PlaneShift_CBV0.3.020-x86.bin
chmod +x PlaneShift_CBV0.3.020-x64.bin
i tried doing the directory
/home/****/Desktop/PlaneShift_CBV0.3.020.bin
/home/****/Desktop/PlaneShift_CBV0.3.020-x86.bin
/home/****/Desktop/PlaneShift_CBV0.3.020-x64.bin
chmod +x /home/****/Desktop/PlaneShift_CBV0.3.020.bin
chmod +x /home/****/Desktop/PlaneShift_CBV0.3.020-x64.bin
chmod +x /home/****/Desktop/PlaneShift_CBV0.3.020-x86.bin
and even
open /home/****/Desktop/PlaneShift_CBV0.3.020.bin
open PlaneShift_CBV0.3.020-x64.bin
open PlaneShift_CBV0.3.020-x86.bin
But after a painful 1 hour trying to get this to work all my attempts have failed resulting in the no file or dictory error or simply nothing happening.... :'( :'(
Please help me immediatly.
This game looks so awesome and I'm so passionate about roleplaying seriously in a good game.
Thankyou.
bilbowbagins.
xx
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Firstly unless you have a 64bit system then you need PlaneShift_CBV0.3.020-x86.
it seems you have done chmod +x so the just in the directory wher the file is located just type ./PlaneShift_CBV0.3.020-x86.bin
thats is dot slash PlaneShift_CBV0.3.020-x86.bin then follow installer instructions, I tend to install in /home/user rather than /opt but thats up to you
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luke@luke-desktop:~$ ./PlaneShift_CBV0.3.020-x86.bin
bash: ./PlaneShift_CBV0.3.020-x86.bin: No such file or directory
luke@luke-desktop:~$ ./PlaneShift_CBV0.3.020-x64.bin
bash: ./PlaneShift_CBV0.3.020-x64.bin: No such file or directory
Tried on both, still no response... :'( :'( :'(
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well is PlaneShift_CBV0.020-64.bin on your desktop? or did you put it somewhere else? looks like you put it somewhere else other then your desktop.
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I Minimize this window and there is both versions x86 and x64 on my desktop.....
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try this
cd $HOME/Desktop
chmod +x PlaneShift_CBV0.020-64.bin
./PlaneShift_CBV0.020-64.bin
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luke@luke-desktop:~$ cd $HOME/Desktop
luke@luke-desktop:~/Desktop$ chmod +x PlaneShift_CBV0.020-64.bin
chmod: cannot access `PlaneShift_CBV0.020-64.bin': No such file or directory
luke@luke-desktop:~/Desktop$ chmod +x PlaneShift_CBV0.020-x64.bin
chmod: cannot access `PlaneShift_CBV0.020-x64.bin': No such file or directory
luke@luke-desktop:~/Desktop$ ./PlaneShift_CBV0.020-64.bin
bash: ./PlaneShift_CBV0.020-64.bin: No such file or directory
luke@luke-desktop:~/Desktop$ ./PlaneShift_CBV0.020-x64.bin
bash: ./PlaneShift_CBV0.020-x64.bin: No such file or directory
luke@luke-desktop:~/Desktop$
This Is Getting So Depressing =[ I Have spent like 3 hours trying to get this to work. =[
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show us the output of
ls -l(where l is a small L)
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Try typing 'ls', it will list the files in your current directory. 'open' is not the correct command, it is 'cd' for 'change directory'.
So, if 'ls' does not show the Planeshift installer, 'cd' with nothing else will move to your home directory, then try 'ls', then 'ls Desktop' (or another folder) and see if it is there. Once you have found it, start typing 'chmod +x Desktop/Pla' then press tab, if the file is there it might autocomplete the word if you have typed enough letters to indicate one file, if not press tab again for the choices, then add letters and press tab again until you have narrowed it down to one file.
Another thing that you may find easier, right click the file on the desktop or in a file manager, and try to find something called 'properties' where you should be able to set it executable with a checkbox or drop down menu. I use kde which has this feature, but you probably have gnome installed which I have not used for a while.
You may think this is annoying having to set this before you can run things you download, but this sort of thing makes it very hard for viruses to work on linux, you have to explicitly allow things to run.
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show us the output of
ls -l(where l is a small L)
drwx------ 2 luke luke 4096 2008-02-07 17:15 amsn_received
drwxr-xr-x 2 luke luke 4096 2008-02-09 19:26 Desktop
drwxr-xr-x 2 luke luke 4096 2008-01-22 23:42 Documents
lrwxrwxrwx 1 luke luke 26 2008-01-22 23:37 Examples -> /usr/share/example-content
-rw-r--r-- 1 luke luke 597054 2008-02-09 19:02 Firefox_wallpaper.png
drwxr-xr-x 5 luke luke 4096 2008-02-07 20:34 gtk-gnutella-downloads
drwxr-xr-x 2 luke luke 4096 2008-01-22 23:42 Music
-rw-r--r-- 1 luke luke 933888 2008-02-08 18:25 nautilus-debug-log.txt
drwxr-xr-x 2 luke luke 4096 2008-01-22 23:42 Pictures
drwxr-xr-x 2 luke luke 4096 2008-01-22 23:42 Public
drwxr-xr-x 2 luke luke 4096 2008-01-22 23:42 Templates
drwxr-xr-x 2 luke luke 4096 2008-01-22 23:42 Videos
-rw-r--r-- 1 luke luke 5209 2008-02-09 10:16 VisualBoyAdvance.cfg
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Alright, you see no Planeshift file is in that folder.
Do like Vornne adviced:
use cd (change directory) for going into your home directory, and "ls-l" again. If its not there, "cd into other folders" (like "cd temp" to get into the temp-folder). You may want to do a "cd <tab-key>" for having shown folders possible to cd into.
EDIT:
Oops, just noticing:
Your console seems to be still in your home-directory!
do a simple
cd Desktopand then "chmod +x <proper_file>"
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Alright, you see no Planeshift file is in that folder.
Do like Vornne adviced:
use cd (change directory) for going into your home directory, and "ls-l" again. If its not there, "cd into other folders" (like "cd temp" to get into the temp-folder). You may want to do a "cd <tab-key>" for having shown folders possible to cd into.
luke@luke-desktop:~$ ls -l
total 1548
drwx------ 2 luke luke 4096 2008-02-07 17:15 amsn_received
drwxr-xr-x 2 luke luke 4096 2008-02-09 19:26 Desktop
drwxr-xr-x 2 luke luke 4096 2008-01-22 23:42 Documents
lrwxrwxrwx 1 luke luke 26 2008-01-22 23:37 Examples -> /usr/share/example-content
-rw-r--r-- 1 luke luke 597054 2008-02-09 19:02 Firefox_wallpaper.png
drwxr-xr-x 5 luke luke 4096 2008-02-07 20:34 gtk-gnutella-downloads
drwxr-xr-x 2 luke luke 4096 2008-01-22 23:42 Music
-rw-r--r-- 1 luke luke 933888 2008-02-08 18:25 nautilus-debug-log.txt
drwxr-xr-x 2 luke luke 4096 2008-01-22 23:42 Pictures
drwxr-xr-x 2 luke luke 4096 2008-01-22 23:42 Public
drwxr-xr-x 2 luke luke 4096 2008-01-22 23:42 Templates
drwxr-xr-x 2 luke luke 4096 2008-01-22 23:42 Videos
-rw-r--r-- 1 luke luke 5209 2008-02-09 10:16 VisualBoyAdvance.cfg
luke@luke-desktop:~$ cd Desktop
luke@luke-desktop:~/Desktop$ ls -l
total 578100
-rw-r--r-- 1 luke luke 98280 2008-02-09 19:02 assassins-creed-wallpaper-2.jpg
-rw-r----- 1 luke luke 1669 2008-02-08 14:07 Hairspray Playlist
-rwxr-xr-x 1 luke luke 296560013 2008-02-09 19:26 PlaneShift_CBV0.3.020-x64.bin
-rwxr-xr-x 1 luke luke 294712984 2008-02-09 19:22 PlaneShift_CBV0.3.020-x86.bin
Its there alright, now what?
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lol getting confused:
luke@luke-desktop:~/Desktop$ ls -l
total 578100
-rw-r--r-- 1 luke luke 98280 2008-02-09 19:02 assassins-creed-wallpaper-2.jpg
-rw-r----- 1 luke luke 1669 2008-02-08 14:07 Hairspray Playlist
-rwxr-xr-x 1 luke luke 296560013 2008-02-09 19:26 PlaneShift_CBV0.3.020-x64.bin
-rwxr-xr-x 1 luke luke 294712984 2008-02-09 19:22 PlaneShift_CBV0.3.020-x86.bin
says you are in your Desktop-folder.
Now just do a
chmod +x PlaneShift_CBV0.3.020-x86.binand then
./PlaneShift_CBV0.3.020-x86.bin
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luke@luke-desktop:~/Desktop$ chmod +x PlaneShift_CBV0.3.020-x86.bin
luke@luke-desktop:~/Desktop$
((At this point i pressed tab, nothing happened when i had my mouse on the terminal, but when not this comes up..))
Display all 2031 possibilities? (y or n)
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YES IT WORKED.. THANK THE SEXY HEAVANS IT WORKS.
THANKS SO MUCH!!! ^_^
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lol glad it worked in the end :)
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Thats not the end of it
just one tiny more thing,
I have to use Terminal to start the game up right? (( it is installed to Desktop/hda1(( the name of my hard drive ))/Games
But how to i get there through terminal, because if i go to desktop, there is no hard drive, only software.
Please help with this last quality, i been trying this since like... 7 hours ago. :S
Lol sorry for the inconvenience,
Thanks Alot
bilbowbagins
xx
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Hm.. sounds unusual..
Normally mountpoints (like for hdaX) are in /media/.
Are you sure about /Desktop/hda ? Perhaps its in /media/hda1/Games? (Although such a Game-folder would have to be created by root)
Maybe you created your Games folder in /home/<user>/?
Try opening a console and look it up with the "cd" and "ls -l" command..
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My bad, it is in media, but how do i get to media from home folder?
xx
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Ah, alright:
use the command
cd ..for going 1 folder down, or
cd \for going straight to the lowest level (root-folder). From the latter do a
cd /media/hda1/Games/Planeshiftand you should be in your Planeshift folder.
Since I am using KDE I am not that familiar with Gnome (which may be the default of Ubuntu), but there must be a way to create a shortcut on your desktop like you know it from Windows..
EDIT:
brr sorry, corrected the folders
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Okay i dont want to create the shortcut on desktop, because this is my bros computer, and if he finds out i have installed a game, being a dick he is, he may uninstall it (( good luck with that LOL ))
Well im in the planeshift folder, do i tried /.psclient but it didnt work and produced the error message that the file or directory doesnt exist.
Now what?
Okay i dont want to create the shortcut on desktop, because this is my bros computer, and if he finds out i have installed a game, being a dick he is, he may uninstall it (( good luck with that LOL ))
Well im in the planeshift folder, do i tried /.psclient but it didnt work and produced the error message that the file or directory doesnt exist.
Now what?
Wait i got it working, thank you so much for all your hardwork, now if my bro finds it tomorrow morning im going to decapitate him!
Lol thanks so much i really really appreciate it.
Maybe we could become mates in game :D
Laters..
bilbowbagins
xx
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You may also want to give a try:
./pssetupThere you have some options like resolution etc.
Welcome to Planeshift=)