Newbie guide to installation on Ubuntu.

[Kanth]

and  I have Ubuntu 8.04 32bit, binary file also downloaded 32bit version, so nothing wrong here, I have 64bit processor yet i have 32bit OS so I don't think problem is here, I'm newbie to linux so i would be grateful for not overwhelming me with some technical answer;)

[Caarrie]

unless your download is on your desktop you need to cd to the directory that it is in.

[Kanth]

it's on desktop and in home/kanth directory too

[Kanth]

always its like this:
kanth@kanth-desktop:~$ sudo ./PlaneShift-v0.4.00-x86.bin
[sudo] password for kanth:
sudo: ./PlaneShift-v0.4.00-x86.bin: command not found
kanth@kanth-desktop:~$

there is no typo I even copied name of file directly to terminal the rest is from this forum

[Caarrie]

if you type ls does it list the ps installer? if not do locate <name of installer> then cd to the path it shows then run the installer. also make sure the installer is executable

[Kanth]

ok i have the solution, it was my mistake, I downlowaded by mistake this file two times and only made executable the first one and then I tried to run the second one, thx for all help, it got me on right track

[Nightw0lf]

Ok I did all the steps and successfully installed planeshift and I launched the  client and I saw the error code so I did the fix for the error code, but now that I fixed i t and I click the client nothing happens no error code no nothing no splash screen, The only one that works is the uninstaller. Please help!

[Vendero]

I've found the following, which may be of help to other people:

After I've installed the game, following this guide (with the exeption of installing to ~/games instead of /opt), the PlaneShift directory is owned by root. The installer recogniser the current user as root, thus effectivly preventing access to the game's folder. A chown -r will solve this problem:

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sudo chown -hR <your username> <planeshiftdir>
Another solution might  be to manually set the permissions in the installer, although I haven't tried that myself.

~Vendero

[brownhues]

  so i've spent some hours trying to get the game to work, and i finally get to the login screen. finally! i almost did a little dance. but when i went to login it says no username found. i checked my confirmation email, and i have the right login and password. please help. i'm running mint elyssa.

[Caarrie]

did you register for the _game_ ? the login for the forum is not the same as for the game.

[kmikze]

hello, please help me! I have ubuntu 8.04 on 64 bits with GNOME

when I run the game, it appears a window then it's closing. I've run the updater, but I recieve this message:

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paul@paul-laptop:/opt/PlaneShift$ ./psupdater.bin

PlaneShift Updater Version 5 for linux64.

Checking for updates:
This updaterinfo.xml file is marked as inactive and will not work. Please get another one.

Updater finished, press enter to exit.

the setup utility is working, The settings are very low, fullscreen. The updater file is recently
downloaded from the website.

[Caarrie]

http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=32812.0

[Enaudni]

Nightwolf:

Please try the following:

Applications ---> Accessories ---> Terminal     to get to a command line.

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cd /opt/PlaneShift

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./psclient   <--- Don't ignore the .  (dot)

And post back the results that show in the terminal window.  This information can help us determine what has gone wrong

Regards,

Enaudni

[Netra]

Hi i am running Ubuntu Hardy (64 bit) After installing the game and the fixed version of the updater, updated the game, then try to run it. I get to the login screen and after i login and it goes to load instead of going to the load screen it just crashes. Any thoughts? I also have 1GB of ram.

[Caarrie]

system stats? console output?