PS on Debian testing: ?Finally Working!

[runlevel0]

What I did was:

1) Get the libXxf86vm.so.1 from an external source, as this lib is no longer included in the 4.3.x branche of XFree86 (this is a general issue, not only Debian related, decision of the X guys...).
I got it from the XFree86-libs-4.3.0-alt6.i586.rpm package, which can be found at http://rpmfind.org or http://rpmseek.com. Just enter the rpm with mc, and copy the file to /usr/lib/X11R6/lib. Now you can run pssetup.

If you try to run psclient now you will get two complaints, about the CEL env variable and about a library called libopengl32.so.

2) CEL should point where crystalspce libs resides; in a Debian testing this is /usr/lib/crystalspace.

The libopengl32.so can\'t be found neither in a deb package nor in any other file, the reason is that it has another name (!):

3) The *real name* libopengl32.so is opengl32.dll.so and resides within the wine library path; simply make a symlink to this one:

ln -s /usr/lib/wine/pengl32.dll.so /usr/lib/libopengl32.so.1

Now you will at leastbeing able to  start psclient.

Will see if everything works fine from this point on. For now I\'m quite happy of having it got running

Regards

[Auric]

and what does this mean?

[stateq2]

well, it might help debian users who are having problems getting PS working

[sputnik]

thx very much - this finally helped me to get planeshift running on my debian unstable. great (maybe somebody can put that into the linux faq!)

sputnik

[zabeal]

That\'s auesome, but I\'d still like a .deb for ease of install... but it might be a while till my box is running as I forgot my powersupply when I went on vacation...

[sputnik]

Originally posted by zabeal
That\'s auesome, but I\'d still like a .deb for ease of install... but it might be a while till my box is running as I forgot my powersupply when I went on vacation...

yes that would be great. cause i always get a:

\"Load TYPE plugin crystalspace.mesh.object.emit
WARNING! Object \'_p_laanx_entrance2hydlaa_plaza\' is not closed!
Segmentation fault\"

installing the provided binaries is ok for me too, but i dont want to compile everything by myself, as adviced for this problem..

[Neltack]

Great tricks, it got PS work on my comp. Though, i\'m getting the segfault lots of people seem to get here in linux version. I\'m giving up, falling back on windows.

However, it may be a very good idea to make a faq for people out there that\'d like to install the tar-gz\'ed binaries. it would be a great think, since i\'ve been looking for answers a long time :-/

[Vanzeemeer]

I found so many threads about install Planeshift on Debian (unstable)  and I guess
I tryed them all and I ruined my system almost with all the different options , I have only one request could someone point me to a WORKING step by step install method on Debian in one thread or it would be very apreciated those who installed it allready on Debian to take some time to explain to the other (stupid I guess)
Debian users how they could manage to let planeshift up and running.

[nattuo]

i couldn\'t get it to work even after i went to the sites they didn\'t have any of the downloads you have put forward. and can you make it easer to understand? i am new to the linux commands and find them very confusing so plz help me get it to run by making it easier to understand. plz?

[Vanzeemeer]

Ok I couldn\'t make it work manually, then I tryed the script:
buildplaneshift.sh  wich you can download on  http://icarus.uic.edu/~ssenne1/
It worked well for me (Good work! thanks!)

Short explanation:
Make a folder in your home directory called planeshift (or alike) then download the script in it, open a console cd in this folder you made and type:
chmod +x buildplaneshift.sh
enter and then type:  
./buildplaneshift.sh
after enter it will automatically build it for you, be patient it takes some time.
Hope this works for others too.