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Pie

07-20-2009, 01:23 PM

I'm having trouble installing UT on Linux.. I try to run the installer and it keeps saying it can't find the directory. Is this because I don't have the actual game cd? Are there any good step-by-step instructions on installing. Especially for someone pretty inexperienced with Linux?

If I decided to just install using Wine, how would I go about that?

Neoandrew1

07-20-2009, 02:11 PM

I had the same problem on my linux partition! Ive not tried it since Tony sent me the original ut anthology disks though but when I get the time I will.

Draco

07-20-2009, 02:22 PM

You do need the GOTY disks to install using the Linux 436 installer. Installing it in wine will make you unable to play on UTDC protected servers and any other server using a anticheat that incorporates native code like anthchecker because wine is not a true Windows environment. What flavor of Linux are you using?

~Johnny Jones

Pie

07-20-2009, 02:53 PM

Draco

07-20-2009, 03:01 PM

LinuxMint, a variant of Ubuntu. Someone else told me, that even with the disc you can't install on Linux, and haven't been able to since they updated it a few years back. Apparently, you have to use a virtual machine to do it. So, I'm working on that atm. But if anyone knows for sure how to do it without the vm, let me know. =-]

Nope, your source is wrong. You can install on linux and I have done it several times. Here is an article on how to do it.

Obviously, I wanted to play my old favourite: Unreal Tournament. I have the Game of the Year edition (also known as GOTY). To install on linux you need to download the installer - It's called ut-install-436-goty.run. I got mine from BeyondUnreal.

Open a terminal and change directory to where you downloaded the installer to. Issue the following command:

$ sudo _POSIX2_VERSION=199209 ./ut-install-436-goty.run
Verifying archive integrity...OK
Uncompressing Unreal Tournament version 436-GOTY Linux install......
.................................................. .................

Notice the "_POSIX2_VERSION=199209" part? It's needed on modern versions of linux, e.g the Ubuntu I'm running. The installer for UT calls the head command in a way that is not supported anymore. Setting the _POSIX2_VERSION variable makes the head command backwards compatible.

Without setting the variable you would get this error:

Verifying archive integrity...tail: cannot open `+6' for reading:
No such file or directory

Next you need to edit the to scripts: ucc and ut. You'll find them in the /usr/local/games/ut directory (if you installed in the default location).

In both files change the contents of the following if-statement:

if [ -L "$fullpath" ]; then
fullpath="`ls -l "$fullpath" | awk '{print $11}'`"
fi

to:

if [ -L "$fullpath" ]; then
fullpath=`ls -l "$fullpath" |sed -e 's/.* -> //' |sed -e 's/\*//'`
fi

If you need help, I know how you hate TS but TS is still the most effective way of doing Tech Support. There is also another way of doing it if this won't work for you.

~Johnny Jones

Brummel

07-20-2009, 03:24 PM

If you need help, I know how you hate TS but TS is still the most effective way of doing Tech Support. There is also another way of doing it if this won't work for you.

~Johnny Jones

*Kouch* Teamviewer *Kouch*

Draco

07-20-2009, 03:26 PM

*Kouch* Teamviewer *Kouch*

TeamViewer is only supported in Windows and Mac at this time. It would have to be done through VNC which isn't to bad either. Just getting it set-up on her end may be a little pinch.

~Johnny Jones

Pie

07-20-2009, 03:36 PM

If I have an Unreal Anthology disc with the GOTY version, will that work? If not, then I need it. =-\

Draco

07-20-2009, 03:52 PM

To be honest, I don't know if the Anthology disk would work. Do you know how to burn bin/cue files to disk? If you do, I can provide you with both GOTY disks.

~Johnny Jones

Pie

07-20-2009, 04:10 PM

I've never burned them to a disk before, so no.. =-\

Draco

07-20-2009, 04:17 PM

Have you installed linux on the same machine you have windows installed on? If so, can you see your windows partition from Linux? If you can, we can cheat this and bypass the linux install portion entirely.

~Johnny Jones

Pie

07-20-2009, 04:39 PM

I put Linux on OVER Windows. So, no more Windows for Pie.

Pie

07-20-2009, 08:07 PM

Well, since I need the actual cd, I've been trying to download it, but it's going REALLY slowly.. And I could only find it one place. So, once that happens I'll install through Linux. For now though, I have it installed through Wine and it works fine. The UTDC thing isn't an issue, cause even with Windows I couldn't go on UTDC servers cause it's incompatible with the newest Windows 7 RC.

Draco

07-20-2009, 11:20 PM

It appears you got it installed in Wine. Now copy the UnrealTournament directory from the fake C drive to your home folder in linux. Download the linux binaries (http://redirect.pet-passion.net/FUNdownloads/patches/ut_Linux_binaries.zip) and place them where they need to go. The contents of the system folder in the zip need to be copied into the system folder in the install. The ucc and ut files go into the UnrealTournament directory. You'll need to right-click on each file and go to properties and change the permissions to 755. Also, go into the system folder and change the permissions to 755 on the ut-bin file. You should be able to launch the game now by double-clicking on the ut file in the UnrealTournament folder. Have a good one.

~Johnny Jones

Pie

07-21-2009, 11:22 PM

Draco

07-21-2009, 11:57 PM

Well.. I thought my output audio was fixed, but when I put my laptop on Standby (which is default when I close it) then open it back up, the audio doesn't work again, and I'm forced to restart the computer and then it works again. So, help please?

I remember reading this somewhere. I didn't think about it because I shut down my computer every time. From what I remember, there is no fix. Hit the forums of the distro you have to see if someone came up with a fix.

~Johnny Jones