enemy territory game setup problems

[dkarlmt]

I am trying to install a game - enemy territory. I followed the instructions for the installation, but it looks like because I am running a 64 bit system I am having problems. (btw...why are there so many problems for the 64 bit system?)

anyway...I went into the console and attempted installation and this is what I got:

sh et-linux-2.55.x86.run
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing Enemy Territory 2.55.............................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. ...
This installation doesn't support glibc-2.1 on Linux / x86_64
(tried to run setup)
See http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/linux/ for troubleshooting
The setup program seems to have failed on x86_64/glibc-2.1

See http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/linux/ for troubleshooting

So I went to the site and this is what it is telling me to do, but once again...being a newbie...I don't understand it. This is what the site said to do:

Setup and execution on 64 bits CPUs

If you are running a x86_64 Linux distribution with support for 32 bits x86 binaries, then the regular Quake III Arena binaries should work (your mileage may vary).

It's likely that the installer scripts will get confused though, and will refuse to install giving you an error: "This installation doesn't support glibc-2.1 on Linux / unknown". If you run the installer through the emulated 32 bits environement it should work: $ linux32 sh quake3... Or you can extract the game files manually by passing --keep on the command line when running the setup script. Once the files are unpacked, you will need to copy them manually to /usr/local/games. You probably want to have a working installation to refer to while doing this. This also applies to RTCW and ET


Can someone help me with this install?

[gogalthorp]

Unless you really really need lots and lots of memory ie > 4gig installed in the machine it is probably better to run a 32 bit OS. With 64 bit you will run into problems that you would not in 32 bits particularly with propriatary software which does not a 64 bit binary available.

In this case it looks like the solution is there, you just need to copy the files to the proper directories.

[dkarlmt]

ok once again...let me emphasize the fact that I am a newbie and it needs to be assumed that I have no idea what you're talking about.

I figured I had the 64 bit system because I have an AMD 64 bit processor...I didn't know there was a choice in the matter.

As far as the memory goes...I think I have 1.5 GB.

And the copying to the correct directories...what catagorizes as "correct"? I just follow the instructions that I am given and hope that it works...that's the basis of my Linux knowledge.

[oz]

(btw...why are there so many problems for the 64 bit system?)

Here's a link that might help you to better understand the 32bit vs 64bit matter:

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/lin...bit-linux.html