Getting this error when trying to install a game.

[ou8it]

I'm trying to install a game and get this error: I'm running Ubuntu 11.10 and running intel pent 2.8 ghz x 2 64 bit.

The setup program seems to have failed on x86_64/unknown


Detecting libc...
Detected: os=Linux, arch=x86_64, libc=unknown



Thanks in advance for any help.

ou8it

[ou8it]

More info from terminal:

tyler@ubuntu:~$ ./ThinkTanks_v1.1.sh.bin
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing ThinkTanks............................
This installation doesn't support unknown on Linux / x86_64
(tried to run setup.gtk)

This installation doesn't support unknown on Linux / x86_64
(tried to run setup)


The setup program seems to have failed on x86_64/unknown


Detecting libc...
Detected: os=Linux, arch=x86_64, libc=unknown
tyler@ubuntu:~$


This game installs on Ubuntu 8.10. Do I need to revert back to that?

Thanks
ou8it

[atreyu]

I guess the program was compiled under a 32bit version of glibc and that is not found on your 64-bit system. If that's the case, maybe there is a 32-bit version of glibc that you can install under Ubuntu via apt-get? I don't know, not a regular Ubuntu user...

[manojsamtani]

Me too feels that this is because of architecture (64bit)


Thanks,
Manoj

[ou8it]

maybe there is a 32-bit version of glibc that you can install under Ubuntu via apt-get?

I'm quite new at linux. what would the exact command be that I enter in the terminal to find that glibc?

Thanks
Frank

[atreyu]

I don't know the command line fu, but I think there is the notion of multilib in Ubuntu - any Ubuntu pros out there who can shed some light?

[ou8it]

I found this info but not sure if this is my answer.


How to compile a 32-bit application using gcc on the 64-bit Linux version

by Vivek Gite on December 13, 2006 · 22 comments

I had to compile a 32-bit application using GNU gcc on the 64-bit version Linux.

Luckily gcc man page directed me to -m32 and -m64 option. These options generate code for a 32-bit or 64-bit environments.

=> The 32-bit environment sets int, long and pointer to 32 bits and generates code that runs on any i386 system.

=> The 64-bit environment sets int to 32 bits and long and pointer to 64 bits and generates code for AMD's x86-64 architecture.

You can pass -m64 or -m32 as follows
For 32 bit version:
$ gcc -m32 -o output32 hello.c
For 64 bit version :
$ gcc -m64 -o output64 hello.c

And output is :
$ ./output32
Output:

Long int size is 4 bytes long!

Now let us see 64 bit output:
$ ./output64

Long int size is 8 bytes long!

Sample code - hello.c:

#include <stdio.h>
int main(){
long z; printf("Long int size is %i bytes long!\n", sizeof(z)); return 0;
}

[atreyu]

I think you just want to just run the game, though, not actually compile it, right? It has already been compiled, I guess, against the 32-bit version of (g)libc.

If multilib glibc is not possible, is running a VM on your Ubuntu box a possibility? You could install a 32-bit version of Ubuntu (or whatever) and run it in that. Seems like overkill though...

Edit: Another thought - run a command to show the libraries that the executables have been compiled against. Cd into the directory where you uncompressed the game and run:

 find. -type f -iname 'setup*' -printf "\n%p:\n" -exec ldd {} \;

You can post that output here.

[ou8it]

I run dedicated game servers and linux may be the answer to the lag problems i have with windows.

Output from "find" command above. Not sure if I ran that right , The setup installer is named Thinktanks_v1.1.sh.bin




tyler@ubuntu:~$ cd /home/tyler
tyler@ubuntu:~$ cd /home /tyler
tyler@ubuntu:/home$ find. -type f -iname 'setup*' -printf "\n%p:\n" -exec ldd {} \;
No command 'find.' found, did you mean:
Command 'find' from package 'findutils' (main)
Command 'findv' from package 'polylib-utils' (universe)
find.: command not found
tyler@ubuntu:/home$

[atreyu]

tyler@ubuntu:/home$ find. -type f -iname 'setup*' -printf "\n%p:\n" -exec ldd {} \;
No command 'find.' found, did you mean:

You need a space after the find in that command (find is a binary program located in /usr/bin or /bin probably). cut-and-pasted, to be sure.

btw, when you run that installer (by putting a ./ in front of Thinktanks_v1.1.sh.bin), I am guessing the first thing it is doing is extracting a bunch of files to the current working directory (amongst them "setup.gtk", e.g.). Is this true, can you tell?