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Probably an old issue but I couldn't find a solution that wasn't Ubuntu or pages that didn't exist any more.
I have installed the Linux return to wolfenstein program on my Slackware 14.2 HP/AMD laptop. I got the pak files from my Windows installation put them in place. When I go to run the program I get
./wolf.x86: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory.
I can't seem to find these files anywhere on the net. Am I just out of luck or have I not been looking in the place.
Thanks but unfortunately the software precompiled. I think it created or directly supported by ID at the time. They did the same for DOOM3 (which works like a champ). It looks like they are shared libraries that if I had I could just dump them in place. Not sure the program would need to be recomplied. Sorta like DLL files are to Windows I suspect.
as the last released official linux binaries are of many years ago and they link to old libs you can also use a more recent port like iortcw (that's what I do here): ID released RTCW as open source (data files excluded) some years ago and the code in some forks has been improved a lot and runs much better on modern operating systems.
Distribution: Slackware64 15.0 (started with 13.37). Testing -current in a spare partition.
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as the last released official linux binaries are of many years ago and they link to old libs you can also use a more recent port like iortcw (that's what I do here): ID released RTCW as open source (data files excluded) some years ago and the code in some forks has been improved a lot and runs much better on modern operating systems.
Thanks for the link, I didn't know that there is a new version of RTCW like ioquake3.
FYI, there are newer ports of all open sourced id games. They are in most cases far superior to the old rotted binaries. You can build them yourself too. Go wild with libs and such.
Another note: I strongly suggest installing OpenAL-soft, instead of the one from openal.org. The slackbuild should be good.
as the last released official linux binaries are of many years ago and they link to old libs you can also use a more recent port like iortcw (that's what I do here): ID released RTCW as open source (data files excluded) some years ago and the code in some forks has been improved a lot and runs much better on modern operating systems.
notice that you will need additional libraries on your system, like SDL2 and OpenAL, but you can easily find everything you need on SBo.
for those interested by iortcw fork, you'll find a slackbuild here.
Once iortcw package is installed, copy the original RTCW game files (ie *.pk3) from CD/windows install/steamCDM, start the game with command iortcw (or through main menu > games > Return To Castle Wolfenstein), then, have fun !
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