The official "ZDoom on Linux" thread.

[Marisa the Magician]

Everything is fine now, no need for my patch, no need to force linking to libdl (and libGLEW on gzdoom)... It is good day.

Now if only grubber updated his AUR packages to use the fmodex in the repos, my forks wouldn't be needed anymore...

[freejazzisbetter]

Hello,

I've been having troubling compiling on linux - so i hope this is the right place to post it, if not, then sorry.

The problem: with the latest source code from git, with everything up to date, i get to the last bit in make when its linking to the executable,

[100%] Building CXX object src/CMakeFiles/zdoom.dir/r_data/r_translate.o
[100%] Building CXX object src/CMakeFiles/zdoom.dir/autozend.o
Linking CXX executable ../zdoom
CMakeFiles/zdoom.dir/tempfiles.o: In function `FTempFileName::FTempFileName(char const*)':
tempfiles.cpp:(.text+0x13): warning: the use of `tempnam' is dangerous, better use `mkstemp'
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.8/../../../i386-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so: undefined reference to `inflateGetHeader@ZLIB_1.2.2'
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.8/../../../i386-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so: undefined reference to `deflateSetHeader@ZLIB_1.2.2'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [zdoom] Error 1
make[1]: *** [src/CMakeFiles/zdoom.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2

I also can't find a reference to this problem anywhere else.
Can anyone help me with this? Thanks in advance!

[VoidMage]

Silly paths aside ('i386-linux-gnu'...seriously ? or is that some distro's misnomer ?), you've got an underlinked glib installed.

[freejazzisbetter]

Thanks for the reply.
What is an underlinked glib and how can i fix this problem. Cant really find any readable info on the internet about it

[VoidMage]

There was a bug in binutils 2.24 where while a shared lib was built, some of the libs/symbols it was supposed to be using weren't correctly linked to - this has been fixed upstream since, but the broken packages need to be rebuilt. It seem that the installed glib falls into that category.

[xenoxols]

I am using manjaro linux(arch based distro), and I cannot clone the git repository for gzdoom.

[Marisa the Magician]

What's the error exactly?

[xenoxols]

It was just proxy error(im at a boarding school), but i sorted it out and finally got gzdoom working on linux.

[Angelofthefallen]

Hi there, I'm running the latest version of Ubuntu. For some reason when I launch ZDoom through WINE, no matter the wad I'm given a rendering problem. It doesn't show up in the launcher as an error but when the game itself loads, my screen gets 'tracers' like out of a hallucinogenic experience. Which wouldn't be so bad if they didn't throw off the game entirely. My weapons have noclip going with the bobbing animation.

Specs:
Intel Pentium P6000 1.87 ghz
4gb ddr3 ram
Integrated Graphics Card I believe, I tried reviewing my specs using the terminal but I can't tell.

[Marisa the Magician]

why aren't you using a native version?

[Angelofthefallen]

I'm new to linux, still trying to figure out package repositories and all that. I figured downloading the Windows version was my best bet. Guess I was wrong.


EDIT:

After using the Zdoom Wiki (I tried previously), I tried yet again to install with the terminal to no avail. Says it can't find the packages. So, I'm thinking how do I format this properly so it can find these packages? where would I be getting these packages from?

[wildweasel]

Which packages is it having difficulty finding? You say you're using Ubuntu; you should be able to install most of the required packages from APT (whether using apt-get, aptitude, Synaptic, or the Ubuntu Software Manager). Just don't do this with FMOD, since ZDoom requires a very specific version of FMOD to compile correctly.

[Blzut3]

Of course if it's Ubuntu then one doesn't need to compile anything.

[Angelofthefallen]

So, how am I supposed to install ZDoom if I don't need a compiler? That guide doesn't tell me how to install it and get it to run natively.

[Blzut3]

Run the two commands given there to add the repository to your system. Then use your favorite package manager to install ZDoom. From the command line that would be "sudo apt-get install zdoom"

Then place your iwads in ~/.config/zdoom, /usr/local/share, or edit your ~/.config/zdoom/zdoom.ini to point to where they are.