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Penumbra Collection - frontend error - Linux.Blue - 10-15-2010

Back a few versions (MandrivaLinux that is), this game has worked well. I don't know why now. I am not sure if it's 2010.1, the kernel I am using, the KDE version, or what, but this is what I get:

[jeremy@localhost Downloaded Files]$ sh PenumbraCollection-1.1.sh
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing Installer for The Penumbra Collection.............
Uncompressing sub archive............................................................................
Collecting info for this system...
Operating system: linux
CPU Arch: x86
lddlibc4: cannot read header from `bin/linux/x86/libc.so.6/gtk'
lddlibc4: cannot read header from `bin/linux/x86/libc.so.6/fltk'
lddlibc4: cannot read header from `bin/linux/x86/libc.so.6/ncurs'
Error: Couldn't find any suitable frontend for your system
[jeremy@localhost Downloaded Files]$

What is a frontend? something that is simply to find?
need more info?


RE: Penumbra Collection - frontend error - Urkle - 10-15-2010

the installer that is being used contains several frontends within it.. One using GTK 2, anther using FLTK and one more using ncurses. Those are the 3 files that i "cannot read header from" errors are against.

I'd suggest trying to do this
Code:
sh PenumbraCollection-1.1.sh --target ./temp --keep --noexec
cd temp
./startupinstaller.sh

and see if it runs ok then.


RE: Penumbra Collection - frontend error - Linux.Blue - 10-16-2010

[jeremy@localhost Downloaded Files]$ sh PenumbraCollection-1.1.sh --target ./temp --keep --noexec
Creating directory ./temp
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing Installer for The Penumbra Collection.............
[jeremy@localhost Downloaded Files]$ cd temp
[jeremy@localhost temp]$ ./startupinstaller.sh
Uncompressing sub archive...................................................
Collecting info for this system...
Operating system: linux
CPU Arch: x86
./startupinstaller.sh: line 157: /home/jeremy/Downloaded: No such file or directory
./startupinstaller.sh: line 157: /home/jeremy/Downloaded: No such file or directory
./startupinstaller.sh: line 157: /home/jeremy/Downloaded: No such file or directory
Error: Couldn't find any suitable frontend for your system
[jeremy@localhost temp]$

unless i did it wrong, something still didn't work.


RE: Penumbra Collection - frontend error - Urkle - 10-17-2010

move the installer to a folder without a space in it. I'm assuming that folder was "Downloaded Files"


RE: Penumbra Collection - frontend error - Linux.Blue - 10-17-2010

I am not 100% sure it worked all the way or not. It says software is being installed. the bar is as right as it can be. it says "status: saving serial number (3/3)"
but "next" is grayed out. been a good 3 minutes easy.


RE: Penumbra Collection - frontend error - Urkle - 10-17-2010

There is probably a dialog box somewhere that says "install done"
Some window managers (notably KDE) do some funky things with the placement of that prompt so it appears behind the install window.