UT2004 demo / Ubuntu?

[heyitsmemario]

Hi!

I have downloaded the UT2004 demo for Linux and try to get it run with Ubuntu. Problem is, I'm not really a computer person. A friend, who is now unavailable, installed Ubuntu for me. Normally I only use my PC for surfing.

What do I need to do to make the demo run? I installed the Nvidia Driver with the packet manager and downloaded the demo and now have a run file... What's next?

Thank you!

 

[Sir_Brizz]

open a terminal to the folder the file is in and type:

sh ./UT2004Demo.run (or whatever the filename is)

and hit enter. It should open an installation dialog.

 

[heyitsmemario]

"./ut2004-bin" should execute the program, right? I'm already in the System folder.

"ut2004-bin" is the name of the file.

 

[GreatEmerald]

Yeap, that's correct. You might have to give the Executable permission to it before running it, though. You can usually do that through the GUI, or through console as chmod +x.

 

[heyitsmemario]

Thanks everyone. Still not running, but I think I will get there sooner or later. I have to learn how everything works here in Ubuntu, I guess.

 

[GreatEmerald]

Does it log anything, or show the splash screen, or output anything to stdout?

 

[MrMaddog]

Try the solution in this thread:

http://forums.beyondunreal.com/showthread.php?t=190400

Ubuntu hates old Linux games...

 

[zynthetic]

iirc
ut2004
was the launch command. Installation should have created aliases so it shouldn't matter what dir you're in. Then again that was for the full version, the demo may/not be different.

 

[MrMaddog]

iirc
ut2004
was the launch command. Installation should have created aliases so it shouldn't matter what dir you're in. Then again that was for the full version, the demo may/not be different.

Yeah, in the bin directory inside your home there should be a ut2004 file. It should let you run the game from the terminal window without having to do 'cd' all the way to the ut2004 directory.

If you have to make a desktop launcher, you should point it to the ut2004 excutable file in the ut2004 directory. I don't think the installer does that for the newer GNOME/KDE menus so I had to do it manually.

 

[GreatEmerald]

Well, you could always ln -s /path/to/ut2004/System/ut2004 /usr/bin/ut2004 or something like that.