Please, help installing linux dedicated server

[Ciberputa 0]

Hi

When I try to execute the OFP Linux dedicated server I got this:

[root@d4 ofp]# ./server-1.91c.shar

Operation Flashpoint Resistance dedicated server 1.91c

x - creating lock directory

x - extracting server (binary)

./server-1.91c.shar: line 60: uudecode: command not found

restore of server failed

./server-1.91c.shar: line 1: server: No existe el fichero o el directorio

./server-1.91c.shar: line 150310: test: : integer expression expected

server: original size 6760568, current size !

x - extracting tolower.c (binary)

./server-1.91c.shar: line 150315: uudecode: command not found

restore of tolower.c failed

./server-1.91c.shar: line 1: tolower.c: No existe el fichero o el directorio

./server-1.91c.shar: line 150398: test: : integer expression expected

tolower.c: original size 3040, current size !

Converting OFP directory:

gcc: tolower.c: No existe el fichero o el directorio

gcc: no hay ficheros de entrada

./server-1.91c.shar: line 150405: ./tolower: No existe el fichero o el directorio

I don't know what do I have to do and I can't find any readme or help on how to do it. Could you helop me?.

Thx

[Heatseeker 0]

I cant help you sry, but i do like your knickname, im sure most will not understand my post ...

[GhostX 0]

1. be sure to install as root

2. run: sh server-1.91c.shar

3. possible problem - u have to transfer files to linux binary

otherwise files are not "the same copy"

4. be sure to copy fresh installation of OFP - no addons

(you can add them later)

what is your distribution?

[benu 1]

1) be sure NOT to install as root, this is unnecessary and potentially dangerous

2) as the error msg says: you do not have uudecode which is required for the installation (well, it's not really required if someone sends you the server file and the tolower file ;)) Search for uudecode/uuencode in your distribution and install the software. Or even better: READ THE README OF THE OFP SERVER, it's all written there...

3) if you tell me which distribution and version you have i can give you more detailed help

[Ciberputa 0]

I use Red hat 8.

I cant find the readme file, when I download the tar I only find a SH file with no readme. Where Could I find that uuecode?

[benu 1]

In redhat 8.0 uudecode is part of the sharutils rpm, install it with

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rpm -ivh sharutils-4.2.1-12.i386.rpm

You can get it here.

I just d/l the 1.91c dedi again... there really is no readme included

What a shame, in earlier versions there was one... i include the readme from the v1.90 linux dedi for you:

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================================================================

Copyrigt (c) 2002 Bohemia Interactive Studio and Codemasters. All rights reserved.

Installation instructions:

==========================

1. Following programs must have been installed on your Linux-box:

uudecode, gunzip, gcc. Optional: md5sum (for setup integrity check)

2. Copy the whole "OperationFlashpoint" directory from Windows

to some Linux-directory (OFP). DON'T DO ANY DATA CONVERSIONS

(even "dos2unix" translation of text files is not necessary).

Example: you can use PKZIP (WinZip, PowerArchiver, etc.) on

Windows and "unzip" on Linux.

Don't use upper case letters in the OFP directory name

(/home/bob/ofp will be good, /home/bob/OperationFlashpoint

may cause some troubles).

OFP directory should contain subdirectories "Addons", "Bin",

"Campaigns", etc.

3. Copy the "server-x.xx.shar.gz" (x.xx is version number) file into

the OFP directory. Unpack and install it with commands:

ofp$ gunzip server-x.xx.shar.gz

ofp$ sh server-x.xx.shar

Watch the messages - they will inform you whether your installation

is successful.

4. Dedicated server can be started in foreground:

ofp$ ./server

Or in background:

ofp$ nohup ./server > out.txt 2> err.txt &

[1] <pid>

5. Running server can be stopped by pressing CTRL+C (foreground)

or by executing:

$ kill -s SIGINT <pid>

Where <pid> is process-id of mother server thread (printed out in

"nohup" command).

[Ciberputa 0]

thx.

So, I need to copy the full game into Linux to use dedicated server?. What a mesh, I have not so many free space into the server.

[benu 1]

Actually, you do NOT need the WHOLE game, some pbos just contain for example textures, which the server does not need. Kegetys made a list of the needed files and even wrote a script for windows which just packs all the files you need for a dedicated server into a zip archive or something similar. The size of the needed files is about 300mb unpacked after that...

[Ciberputa 0]

¿kegetys?

[benu 1]

Look at this Thread, there has been a lot of discussion about the linux server. Especially the archive script, the Replacement for the data.pbo file and the file list Kegetys made:

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flashpoint.cfg

server

tolower

server.cfg

res\bin\resource.bin

res\bin\ijl15.dll

res\bin\config.bin

res\bin\stringtable.csv

res\addons\abox.pbo

res\addons\apac.pbo

res\addons\bmp2.pbo

res\addons\brmd.pbo

res\addons\flags.pbo

res\addons\g36a.pbo

res\addons\ch47.pbo

res\addons\hunter.pbo

res\addons\kolo.pbo

res\addons\humr.pbo

res\addons\laserguided.pbo

res\addons\kozl.pbo

res\addons\m2a2.pbo

res\addons\mini.pbo

res\addons\mm-1.pbo

res\addons\noe.pbo

res\addons\o.pbo

res\addons\o_wp.pbo

res\addons\oh58.pbo

res\addons\xms.pbo

res\addons\su25.pbo

res\addons\trab.pbo

res\addons\vulcan.pbo

res\addons\6g30.pbo

res\addons\bizon.pbo

res\addons\steyr.pbo

res\dta\data3d.pbo

res\dta\misc.pbo

res\dta\anim.pbo

res\dta\anims.pbo

worlds\abel.wrp

worlds\cain.wrp

worlds\eden.wrp

worlds\intro.wrp

users\player\userinfo.cfg