Setting Up a BYOND Server on Slicehost.com

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Jun 6 2008, 11:02 am
Has anybody done this? I have a package purchased but have no idea on where to start....
Jun 6 2008, 11:40 am
Putty can be used to issue command line... commands <.< to a remote linux server
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

and although you could just use putty to transfer/manage files its a heck of alot easier with winscp
http://winscp.net/eng/index.php
Jun 6 2008, 11:54 am
In response to Falacy
Thank you for the links.

Putty seems to do okay for most things. Will try the Winscp link a bit later. Right now I am having problems logging into the ssh root. It keeps rejecting the default password!
Jun 6 2008, 12:00 pm
In response to Jmurph
If you can't get the password to work, you can always delete the slice and make a new one.
Jun 6 2008, 7:07 pm
I made a user dir and a byond dir with the unzipped BYOND unix files. However, when I try to make it from my command line (using Putty), it says "-bash: make: command not found".

What am I doing wrong?
Jun 6 2008, 7:17 pm
In response to Jmurph
Slicehost slices are pretty bare, so you probably need to install make. Do (as root, probably):
apt-get install make
Jun 6 2008, 11:21 pm
In response to Cinnom
I set up BYOND on the Tibbius slice.
apt-get install make
apt-get install gcc
unzip byond_linux.zip
cd byond
make install


That should about do it, at the end run 'DreamDaemon -version' to verify your installation. If you want things like DMCGI and the sort you're gonna have to install and configure Apache.
Jun 7 2008, 6:36 am
In response to Nadrew
Okay, when I try to run DD I receive:

-bash: /home/jmurph/byond/bin/DreamDaemon: Permission denied
Jun 7 2008, 9:57 am
In response to Jmurph
chmod +x ~/byond/bin/Dream*

-- Data
Jun 7 2008, 10:27 am
In response to Android Data
Wow, now it is saying:
-bash: /home/jmurph/byond/bin/DreamDaemon: No such file or directory

But when I dir, it shows DreamDaemon right there!

WTF?
Jun 7 2008, 10:30 am
In response to Jmurph
I only have limited experience, but I think you need to set the source of your BYOND files. Something such as:

source /home/byond/bin/byondsetup
Jun 7 2008, 10:42 am
In response to Volte
I have already done that and also added that line to my bash setup script. Strangely, it still doesn't seem to think DD is there.
Jun 7 2008, 10:51 am
In response to Jmurph
apt-get install ia32-libs

The slicehost servers are 64-bit, so you need ia32-libs to execute 32-bit programs.
Jun 7 2008, 11:02 am
In response to Cinnom
Yep, that was it. Thank you!
Jun 7 2008, 11:06 am
In response to Cinnom
Then after this, I got the
'DreamDaemon: error while loading shared libraries: libext.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory'

error.

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/jmurph/byond/bin

fixed that. (Obviously changed for your use.)

Ironically enough, I just set up an account with Slicehost today, and ran into the exact same problems :)
Jun 7 2008, 11:20 am
In response to Flick
Heh. I guess now that DigitalBYOND is gone, Slicehost will be getting some BYOND business.

DD seems to be trying to load fine now, but I have yet another issue. Bad world error. I have compiled the world in the WIN build 420.986, so does that make it incompatible with the Unix DD 419.985? Is there any way around this?
Jun 7 2008, 11:35 am
In response to Jmurph
Jmurph wrote:
Heh. I guess now that DigitalBYOND is gone, Slicehost will be getting some BYOND business.

There's another alternative popping up soon in the near-future, mainly for the people who just want the hosting and not have to mess around with Linux just to get there.

-- Data
Jun 7 2008, 12:54 pm
In response to Jmurph
420 games should work in linux 419. Try running some other games. If that doesn't work, there's something wrong with your installation.

Edit: Also check the permissions on the world.dmb to make sure the current user is allowed access to it.
Jun 7 2008, 1:59 pm
In response to Cinnom
Okay, other dmbs are giving the same error. So remove BYOND an re-install?
Jun 7 2008, 3:21 pm
In response to Android Data
Android Data wrote:
Jmurph wrote:
Heh. I guess now that DigitalBYOND is gone, Slicehost will be getting some BYOND business.

There's another alternative popping up soon in the near-future, mainly for the people who just want the hosting and not have to mess around with Linux just to get there.

-- Data

Yeah I know, Nadrew, Mobius and I have been discussing buying another 1GB slice, and allowing people to host games off that. Nadrew was working on a custom control panel in which people can fully control their game without access to the command line while I was working on gathering the necessary funds on purchasing that extra slice for a year.

It might still come to pass, but not until after my vacation.
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