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Now that I've completed the journey of using the DreamSeeker on Linux, I'm going to write a bit of a manual for others, that way they won't have a hell of a day trying to figure this out themselves.

Note: This is to get the DreamSeeker working, I haven't touched DreamMaker or Daemon yet.

Step 1. Obviously you need to download the Unix version of BYOND, and put it somewhere. (I threw it on the desktop)

Step 2. You need to be able to make the install file, the 'make' doesn't come with the Ubuntu I installed, so I had to retrieve it. First of all, open up a terminal(No where does it tell you that you have to have a terminal, so I'm telling you now, it's located under the accessories in applications if you're using the desktop version). Once inside the terminal type 'sudo apt-get install make'. This should give you what you need.

Step 3. Install it. This part is slightly vague to me, but you'd best go into the byond folder by using the change directory command: 'cd /home/paul/Desktop/byond' was what I typed, you might have to change certain areas, seeing how it's probably a good change you aren't paul. Once you are there, you have to make the install file. 'sudo make' or 'sudo make here', I'm not 100% sure what one it is, but one of them will make you the install file.

Step 4. Actually installing it. If you have the desktop version, you can simply just go into the byond/bin and double click the byondsetup file, and just run it in the terminal(that's what I did), if not, I think you can just go into the folder(if you're doing this all at once, you should already be in the byond folder, so just type './bin' and it will bring you in there.) Once inside the folder, I think './byondsetup' or 'sudo ./byondsetup' will work.

Step 5. This is the fun part, this is the part that I got stuck at(aside from make). Here is the part where you get all excited and go to run the DreamSeeker, only to be told "No". The first problem I ran into was that it was telling me I was missing the libbyond.so file. Which if you look in the byond bin folder, it's clearly there. However, it doesn't want to look there, that would be too easy. If you're still in the bin folder, that's great, half the work here is already done. If not though, just cd your way back in there and tell it to move the file. All you need to type is 'sudo cp libbyond.so /lib' and it will move the file for you. This one was the easy one.

Step 6. Now you get to try and play again! Yay! Don't get too excited, you're only going to get shot down again as if you were the pretty fat girl. Now it's telling you it's missing another file called "libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3". This one you won't find in the byond folder, nor on your computer altogether. You have to search for this one, well.. I did for a while till MikeH was nice enough to point it out for me. Simply go to "http://www.byond.com/download/gcc/libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3" and download the file, and stick it somewhere(If you can stick it in the lib folder, that would be awesome, except you can't cause Linux is mean like that). What I did was just throw it on the desktop, then using the lovely terminal(make sure you're on the desktop directory(cd)), I simply typed 'sudo cp libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 /lib'.

Step 7. You're done! This was all I had to do to get my DreamSeeker working, it's a lot of work, and it can give you a headache.

I'd like to thank MikeH, A.T.H.K, Airjoe, Daniel.Beta, Dark_Shadow_Ninja, and anyone else that has helped me with this. Much appreciated.

Also: I might edit this later to make it much easier for people to understand, I was just trying to get it all here before I forgot. Hopefully others won't have as much trouble getting through this as I did.
Isn't there a program you can download for Ubutnu that will simulate windows so you can easily install and run dreamseeker or other windows oriented applications?
There is WINE, but BYOND does not function under it unless a lot of tweaking is done. It really isn't a solution right now.
ive done everything fine but im stuck on step 4 plz help im dumb so explain specifically ty
Drksolo12, you have to open a terminal and depending on where you put the BYOND folder

cd byond

make install - if you have root access

make here - if no root.

If you leave your msn address i would glady help you.
A.T.H.K wrote:
Drksolo12, you have to open a terminal and depending on where you put the BYOND folder

cd byond

make install - if you have root access

make here - if no root.

If you leave your msn address i would glady help you.
[email protected] or [email protected]
im stuck on step 4 it wont run in the terminal
Chumble93 wrote:
im stuck on step 4 it wont run in the terminal

http://www.byond.com/members/ Mikau?command=view_post&post=103404