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Native version of Unreal Tournament 2004 (feddit.org)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by ackthxbye@feddit.org to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml

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I recently switched to Nobara and I'm currently trying to get everything to work. I'll be a bit spammy here looking for help, I hope that's ok.

Today I would like to install my retail version of Unreal Tournament 2004 that came on a DVD. I got the installer for the native Linux version to run and copied over the latest patch. But when I try to run the game i get ./ut2004-bin-linux-amd64: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I tried to install libstdc++ through dnf and got

Package "libstdc++-15.1.1-2.fc42.x86_64" is already installed.
Package "libstdc++-15.1.1-2.fc42.i686" is already installed.

In /root/lib I habe a libstdc++.so.6

Does ".so.5" mean I need version 5. How do I get the version Unreal Tournament 2004 wants?

Or would it be easier to use the Windows version through Wine?

edit: managed to get the native version to run: https://feddit.org/post/15075302/7666396

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[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Every time I'm getting close to abandoning Windows on my gaming rig I stumble in here and change my mind. I do run Linux on some other machines though.

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Honestly this is not a good reason.

Basically the only sticking point IMO would be whether the specific games you enjoy tend to have problems (often due to draconian DRM or anti cheat systems)

[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 0 points 10 months ago

I have those reasons. Multiple games, and several other work-related software requirements. I literally have the physical media for UT2004 sitting on my desk because I recently reinstalled it. Like I said, I'm still running Linux on multiple machines but I'm not yet comfortable cutting the cord.

My job is only 10% IT but I'm going to be having to deal with this more soon. I have at least a dozen PCs I'm going to have to make decisions about before Win10 EOL. Maybe I'll be more confident soon.

[–] ackthxbye@feddit.org 0 points 10 months ago

To be honest I'm having way less problems than I was expecting. I would never want to switch back.