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hi im trying to play soldier of fortune, yes i know its an old game but i like it and so do my grandsons so i want it back. anyway im running mx19 32bit as i couldnt figure how to run it on my 64bit system. i tried sh setup.sh as it says in the sof manual but get the following errors.

$ cd sof
john@mx:~/Desktop/sof
$ sh setup.sh
setup.sh: 9: setup.sh: function: not found
x86
john@mx:~/Desktop/sof
$ setup.sh
bash: setup.sh: command not found
john@mx:~/Desktop/sof
$ sudo sh setup.sh

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[sudo] password for john:
setup.sh: 9: setup.sh: function: not found
x86
..

any help appreciated

can you try key being ./

Also make sure the file is executable, Right-Click it ? Properties > Permissions > Allow this file to run as a program

john@mx:~
$ ./script-name.sh
bash: ./script-name.sh: No such file or directory
john@mx:~
$ ./script-sof.sh
bash: ./script-sof.sh: No such file or directory
john@mx:~


wasnt sure if you meant name or name of game etc.

all permissions granted

Just try bash
Meanwhile, with script-name.sh @SwampRabbit meant that setup.sh :
Don't forget that you need to be in that directory, like you did before:

john@mx:~/Desktop/sof

Otherwise it won't be able to find it normally "No such file or directory" ... (Or you need to type the full path ...)

First
(or sudo su )

then bash setup.sh

(Again, when you're within that folder in terminal: ~/Desktop/sof )

i forgot bout the su command, sorry bout that.
says unable to find bin/x86/sof but it is in the sof folder.
but its installed the base install

No, nothing to be sorry, we first tried as normal user, then after it refused to do it (for permissions) we tried as root (you didn't forget or skip that ) :)

yea i forgot permissions il admit. ive only spent 2 weeks on this game for kiddies.
i just couldnt get my head around it

If it's exactly : "unable to find bin/x86/sof " then it's true, cause it needs to be /bin/sof (it really can't find "bin" within that directory or anywhere else) (if there's not a specific folder in sof, like this: ~/Desktop/sof/bin/x86/sof )

So, just open the script with text editor, search (generally Ctrl + F ) for bin/sof then correct them putting a / in front, save, close (maybe re-install)

If the main issue is solved, you can mark the thread like this:

Ah ok mate. Il look at that when i get home.
Thanks

Actually, after posting, I realized that directly editing that as /bin/ is a stupid idea (of mine) cause this time it really won't be able to find it as there's no such thing there :) .. So , maybe (according to the output) we just give the full path like /home/john/Desktop/sof/bin/blahblah to make it sure ...

You can do one of these: Right click on .sh and "archive", to say anyname.7z then Attachments : "add files" below (if < 300 KiB )

Or directly copy-paste the contents in your post and put in code tags (highlight all and click </> )


Also, if you can do this, then we'll know/guess what bin folder it's talking about / looking for :

Right click on sof folder "open terminal here" , then ls -R

Again, in code tags :)

Update for other readers: According to the output of ls -R (and the .sh file) @frenzy67 sent via PM , I told him this:


... So, it seems the message is true: "unable to find bin/x86/sof"

./BIN/X86:
GLIBC-2.1

./BIN/X86/GLIBC-2.1:
SOF

There's just GLIBC-2.1 (directory) in bin/x86/ and sof is under that.

So, simply copy-paste the sof from BIN/X86/GLIBC-2.1 to one level up, into /BIN/X86/

and re-try installation
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He replied it's ok now and hopefully will mark the thread as solved :)

Thanks Huckleberry Finn. Yor info via pm sorted this problem out.

So glad you could get this sorted and can play this with your grandson!

I was searching a bit on this game (barely due to lack of time), it looks like GOG has it and Lutris has runner for it and the CDROM version too. Something to think about if you ever need to mess with it again.
https://lutris.net/games/soldier-of-fortune/

sweet got it bookmarked incase