This game does run into a bit of dependency hell on Linux. Even after I got it through the dependencies and got it to open a window, it just locked up, and I noticed that it was complaining about Steam, which doesn't make much sense. Maybe the Linux port is fragile or poorly designed in some ways. I am running Ubuntu 18.04; usually these things are optimized for Ubuntu and similar distributions, so it is a bit surprising that it refuses to work.

I found an easier solution.

I downloaded the Windows version and ran it with wine 5.4, with no tinkering or unusual configurations. I played through the introduction and a bit into Chapter 1. So far, it works flawlessly. If others are having difficulties with the Linux version, this might be easier than messing around with dependencies and other problems. For those who don't like to deal with wine manually, Playonlinux is easy enough to use, and it walks you through the process. I installed it manually, but I see no reason why Playonlinux wouldn't work since this was a straightforward installation. (Note that an old entry in winehq indicated that this game requires DirectX libraries (i.e. use winetricks to install d3dx9), but this was with a very old version of wine, and it no longer seems necessary.)

Most of the Linux games here work without difficulties, but occasionally something like this pops up. This is the worst I have run into so far. Since the Windows version is running perfectly so far, I won't waste my time messing around with the Linux version any longer.