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Hi, I was trying to install Fallout New Vegas and readme file sent me here to install common dependencies meta-package, I download .deb file and tried running it via just double click via software center without luck so I tried via terminal and here is what I got [url=https://pastebin(dot)com/DBHH7L67]https://pastebin(dot)com/DBHH7L67[/url]
I am running Ubuntu 18.04 on i5 2520 without discrete gpu, I was able to play New vegas pretty fine on windows.
I wasn't able to put link and it get this abomination just replace dot with .
Post edited June 14, 2019 by Black7Cloud
The last time I tried Ubuntu I found that it associates .deb packages with the software center by default, but the software center can't actually install them. dpkg can't download missing packages so that won't work either.

Try the following:

From the terminal run "sudo apt install gdebi"

After gdebi been installed you should then be able to right-click on the .deb package in the file manager and open it with gdebi, which can install loose .deb packages (and download any missing dependencies as required). Or you can run it from the terminal with "gdebi-gtk <package.deb>"
Post edited June 14, 2019 by adamhm
Well, no luck it opens gdebi ui but it throws an error "dependency is not satisfiable ia32-libs"
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Black7Cloud: Well, no luck it opens gdebi ui but it throws an error "dependency is not satisfiable ia32-libs"
Another nuisance about Ubuntu I forgot - you need to enable multiarch support yourself (this isn't an issue with Mint, which has it enabled by default). Run the following commands to enable it:

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt-get update
Still the same, it throws me an error same as before after this and reboot, dpkg and gdebi all the same, any more suggestions?
What happens if you do: sudo apt install ia32-libs

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Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package ia32-libs is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
However the following packages replace it:
lib32ncurses5 lib32z1

E: Package 'ia32-libs' has no installation candidate
Ok, it looks like Ubuntu removed it from their repositories at some point. However Linux Mint still provides it; if you want to download their version and try that it can be downloaded here: http://packages.linuxmint.com/pool/main/i/ia32-libs/ia32-libs_2018.06.06_amd64.deb (do not install it if it asks to remove anything though).
Oh well, no New Vegas on Ubuntu for me it seems. I thought it would be plug and play process, and this takes me out of my comfort zone when it comes to poking around, thanks for the effort tho.
Ubuntu isn't the best distro for new users IMO due to things like this. There's a lot about it that I find annoying/gets in the way - Mint is a lot nicer.
Ok, I'm getting somewhere.
I had found package that replaces this troublesome one so I installed it
sudo apt-get install lib32z1
then I installed like in guide an I also had to install 32 bit version of FreeType fonts
sudo apt-get install libfreetype6:i386

Good I get start screen of new vegas and options are working, I set to medium and hit play and now I get this dialog saying:
Error
No sound device detected. Fallout: New Vegas cannot run.

Any suggestions how to resolve this situation?


Edit: I installed missing libraries and it runs
apt-get install libasound2:i386 libasound2-plugins:i386

However I can't change setting it seems it always run at fairly high settings and no matter what I do in options (pre game menu) it stays like that and it's a bit choppy so I'd like to turn it down a bit.
Post edited June 19, 2019 by Black7Cloud
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Black7Cloud: sudo apt-get install lib32z1
That isn't a replacement for the ia32-libs package. ia32-libs is a "meta-package" (it just consists of a list of other packages it "depends" on so that installing it will install those too). The description for lib32z1 is:
zlib is a library implementing the deflate compression method found
in gzip and PKZIP. This package includes a 32 bit version of the
shared library.
You're likely still missing a bunch of other packages - I'd still suggest seeing if Mint's ia32-libs package works. Otherwise you could try installing Wine from WineHQ's repositories, as that should get all the dependencies Wine needs. Instructions for doing that can be found here: https://wiki.winehq.org/Ubuntu

BTW Ubuntu is planning to drop 32-bit support so that might explain why they've removed ia32-libs, and as of Ubuntu 19.10 and later 32-bit libraries will no longer be available meaning that 32-bit software (including anything you want to run through Wine) will stop working with it.
I googled and this appeared with some mention of meta package so I figured that's it especially when installation and launch went without issues I thought if I miss those packages I won't be able to install/run game.
I will try to install wine to see if it helps.

Is there a list of packages in ia32-libs so I try to install packages manually.

Yes I know they are dropping 32bit support (however I'm on 18.04 which should be fine) but that might create issues with steam too, I think they have some solution for it but again Ubuntu never played well with games compared to some other distros.
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CymTyr: Thank you, Adamhm! I was severely overthinking the Mint install and now have a dual boot system.

The only issue is I didn't get grub to install correctly, so it doesn't give me a dual boot option automatically. When I want to boot into win 10, I have to hit F12 during boot. No biggie, I can deal with it to finally have an actual Linux install.

Your guide really helped me see what I was doing wrong. Thanks.
Sorry for replying to a older post but it may help someone with the same problem.
I used "Grub customizer" to change the boot order and the time system waits for the input back when I dual boot.

I prefer to use GUI applications since I'm a heavy mouse user and hardly use keyboard.

Also, for updating the kernel I usually use "UKUU". It makes it very easy with a couple of clicks. Although, there is no easy way to completelly remove auto-search updates...
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Black7Cloud: Is there a list of packages in ia32-libs so I try to install packages manually.
You can open .deb packages as archives; inside control.tar.xz you will find a file named "control" which contains information about the package, including the list of its dependencies (these are listed under the "Depends:" field).

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Black7Cloud: Yes I know they are dropping 32bit support (however I'm on 18.04 which should be fine) but that might create issues with steam too, I think they have some solution for it but again Ubuntu never played well with games compared to some other distros.
It's going to be awkward to work around and will complicate things, especially for newer/less experienced users... I'm already looking into some alternatives in case Mint decides to follow Ubuntu down this path with Mint 20.