Linux Docking Station Instructions

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Contents 1 Instructions 1.1 Linux Game Publishing Instructions 2 Problems 2.1 trap: 119: SIGINT: bad trap 2.2 dirname: missing operand 3 Download Mirrors 4 Related Links

[edit] Instructions

Official instructions from the Gameware article:

1. Download the package from a mirror
2. Extract the package: tar xvfj dockingstation_195_64.tar.bz2
3. Go into the folder: cd dockingstation_195_64
4. Run ./dstation-install
5. Then run dockingstation nocheck to play the game

[edit] Linux Game Publishing Instructions

The file at Linux Game Publishing is a .run file instead of a .tar.bz2 file. So, instead of the instructions above:

1. Download the package
2. Run linuxgamepublishing_dockingstation.run
3. Then run dockingstation nocheck to play the game

[edit] Problems

[edit] trap: 119: SIGINT: bad trap

When running ./ds_install, you may get the error trap: 119: SIGINT: bad trap. This can mean that either a) you're not root or b) the script couldn't relaunch itself. If you're not root, run sudo ./dstation-install or get the administrator to do it. If the script needed to relaunch, just run it again.

If you're running Ubuntu you have to open a root terminal e.g. "gksudo gnome-terminal" as "sudo su" won't work. You also need to install the package "libgtk1.2".

[edit] dirname: missing operand

When running dockingstation, you may get the error dirname: missing operand. To fix this, run:

 export DS_BIN="`whereis dockingstation | awk '{print $2}'`"
 sed -i s/11/10/ "`ls -l $DS_BIN | awk '{print $10}'`"

Then run dockingstation as usual.

[edit] Download Mirrors

• Linux Game Publishing: click on the demo link near the bottom
• Treesprite's Creatures Grove: Go to Updates, then Docking Station, then scroll down
• AmberCreatures: In Docking Station Downloads

[edit] Related Links

• http://www.gamewaredevelopment.co.uk/downloads_more.php?id=448_0_8_0_M
• Linux Category

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