I have been having problems installing ScummVM 1.3.0 as it uses a number of additional and newer .so library's not found in a standard OS4.1 install.

found at http://www.os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=game/adventure/scummvm.lha

Rather than just complaining about the problem on os4depot I thought I would start this thread so any one else having problems can discus it as well.

I am informed that ScummVM uses the following dynamically linked libs:

libvorbisfile.so
libvorbis.so
libogg.so
libFLAC.so
libpng14.so.14
libtheoradec.so
libz.so
libSDL-1.2.so
libstdc++.so
libgcc.so
libc.so

It would be nice if the next scummvm OS4 release could include an OS4.readme listing the required library's and including download links if possible.

The second part of my install problem is some of the required libs need don't come with user installers in the packages and require the user to know how to create or edit soft links to update there install and I cant find anyway of doing this from workbench or dopus4

So can I ask the developers of these libs for the Amiga to include Amiga installer scripts so normal end users can install their libraries in future.


Finally I would like to say thanks to all the developers that have put all the hard work allowing us to run software such as scummvm under OS4 in the first place

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@Dwyloc

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It would be nice if the next scummvm OS4 release could include an OS4.readme listing the required library's and including download links if possible.

I already give you readme with listing of requered libraryes:

amigashell:> readelf -d binary

And you will see list of sobjes which you need.

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The second part of my install problem is some of the required libs need don't come with user installers in the packages and require the user to know how to create or edit soft links to update there install and I cant find anyway of doing this from workbench or dopus4

As i say on os4depot, every .so just placed in the system:SOBJS directory, the same as with plain librarys which are in LIBS:

There is no need installation scripts, you just unpack archive with library, and copy them to SOBJS:

Through, will be good if developers will build dinamic and static versions of bins. I am usually build only static ones, to avoid problems with sobjes.

PS. I also checked your answer on os4depot, and dunno why you bother with soft links at all. You not need to worry about , just copy necessary .so files to system:Sobjs.

Last edited by kas1e on 02-Jun-2011 at 12:02 PM.

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@kas1e

My existing install of libpng was already installed using soft links so I could not just coping the new libpng files over to the SOBJS: assign.

Also the version of libpng on os4depot does not contain a file called libpng14.so.14 as far as I can see do I have the right version?

http://www.os4depot.net/index.php?function=showfile&file=development/library/graphics/libpng.lha

That is were my problems started but I got scummvm passed that problem just before bed time last night, so hopefully all I need to do is download the other libs and copy them into place tonight to get scummvm working.

edit: fixed typo

Last edited by Dwyloc on 02-Jun-2011 at 03:09 PM.

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@Dwyloc

I merely copied libpng15.so.15 and ScummVM started, but I don't know if that breaks something nor when does ScummVM use functions from that library.

@kas1e

readelf isn't installed by OS 4.1 installer, it is part of the SDK.

Last edited by Thematic on 02-Jun-2011 at 02:49 PM.

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@Thematic

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Thematic wrote: @Dwyloc I merely copied libpng15.so.15 and ScummVM started, but I don't know if that breaks something nor when does ScummVM use functions from that library.

I think that's what I ended up doing as well my next problem is that the search box on os4depot cant find a libtheoradec.so library archive so I am now stuck at that stage.

This feels like the evil days of rpm dependencies hell and why I hated Linux back in the early redhat days.

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@Dwyloc

You'll find 'libtheora' has libtheoradec.so apart from two other libs.

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@Thematic
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Thematic wrote: @Dwyloc You'll find 'libtheora' has libtheoradec.so apart from two other libs.

Thanks that got me back up and running with the latest version of ScummVM.

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Reviving this old thread.

I really hope that someone in charge, takes a SERIOUS look how *badly* reflects this mess of chasing third party depend. over the internet, from end user's pov.

I am currently looking for libflac.so, found an archive libflac.lha on os4depot but no .so inside it. Made a brief search over google as well. Now, even if I find the damn .so after 1 hour or someone links it (because I HAD to post this tiny problem on a... forum), I am terrified just by the thought of having to perform the same procedure for more sobjs.

And all these just for running an app that wherever else I checked it (from cheap mobile devices to pcs), is running with a single double click.

I am not judging the author. He did his job, port the software for us to enjoy, but the whole system of forcing users running cyrcles to find a lib or so looks amateurish and extremely 90s.

At least for me, ScummVm, in its current installation procedure, is a no go on OS4. Better play it under Windows. Same occurs for any OS4 programm/port that is forcing the user to spent time just to able to run it rather enjoying it and can be found on any other platform.

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The 68k versions of ScummVM 1.3.1 are a nice simple install, no libs required :)

Full Throttle running on an 030 yesterday

;)