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I am trying to install a Counter-Strike: Source server on my Ubuntu box.
I am using the HLDS tool in the guide here.

I have downloaded hldsupdatetool.bin to my home directory (/home/chris/cssserver/hldsupdatetool.bin) and run the commands it's told me to, but the file never seems to run. Here's my terminal:

chris@ks395362:~/cssserver$ wget http://storefront.steampowered.com/download/hldsupdatetool.bin
--2012-07-15 21:29:56--  http://storefront.steampowered.com/download/hldsupdatetool.bin
Resolving storefront.steampowered.com... 87.248.210.253, 87.248.210.254
Connecting to storefront.steampowered.com|87.248.210.253|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 3513408 (3.4M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: `hldsupdatetool.bin'

100%[======================================>] 3,513,408   10.4M/s   in 0.3s

2012-07-15 21:29:57 (10.4 MB/s) - `hldsupdatetool.bin' saved [3513408/3513408]

chris@ks395362:~/cssserver$ sudo chmod +x hldsupdatetool.bin
chris@ks395362:~/cssserver$ sudo ./hldsupdatetool.bin
chris@ks395362:~/cssserver$ ls
hldsupdatetool.bin
chris@ks395362:~/cssserver$ file hldsupdatetool.bin
hldsupdatetool.bin: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped

The binary is meant to extract steam into that directory when it's run, but it doesn't do anything. If I just run ./hldsupdatetool.bin without sudo I get this error:

-sh: ./hldsupdatetool.bin: No such file or directory

What gives?

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First, you should not run this tool with sudo.

Second, it's most likely that you are on a 64-bit system, but this is a 32-bit binary. Try installing the 32-bit compatibility libraries:

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

After that, try again with:

./hldsupdatetool.bin

If it still refuses to start, run this command and paste the output in your original question:

ldd ./hldsupdatetool.bin
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  • Thanks, that's the reason. However, when I try to install ia32-libs it fails because it needs a dependancy called lib32v4l-0 (>= 0.5.0), then I try to install that I get a dependency error saying: Depends: libv4l-0 (= 0.8.0-1) but 0.8.5-3ubuntu2 is to be installed
    – Mark Twaign
    Jul 15, 2012 at 20:08
  • That's a separate question. :) But to answer it, you should do sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get upgrade first.
    – Michael Hampton
    Jul 15, 2012 at 20:09
  • That didn't fix it, but as you said that's a whole other question. Thanks for answering this one :)
    – Mark Twaign
    Jul 15, 2012 at 20:26
  • @MarkTwaign Time to upgrade to 12.04 perhaps? :)
    – Michael Hampton
    Jul 15, 2012 at 20:26
  • My server host offers it but says it's in beta, would it not be better to run a stable version?
    – Mark Twaign
    Jul 15, 2012 at 20:34
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The package ia32-libs has been expanded to include a lot more stuff than is needed as of 12.04. Installing only lib32objc3 seems to work though. Tested on fresh install of 12.04.

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