Nexuiz server

[potatoj316]

I am trying to create a dedicated server on ubuntu server 8.04.1. I installed the nexuiz-server package but I dont want to actually install nexuiz because that requires that I install a lot of graphical programs that I dont really want to install on my server. The directions that are included with the server package say to put some files in ~/.nexuiz but I dont have the ~/.nexuiz folder because I dont have nexuiz actually installed. Is it possible to install the dedicated server without the game? If so how?

[Psychcf]

yes, it is. Just run the server and it should make the ~/.nexuiz dir for you.

[potatoj316]

how do I run the server? I installed the debian packages, are you familiar with those? Do I still need to download anything from the website?

[parasti]

To list all files in an installed Debian package, use "dpkg -L package-name". You can probably use "dpkg -L nexuiz-server | egrep 'games|bin'" to find the name of the server binary. ("man binary-name" after that.) To see the documentation of a Debian package, check out the /usr/share/doc/package-name directory.

[potatoj316]

so this means there is no download from the nexuiz website needed?

[potatoj316]

Ok, I tried to run the nexuiz-server binary but I am getting some problems. It tells me that "couldnt exec quake.rc" It also cant exec default.cfg, config.cfg, and autoexec.cfg. it also tells me that it fails at trying to load a bunch of libraries. It did not create a ~/.nexuiz directory.

[KillaGrunt]

This should help you
http://www.forums.alientrap.local/viewtopic.php?p=122#122

[potatoj316]

yeah, I already read that. My questions were basically based on that. I don't know if I actually have to download those files or not because I already installed nexuiz-server (debian package) If I still do have to download those files where do I put them. I do not have a .nexuiz directory.(yes I realize its hidden) I can always create one but if that is all I have to do then why does it have to be in .nexuiz instead of wherever I want it to be.

I tried running nexuiz-server in the terminal but it keeps getting stuck in different places. Usually after a couldn't load texture. I read that these errors really aren't a problem but it is getting stuck nevertheless.

After the server is up and running how do I know? How do I play games on it? Does my server connect to the server that lists all the other servers?

[KillaGrunt]

Oh.

Wait do you have a mac?

[parasti]

Ok, I tried to run the nexuiz-server binary but I am getting some problems. It tells me that "couldnt exec quake.rc" It also cant exec default.cfg, config.cfg, and autoexec.cfg. it also tells me that it fails at trying to load a bunch of libraries. It did not create a ~/.nexuiz directory.

How did you install the package? Sounds like there are dependencies missing, which usually happens when installing a package manually. A manual install is probably not what you want. If that's the case, just uninstall the package and get it from an official Ubuntu repository instead through apt-get/aptitude.