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Hi,

Has anyone here been able to install Crossover Linux 8.x in Arch Linux?

Hi,

I'm pretty sure a few people have installed Crossover Linux 8.x in Arch Linux,
but I have no specifics/particulars in these regards. It should be okay in
Arch using the shell (.sh) installer but you'll need the ia32bit library packages
installed first for things to work.

Cheers!

Thanks, I do have lib32-libcups installed and working with other 32 bits applications. What I wonder is how the installer checks for libs to be able to put out the error message I am getting. This is what the error message looks like:

Odd - the installer should be checking /usr/lib/libcups.so.2. I take it that the library is indeed present on your system, in this location? If so, perhaps an uninstall/reinstall of Crossover may be in order.

Works fine in arch. I'm usuing it to write a review on cxgames for anandtech atm.

He could try creating a symbolic link:

#ln -s /wherever_your_libcups_is_located /usr/lib/libcups.so.2

I don't currently use Arch but I have used symbolic links to fix similar "missing library" issues.
Also, the installer will complain even if your library is in the right location but Arch has named it differently than what the installer expects.
For example, if the installer is looking for libcups.so.2 and Arch names it libcups.so.
You could still link it like so:

#ln -s /usr/lib/libcups.so /usr/lib/libcups.so2

Donald Cooley wrote:

He could try creating a symbolic link:

#ln -s /wherever_your_libcups_is_located /usr/lib/libcups.so.2

I don't currently use Arch but I have used symbolic links to fix
similar "missing library" issues.
Also, the installer will complain even if your library is in the
right location but Arch has named it differently than what the
installer expects.
For example, if the installer is looking for libcups.so.2 and Arch
names it libcups.so.
You could still link it like so:

#ln -s /usr/lib/libcups.so /usr/lib/libcups.so2

Thanks. I will play around with symlinks, but from what I can see all the links and file names are correct. How can I find out exactly what the installer is looking for and where it expects to find it? That would be very helpful.

Christopher Rice wrote:

Works fine in arch. I'm usuing it to write a review on cxgames for
anandtech atm.

But can you print? I can also run Office, but I am not able to print.

[quote]Thanks. I will play around with symlinks, but from what I can see all the links and file names are correct.

How can I find out exactly what the installer is looking for...

locate libcups

... and where it expects to find it? That would be very helpful.

Re-read the error message you posted. It's telling you it can't find a library where it expects to find it.
Read Jack's message again. He told you exactly where it expects to find the "missing" library.

It's my guess that with Arch's "rolling release" you may have a newer version of libcups*.
It's likely that the installer really won't care as long as you link your library to the place
where the installer says it should be.