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Broken executables everywhere! (Groups : Desura : Forum : Application Linux : Broken executables everywhere!) Locked
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Nov 29 2013 Anchor

I noticed that most of the games I install on Desura won't even start.

At the begginging I was just annoyed, but recently I decided to try starting them manually from the data folder (/opt/desura/common/). I found that even if some games require some thinkering (broken libraries or similar) most of them just won't start because they are not set as executables, or the desura links to a mispelled executable (for example, on the game sleepless night, the launcher will look for /opt/desura/common/sleepless-night/Sleepless Night instead of /opt/desura/common/sleepless-night/Sleepless_Night.sh). So doing simple "chmod +x" or changing names of executables will make them work

Do they ever test the launchers before releasing?

There is any way of releasing/diff them if you found a fix?

I would be really interested on helping: Now I have free time on my hands, and I prefer to fix than to rant

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