Running a 32-bit application in Debian Wheezy 64 bits: Missing libraries

Question

I want to play the game Aquaria in a Debian Wheezy 64 bits. The installation went ok, but when trying to play the game I get these errors:

ALSA lib conf.c:3314:(snd_config_hooks_call) Cannot open shared library libasound_module_conf_pulse.so
ALSA lib control.c:951:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL hw:0
AL lib: alsa.c:1000: control open (0): No such file or directory
Message: SDL_GL_LoadLibrary Error: Failed loading libGL.so.1

I have added 32 bit compatibility with dpkg --add-architecture i386 and I think that the required libraries are present in the system since typing locate libasound_module_conf_pulse.so yields:

/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/alsa-lib/libasound_module_conf_pulse.so

and locate libGL.so.1:

/etc/alternatives/glx--libGL.so.1-x86_64-linux-gnu
/usr/lib/mesa-diverted/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1
/usr/lib/mesa-diverted/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1.2
/usr/lib/mesa-diverted/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1
/usr/lib/mesa-diverted/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1.2
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/fglrx/fglrx-libGL.so.1.2
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/fglrx/libGL.so.1

However, it seems that Debian is ignoring them. What can I do to play Aquaria?

EDIT 1: ldd aquaria

linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xf77e1000)
libSDL-1.2.so.0 => /opt/Aquaria/./libSDL-1.2.so.0 (0xf7748000)
libopenal.so.1 => /opt/Aquaria/./libopenal.so.1 (0xf76fa000)
libstdc++.so.6 => /opt/Aquaria/./libstdc++.so.6 (0xf760d000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libm.so.6 (0xf75c3000)
libgcc_s.so.1 => /opt/Aquaria/./libgcc_s.so.1 (0xf75b8000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xf7455000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 (0xf7451000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 (0xf7437000)
librt.so.1 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/librt.so.1 (0xf742e000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xf77e2000)

Solution

It seems you're missing the 32-bit libraries (/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu contains 64-bit libraries). Now, let's figure out which packages you need for your libraries:

$ dpkg -S /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/alsa-lib/libasound_module_conf_pulse.so
libasound2-plugins:amd64: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/alsa-lib/libasound_module_conf_pulse.so
$ dpkg -S /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1
libgl1-mesa-glx:amd64: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1

So you need 32-bit versions of these packages:

# apt-get install libasound2-plugins:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx:i386

In general, before you can install any 32-bit libraries, you must add the i386 architecture to dpkg:

# dpkg --add-architecture i386
# apt-get update

Update

Since the above didn't solve the libGL.so.1 issue and it seems from your ldd output that Aquaria can see all its required libraries, I googled the libGL.so.1 error message and two things came up. Please try the following 2 solutions in order:

1. As explained here try symlinking libGL.so.1:

   ln -sv /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1.2 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1
   

   Note that I modified the paths from the answer I linked to so that they're relevant to Debian instead.

2. The answer here suggests that you need to install libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 (which you've already done) plus libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 (which is what I'm suggesting you try next).

Update: What finally worked

apt-get purge libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 
apt-get install libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 
ln -s /usr/lib/mesa-diverted/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/

Comments

[jordanm]

Just a note for future readers, dpkg --add-architecture i386 needs to be ran before installing the 32bit packages, which OP has already done.

[Гончаренко Александр]

Hi! I did what you suggested and now the libasound error doesn't show up, however the libGL one still happens. In the package manager, the libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 appears as installed.

[Jeff Hewitt]

@KioMarv Please paste the output you get when you run ldd on the Aquaria executable.

[Гончаренко Александр]

@JosephR. Done!

[Jeff Hewitt]

@KioMarv Updating answer.

[Гончаренко Александр]

@JosephR. Did you mean /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu instead of /usr/i386-linux? And this is strange. Synaptics says that libGL.so.1 is installed in /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu, but if I do ls -la in that directory, libGL isn't there, only libGLU.

[Гончаренко Александр]

Also, libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 is already installed.

[Jeff Hewitt]

@KioMarv Yes, I meant /usr/lib/i386... Answer corrected. Are you sure you didn't just miss libGL.so.1 in the directory listing? On my system, it's listed in /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu and dpkg -S shows it's from the libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 package.

[Гончаренко Александр]

@JosephR. I forgot to tell that my video card is an ATI Radeon HD 4500 and I had to install the fglrx-legacy driver. And yes, I'm sure that only libGLU is in that directory. dpkg -S libGL.so.1 prints (among other directories): libgl1-mesa-glx:i386: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1.2. But doing a ls /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1.2 prints: ls: cannot access /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1.2: No such file or directory

[Jeff Hewitt]

let us continue this discussion in chat

[Гончаренко Александр]

Hey! I don't know if you get a notification in the chat, but I tried what you suggested and still nothing. I put the locate libGL.so.1 list in the chat.

[Jeff Hewitt]

@KioMarv Hi. Have you tried symlinking the existing libGL to the required location? Try ln -s /usr/lib/mesa-diverted/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1

[Гончаренко Александр]

@JosephR. Hi!! Yes, that did it! I'll accept your answer, so can you edit it and add the link solution? Thanks a lot!

[Jeff Hewitt]

@KioMarv Since you know better than me what finally worked, how about suggesting an edit to the answer to make it as you would like to see it?

[Jeff Hewitt]

@KioMarv I took a shot at editing the answer, please correct me if I missed something.

[Гончаренко Александр]

It's everything fine!