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Installing and Running MTASA Server on GNU Linux

2014-05-31T18:50:38Z

OpenIDUser65: /* Debian 7 (wheezy) 64 bit */

== Installation ==

=== Main binary ===
Download the latest stable Linux binaries from here:
wget <nowiki>http</nowiki>://linux.mtasa.com/dl/135/multitheftauto_linux-{{Current Version|full}}.tar.gz

Unpack into a directory:
tar -xf multitheftauto_linux*

=== Default config ===
Download the default config files:
wget <nowiki>http</nowiki>://linux.mtasa.com/dl/135/baseconfig-{{Current Version|full}}.tar.gz

Unpack and move into the deathmatch directory: 
('''''Note:''' Only do this for new installations as it will overwrite any existing config files.)''
tar -xf baseconfig*
mv baseconfig*/* multitheftauto_linux*/mods/deathmatch



=== Test ===
You can now test if the server will start correctly, by entering the install directory:
cd multitheftauto_linux*

and launching:
./mta-server

== Running with 32 or 64 bit Linux==
=== Make sure your server libraries and stuff are up to date ===
On Debian/Ubuntu this is done with:
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

== Running with 32 bit Linux ==
===32 bit Troubleshooting===
* If you get a problem with such as "libreadline.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory.", it can be solved on 32 bit Debian/Ubuntu by doing this:

apt-get install libreadline5

* If you get a problem with such as "libncursesw.so.5 cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory", it can be solved on 32 bit Debian/Ubuntu by doing this:

apt-get install libncursesw5

== Running with 64 bit Linux ==
===Debian 7 (wheezy) 64 bit===
Before running MTASA Server, use this command line for installation of 32 bit libs : 

apt-get install lib32ncursesw5 lib32readline5 g++-multilib lib32z1

===Install 32 bit libs for your 64 bit distro===
For 64 bit Debian 6, this is achieved with: 
''(Some 64 bit distros have 32 bit libs already installed for you. So this step might not be required)''

apt-get install ia32-libs

===64 bit Troubleshooting===
====64 bit Debian/Ubuntu====
* If you get a problem with such as "libreadline.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory.", it can be solved on 64 bit Debian/Ubuntu by doing this:

apt-get install lib32readline5

* If you get a problem with such as "libncursesw.so.5 cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory", it can be solved on 64 bit Debian/Ubuntu by doing this:

apt-get install lib32ncursesw5

====64 bit CentOS 6====
* If you get a problem with such as "libreadline.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory.", edit '''''/etc/yum.conf''''' and add this line:
multilib_policy=all
Then issue this command:
yum install compat-readline5
* Further 64 bit solutions can be found [http://forum.mtasa.com/viewtopic.php?f=106&t=35328#p367282 on the forums]

== MySQL Troubleshooting==
* If you are using the inbuild MySQL functions such as [[dbConnect]] and [[dbQuery]], you will need to have '''libmysqlclient.so.15''' installed.
* If you can't get '''libmysqlclient.so.15''' installed by conventional means, then try [http://nightly.mtasa.com/files/libmysqlclient.so.15 downloading the file from here] and copying it to your Linux server '''/usr/lib/''' directory.

==Cent OS Troubleshooting==
* If you are using Cent OS and you get something like /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.9' not found (required by xmll.so) this can be resolved by doing downloading the archive [[http://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/releases/9/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/libstdc++-4.3.0-8.i386.rpm here]] and unpacking it with the following command:

rpm2cpio libstdc++-4.3.0-8.i386.rpm | cpio -i --make-directories

== Server crashes ==

If your Linux server crashes, please obtain a backtrace and post a report on our [http://bugs.mtasa.com/ Bug tracker]

====To obtain a backtrace:====
===Do you have a core dump file in the the MTA server directory?===
It's usually called 'core', and usually over 100MB, and looks something like this:
[[Image:Core.png]]
====If you have a core dump file in the the MTA server directory:====
*Install gdb. To install gdb on Debian, use this command:
apt-get install gdb
*And from the MTA install directory do this command
gdb mta-server -c core
*When gdb launches, do this command to get a module list:
i sh
*And then this command to get a backtrace:
bt
*Save the output
*(To exit gdb, use the quit command)

====If you do not have a core dump file in the the MTA server directory:====
*Install gdb. To install gdb on Debian, use this command:
apt-get install gdb
*And from the MTA server directory start the mta-server like this:
gdb mta-server -ex "set print thread-events off" --eval-command run
*Now wait for a crash. (Ignore any weird screen output in the meantime)
*When a crash occurs, do this command to get a module list:
i sh
*And then this command to get a backtrace:
bt
*Save the output
*(To exit gdb, use the quit command)

== '''Server freezes''' ==

If your Linux server freezes, please obtain a backtrace with thread information and post a report on our [http://bugs.mtasa.com/ Bug tracker]

====To obtain a backtrace with thread information:====
*Install gdb. To install gdb on Debian, use this command:
apt-get install gdb
*And from the MTA server directory start the mta-server like this:
gdb mta-server -ex "set print thread-events off" --eval-command run
*Now wait for a freeze. (Ignore any weird screen output in the meantime)
*When a freeze occurs, press ctrl-c to start gdb
*Then do this command to get a module list:
i sh
*And then this command to get a backtrace:
bt
*And then this command to get thread information:
info threads
*Save the output
*(To exit gdb, use the quit command)

Installing and Running MTASA Server on GNU Linux

2014-05-31T14:38:33Z

OpenIDUser65: /* Running with 64 bit Linux - Debian 7 (wheezy) */

== Installation ==

=== Main binary ===
Download the latest stable Linux binaries from here:
wget <nowiki>http</nowiki>://linux.mtasa.com/dl/135/multitheftauto_linux-{{Current Version|full}}.tar.gz

Unpack into a directory:
tar -xf multitheftauto_linux*

=== Default config ===
Download the default config files:
wget <nowiki>http</nowiki>://linux.mtasa.com/dl/135/baseconfig-{{Current Version|full}}.tar.gz

Unpack and move into the deathmatch directory: 
('''''Note:''' Only do this for new installations as it will overwrite any existing config files.)''
tar -xf baseconfig*
mv baseconfig*/* multitheftauto_linux*/mods/deathmatch



=== Test ===
You can now test if the server will start correctly, by entering the install directory:
cd multitheftauto_linux*

and launching:
./mta-server

== Running with 32 or 64 bit Linux==
=== Make sure your server libraries and stuff are up to date ===
On Debian/Ubuntu this is done with:
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

== Running with 32 bit Linux ==
===32 bit Troubleshooting===
* If you get a problem with such as "libreadline.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory.", it can be solved on 32 bit Debian/Ubuntu by doing this:

apt-get install libreadline5

* If you get a problem with such as "libncursesw.so.5 cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory", it can be solved on 32 bit Debian/Ubuntu by doing this:

apt-get install libncursesw5

== Running with 64 bit Linux ==
===Debian 7 (wheezy) 64 bit===
Before running MTASA Server, use this command line for installation of 32 bit libs : 

apt-get install lib32ncursesw5 g++-multilib lib32z1

===Install 32 bit libs for your 64 bit distro===
For 64 bit Debian 6, this is achieved with: 
''(Some 64 bit distros have 32 bit libs already installed for you. So this step might not be required)''

apt-get install ia32-libs

===64 bit Troubleshooting===
====64 bit Debian/Ubuntu====
* If you get a problem with such as "libreadline.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory.", it can be solved on 64 bit Debian/Ubuntu by doing this:

apt-get install lib32readline5

* If you get a problem with such as "libncursesw.so.5 cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory", it can be solved on 64 bit Debian/Ubuntu by doing this:

apt-get install lib32ncursesw5

====64 bit CentOS 6====
* If you get a problem with such as "libreadline.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory.", edit '''''/etc/yum.conf''''' and add this line:
multilib_policy=all
Then issue this command:
yum install compat-readline5
* Further 64 bit solutions can be found [http://forum.mtasa.com/viewtopic.php?f=106&t=35328#p367282 on the forums]

== MySQL Troubleshooting==
* If you are using the inbuild MySQL functions such as [[dbConnect]] and [[dbQuery]], you will need to have '''libmysqlclient.so.15''' installed.
* If you can't get '''libmysqlclient.so.15''' installed by conventional means, then try [http://nightly.mtasa.com/files/libmysqlclient.so.15 downloading the file from here] and copying it to your Linux server '''/usr/lib/''' directory.

==Cent OS Troubleshooting==
* If you are using Cent OS and you get something like /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.9' not found (required by xmll.so) this can be resolved by doing downloading the archive [[http://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/releases/9/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/libstdc++-4.3.0-8.i386.rpm here]] and unpacking it with the following command:

rpm2cpio libstdc++-4.3.0-8.i386.rpm | cpio -i --make-directories

== Server crashes ==

If your Linux server crashes, please obtain a backtrace and post a report on our [http://bugs.mtasa.com/ Bug tracker]

====To obtain a backtrace:====
===Do you have a core dump file in the the MTA server directory?===
It's usually called 'core', and usually over 100MB, and looks something like this:
[[Image:Core.png]]
====If you have a core dump file in the the MTA server directory:====
*Install gdb. To install gdb on Debian, use this command:
apt-get install gdb
*And from the MTA install directory do this command
gdb mta-server -c core
*When gdb launches, do this command to get a module list:
i sh
*And then this command to get a backtrace:
bt
*Save the output
*(To exit gdb, use the quit command)

====If you do not have a core dump file in the the MTA server directory:====
*Install gdb. To install gdb on Debian, use this command:
apt-get install gdb
*And from the MTA server directory start the mta-server like this:
gdb mta-server -ex "set print thread-events off" --eval-command run
*Now wait for a crash. (Ignore any weird screen output in the meantime)
*When a crash occurs, do this command to get a module list:
i sh
*And then this command to get a backtrace:
bt
*Save the output
*(To exit gdb, use the quit command)

== '''Server freezes''' ==

If your Linux server freezes, please obtain a backtrace with thread information and post a report on our [http://bugs.mtasa.com/ Bug tracker]

====To obtain a backtrace with thread information:====
*Install gdb. To install gdb on Debian, use this command:
apt-get install gdb
*And from the MTA server directory start the mta-server like this:
gdb mta-server -ex "set print thread-events off" --eval-command run
*Now wait for a freeze. (Ignore any weird screen output in the meantime)
*When a freeze occurs, press ctrl-c to start gdb
*Then do this command to get a module list:
i sh
*And then this command to get a backtrace:
bt
*And then this command to get thread information:
info threads
*Save the output
*(To exit gdb, use the quit command)