Hello guys,
i m not a linux expert.
I downloaded the files after selecting Linux from the installer (GoG.com), however, I don't exactly know what to do with those files. ;(

Any help ?

Only extract:

gog_baldurs_gate_1.0.0.8.tar.gz
do from terminal (obviously inside the download directory )

tar -xzvf gog_baldurs_gate_1.0.0.8.tar.gz

and start the game with start.sh

Baldurs\ Gate/start.sh

all done.

When I try to run `start.sh` I get the following error:

BG2/wine_standalone/bin/wine: No such file or directory

I can confirm the file is there and has execute permissions. I also tried using sudo with same result.

Edit: Dur nevermind I just needed to install Wine. I assumed it would be included in the tarball from GOG :x

I suspect some 32-bits vs 64-bits issue, like, you had a 64-bits system but didn't install the 32-bits compatibility libraries required to run 32-bits programs (like Baldur's Gate). And when installing wine, it probably installed them, since most wine programs are 32-bits.

Nah I didn't have wine at all. First time trying to play games on my buntu :)

Edit: goddamn, I should read the thread before replying

After thinking about this some more, I'm not sure why I needed to install Wine to play the game. The GOG distribution includes a "wine_standalone" directory. I'm not sure what the point would be of including this directory if it doesn't work or if you have to install Wine yourself anyways.

Anyone have any idea?

As I said above, it's probably a matter of missing 32-bits libraries. GOG bundles wine, but it doesn't bundle all the 32-bits libraries required by wine, since for some of them (like graphic drivers) it depends of your specific setup.

When you installed wine, it probably installed as a dependency the 32-bits libraries required by wine, and GOG's wine did use those too.

Since I don't have any details, this is just a wild guess, but it seems a very likely scenario to me. And it does make sense - GOG bundles what's required to run the game like it were a native game. For native 32-bits games on 64-bits systems, GOG requires you to manually install the 32-bits libraries, the same goes here.

As for the "no such file or directory" message which may trouble you, it's actually what happens when you try to run a 32-bits program on a 64-bits system without the compat libraries : when you run an ELF binary (ELF is the native binary format of Linux, like .exe for Windows) it in facts runs the dynamic linker, /lib/i386-linux-gnu/ld-linux.so.2 for 32-bits or /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 for 64-bits, and if /lib/i386-linux-gnu/ld-linux.so.2 is missing, it'll just say "no such file or directory".

Now I understand what you meant earlier. I think you're probably right since my system is 64-bit. As for the "no such file or directory" error, it'd be nice if Linux told you something a little more informative. Oh well.