Could not find a suitable frontend- Amnesia

**JacobStar9104** · 01-09-2013, 04:15 AM

Okay, so I am running on Linux, and heard Amnesia easier on it. But I have tried to install Amnesia: The Dark Descent, and I put this code -

soarin@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ ./amnesia_tdd_1.2.sh --frontend -f --target dir /home/soarin/Desktop/Amnesia.

I get this error ---

Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing Installer for Amnesia - The Dark Descent.............
Uncompressing sub archive........................................................................................................................................................................................
Collecting info for this system...
Operating system: linux
CPU Arch: x86
Error: Couldn't find any suitable frontend for your system

I'm on a 32-bit Ubuntu, so I need help, any solving? Huh

**Urkle** · 01-09-2013, 06:24 AM

why did you put --frontend -f ?

just simply run ./amnesia_tdd_1.2.sh

only if it has issues finding a front-end should you specify ONE of --frontend OR -f (they are aliases for the same argument). and hte valid frontends are gtk, fltk, and ncurs which you have to specify

./amnesia_tdd_1.2.sh --frontend fltk

--target is only needed if your /tmp doesn't have enough free diskspace to run the installer. (since this is the 1.2 installer it requires MORE diskspace than the 1.2.1 installer does, about 3GB)

**JacobStar9104** · 01-09-2013, 12:47 PM

I get the same error, but when I used the GTK one, it said linux x86_64...
I don't understand this error...

**JacobStar9104** · 01-12-2013, 05:45 PM

No fix?

**Urkle** · 01-12-2013, 07:37 PM

How much free disk space do you have on /tmp ? (df -h /tmp ).

Can you paste the exact command line you are running now along with the exact error that occurred.

**JacobStar9104** · 01-13-2013, 12:52 AM

./amnesia_tdd_1.2.sh --frontend fltk
./amnesia_tdd_1.2.sh --frontend gtk

And I have 1.2GB left in my TMP folder... I heard I need adleast 2. I cleared out my entire TMP folder and only 1.2 still...

**Urkle** · 01-13-2013, 01:44 AM

So, that is why it's failing.. you don't have enough free space in /tmp instead try this

./amnesia_tdd_1.2.sh --target /some/new/folder/with/enough/disk/space

e.g. create a temp folder in home mkdir ~/AmnesiaTMP

./amnesia_tdd_1.2.sh --target ~/AmnesiaTMP

DO NOT use an existing folder for --target.

**JacobStar9104** · 01-13-2013, 04:21 AM

No where in my home folder has more than 1.2GB free, this is a newly installed operating system, and I formated my HDD for Linux and Amnesia only, I think I may need to add more GB to it.

**Urkle** · 01-13-2013, 05:15 PM

Yes, you do.. unfortunately the installer currently requires an excessive amount of free diskspace.

1.1GB for compressed installer (you are already using this)
2.5GB for decompressed installer (in /tmp)
2.5GB for game installations

so that's 6.1GB !!!

Now, I'm checking with Jens, as the 1.2.1 installer *should* be available on the Frictional website, if so I would re-download that version as it only requires 1.1GB of disk space in /tmp.

**JacobStar9104** · 02-08-2013, 01:30 AM

Thank you, I removed Windows 8 and have over 300 GB free, it works. But I made another thread...