Struggling to install OpenJO on MX Linux

[DarthPsychotic]

I'm running MX Linux (Debian-based) and am trying to install OpenJO.

I copied the Jedi Outcast files and unzipped OpenJO into the GameData folder but whenever I run the executable, I always get the Failed to load renderer error even though I installed sdl2 and libpng via brew.

tty console mode disabled
OpenJK: v1.0.1.1 linux-i386 Mar 10 2025
Initialising zone memory .....
----- FS_Startup -----
Current search path:
/home/user/.local/share/openjo/base
/home/user/Documents/Games/Jedi Outcast/GameData/base/assets5.pk3 (4 files)
/home/user/Documents/Games/Jedi Outcast/GameData/base/assets2.pk3 (289 files)
/home/user/Documents/Games/Jedi Outcast/GameData/base/assets1.pk3 (8011 files)
/home/user/Documents/Games/Jedi Outcast/GameData/base/assets0.pk3 (6674 files)
/home/user/Documents/Games/Jedi Outcast/GameData/base

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14978 files in pk3 files
execing default.cfg
couldn't exec openjo_sp.cfg
couldn't exec autoexec_sp.cfg
2025-03-12 17:38:32 Running Jedi Outcast Mode
2025-03-12 17:38:32 ----- Client Initialization -----
2025-03-12 17:38:32 ----- Initializing Renderer ----
2025-03-12 17:38:32 Trying to load "rdjosp-vanilla_i386.so" from "/home/user/Documents/Games/Jedi Outcast/GameData"...
2025-03-12 17:38:32 Sys_LoadDll(/home/user/Documents/Games/Jedi Outcast/GameData/rdjosp-vanilla_i386.so) failed: "Failed loading /home/user/Documents/Games/Jedi Outcast/GameData/rdjosp-vanilla_i386.so: libjpeg.so.8: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"
2025-03-12 17:38:32 Trying to load "rdjosp-vanilla_i386.so" from "/home/user/Documents/Games/Jedi Outcast/GameData"...
2025-03-12 17:38:32 Sys_LoadDll(/home/user/Documents/Games/Jedi Outcast/GameData/rdjosp-vanilla_i386.so) failed: "Failed loading /home/user/Documents/Games/Jedi Outcast/GameData/rdjosp-vanilla_i386.so: libjpeg.so.8: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"
Failed to load renderer

Here's my operating system info too.

Snapshot created on: 20250212_1702
System:
  Kernel: 6.12.16-1-liquorix-amd64 [6.12-21~mx23ahs] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 parameters: audit=0
    intel_pstate=disable amd_pstate=disable BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.12.16-1-liquorix-amd64
    root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash slab_nomerge slub_debug=FZ init_on_alloc=1 init_on_free=1
    page_alloc.shuffle=1 pti=on vsyscall=none debugfs=off oops=panic loglevel=0 spectre_v2=on
    spec_store_bypass_disable=on tsx=off tsx_async_abort=full,nosmt mds=full,nosmt l1tf=full,force
    nosmt=force kvm.nx_huge_pages=force ipv6.disable=1 apparmor=1 security=apparmor
    random.trust_cpu=off intel_iommu=on amd_iommu=on efi=disable_early_pci_dma
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.0 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.38 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.20.0 vt: 7
    dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: MX-23.5_ahs_x64 Libretto September 15  2024 base: Debian GNU/Linux
    12 (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20AWS0UN00 v: ThinkPad T440p serial: <superuser required>
    Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: LENOVO model: 20AWS0UN00 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO v: GLET80WW (2.34 )
    date: 07/23/2015
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 37.5 Wh (82.6%) condition: 45.4/56.2 Wh (80.9%) volts: 12.2 min: 10.8
    model: SMP 45N1149 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: charging
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-4300M bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Haswell gen: core 4 level: v3
    note: check built: 2013-15 process: Intel 22nm family: 6 model-id: 0x3C (60) stepping: 3
    microcode: 0x28
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 smt: disabled cache: L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB
    L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB L3: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1294 high: 1297 min/max: 800/2601 boost: enabled scaling:
    driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: ondemand cores: 1: 1297 2: 1291 bogomips: 10376
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: always-on; IBRS_FW; STIBP: disabled; RSB
    filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: Lenovo ThinkPad T440p
    driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-7.5 process: Intel 22nm built: 2013 ports: active: eDP-1
    empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2, VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0416 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.20.0 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: crocus gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 362x204mm (14.25x8.03") s-diag: 416mm (16.36")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: LG Display 0x045e built: 2014 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 112 gamma: 1.2
    size: 310x174mm (12.2x6.85") diag: 355mm (14") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1366x768
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 24.2.2-1~mx23ahs renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 4600 (HSW GT2)
    direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio vendor: Lenovo ThinkPad T440p
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:0c0c class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo ThinkPad T440p
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:8c20 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.12.16-1-liquorix-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I217-LM vendor: Lenovo ThinkPad T440p driver: e1000e v: kernel
    port: 3080 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:153a class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel modules: wl pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:088f class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 352.13 GiB used: 173.15 GiB (49.2%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: SanDisk model: SDSSDH3250G size: 232.89 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 10RL scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Transcend model: TS128GMTS430S size: 119.24 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: V3PD
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 232.63 GiB size: 227.92 GiB (97.97%) used: 173.15 GiB (76.0%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 256 MiB size: 252 MiB (98.46%) used: 274 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 1 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 4 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 31.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): fan-1: 0
Repos:
  Packages: 4202 pm: dpkg pkgs: 4135 libs: 2229 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
    pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 67
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
    1: deb https://debian.drdteam.org/ stable multiverse
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb https://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
    2: deb https://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bookworm ahs
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/signal-xenial-added-by-mxpi.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt xenial main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscodium.list
    1: deb [ signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/vscodium-archive-keyring.gpg ] https://paulcarroty.gitlab.io/vscodium-deb-rpm-repo/debs/ vscodium main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/extrepo_librewolf.sources
    1: deb [arch=amd64 arm64] https://repo.librewolf.net librewolf main
Info:
  Processes: 227 Uptime: 31m wakeups: 34 Memory: 15.51 GiB used: 1.31 GiB (8.4%) Init: SysVinit
  v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
  Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: UEFI

 

[Circa]

2 hours ago, DarthPsychotic said:

even though I installed sdl2 and libpng via brew.

If you're on a 64bit OS, brew installs 64bit versions of libraries by default. This will probably be solved by downloading the x86_64 version of OpenJO instead of x86. Should be found on the OpenJK releases page which is where I hope you downloaded from before.

I also noticed the error mentions libjpeg which may be its own library that is needed installed via brew, I'm not certain though.