Linux Docking Station Instructions

Instructions
Official instructions from the Gameware article:
 * 1) Download the package from a mirror
 * 2) Extract the package: tar xvfj dockingstation_195_64.tar.bz2
 * 3) Go into the folder: cd dockingstation_195_64
 * 4) Run ./dstation-install
 * 5) Then run dockingstation nocheck to play the game

Linux Game Publishing Instructions
The file at Linux Game Publishing is a .run file instead of a .tar.bz2 file. So, instead of the instructions above:
 * 1) Download the package
 * 2) Run linuxgamepublishing_dockingstation.run
 * 3) Then run dockingstation nocheck to play the game

Ubuntu guide
Download here (down, formerly available at docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B_hGfA7OiJLwOGRmODZiNGEtZGVhNS00YzlkLWI4M2ItMDNiZDdmZDY5ODNi&hl=en).

Libgtk1.2 isn't there
This seems to be impossible to FIX,but there is a workaround. Get a installation of WINDOWS Docking station. To solve the problem involving 16-bit colour,install Xephyr,then run it: Xephyr :1 -ac -screen 800x600x16 Replace the :1 with a :(a number that ISN'T used) if :1 fails. Now in another terminal,run this in the DS directory: DISPLAY=:1 wine engine.exe Replacing the :1 with whatever you put instead of the :1 up there.(If you kept it :1,then keep this :1.) I hope this solves the many people's problems who cannot play the game,just because of Debian dropping GTK 1.2.

trap: 119: SIGINT: bad trap
When running ./ds_install, you may get the error trap: 119: SIGINT: bad trap. This can mean that either a) you're not root or b) the script couldn't relaunch itself. If you're not root, run sudo ./dstation-install or get the administrator to do it. If the script needed to relaunch, just run it again.

If you're running Ubuntu you have to open a root terminal e.g. "gksudo gnome-terminal" as "sudo su" won't work. You also need to install the package "libgtk1.2".

dirname: missing operand
When running dockingstation, you may get the error dirname: missing operand. To fix this, run the commands, each on a seperate line: export DS_BIN="`whereis dockingstation | awk '{print $2}'`" sed -i s/11/10/ "`ls -l $DS_BIN | awk '{print $10}'`" NOTE: You may need to use sudo on the second command, depending on distro and user permissions.

Then run dockingstation as usual.

Download Mirrors

 * Linux Game Publishing: click on the demo link near the bottom
 * Treesprite's Creatures Grove: Go to Updates, then Docking Station, then scroll down
 * AmberCreatures: In Docking Station Downloads here
 * http://www.dockingstation.com

Related Links

 * http://www.gamewareeurope.com/GWDev/downloads_more.php?id=448_0_8_0_M
 * Linux Category