Dedicated legacy Linux server: Difference between revisions

''Note: This was adapted and revised from a guide written by Raizo, the original of which can be found here: https://iraizo.github.io/tf2-classic-linux-server-tutorial/''

* A Linux server running Ubuntu Server^* on an x86_64 CPU. You cannot easily run SRCDS on any other architecture besides an x86_64 CPU. Box64/Box86 may work for ARM processors (e.g. Raspberry Pis) but that's complex, and not covered here.

* A SFTP/SSH client (PuTTY, Termius, FileZilla, MobaXterm)

''*Ubuntu 20.04 LTS is the first Ubuntu version that starts to phase out many i386 libraries from Focal Fossa repos and future Ubuntu versions. Many Source games still rely on i386 libraries. While TF2C, Steam, and SteamCMD are known to work fine, it is possible other Source games and custom plugins and addons may or may not work properly without utilization of PPAs.

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This article has been written according to standard Linux terminal documentation syntax, meaning the following:

Some commands are listed in-line with the rest of a paragraph and lack this symbol, in which case you should run the command as whichever account you're currently logged in with.

Pick a directory to install your server into. Industry standard is usually in <code>/opt</code>, but <code>/home</code> may be easier for you. If you want to use a directory in <code>/home</code>, omit the <code>-d</code> option as useradd will create a directory in <code>/home</code> with the user’s username, ours being <code>steam</code>. We’ll pick <code>/opt/tf2classic</code>.

<code>-m</code> creates a home directory for it, <code>-d /opt/tf2classic</code> specifies where our home directory will be, and <code>-s /usr/bin/bash</code> sets the shell to bash.

The SteamCMD package is in the multiverse repos. TF2Classic and SteamCMD require i386 (32-bit) libraries to function. You also need 7-Zip to extract TF2Classic.

Give it a few, and when it’s finished we can run <code>exit</code>.

The fastest way to download TF2Classic is to use a command-line download manager called Aria2 in combination with a "Metalink" which downloads from many mirrors at once.

<code>mv tf2classic /opt/tf2classic/server/</code>

Generate your server config(s) on [https://cfg.tf/ cfg.tf].

And merge the <code>cfg</code> folder with <code>/opt/tf2classic/server/tf2classic/cfg/</code>.

Change into the server directory with:

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Valve changed some shared object file names in the SDK and the objects we’re given have not adapted to the new names. Since these are simply renames, we can symlink them.

'''Your server will not start without doing this.'''

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Finally, all you need to do to start the server is run <code>./runserver.sh</code>!