In Which I Try Installing DS on LMDE 4

• So this time I downloaded the dstation-2020 script straight from the gtk-fix branch of a fork:

digitalcheetah/dstation-2020

A simple installer script for Docking Station (DS), a freeware entry in the Creatures series. If you don't care about features or compatibility and just want the game to run, this may help. It installs hard to find library versions and creates a set of folders for the game.

https://github.com/digitalcheetah/dstation-2020/tree/gtk%2B-fix

• Followed the pre-install instructions as listed in the readme:

sudo apt-get install p7zip-full zstd
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libstdc++6:i386 libgcc1:i386 zlib1g:i386 libncurses5:i386 libxi6:i386

• Modified the script to account for Mint:
  • Changed line 70 of dstation-2020 to elif [[ $dis == "Ubuntu" && $arch != "i386" ]] || [[ $dis == "Debian" ]] || [[ $dis == "Linuxmint" ]]; then

• Ran the script with high hopes and it installed flawlessly for the first time ever since I embarked on this wild linuxy journey.

• sudo apt-get install libasound2-plugins:i386 got sound working.

• It's never been this easy and I'm so thrilled!