1.0 libsteam_api.so Missing & libopenal.so.1

I am running Debian 8 with steam. When I try to run the downloaded game in steam I get the error message:

Failed to start game (missing executable)
See the Steam support site for more info​

This site says to verify the game cache. I did this tried running again in Steam and I get the same error message. So being the good linux user I am I try to run it from the command line. I get the following message:

./ClockworkEmpires-amd64: error while loading shared libraries: libsteam_api.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory​

So I search for this on the Internet. Looks like I have to copy the library from another game. So I pull the x86_64 libsteam_api.so library from Rimworld and copy it into the game folder and try to start the game again from inside of steam. I get the error:

Failed to start game (missing executable)
See the Steam support site for more info​

So I go back and try to runn it from teh command line and boom I get the screen configuration dialog. I pick any size here and press start game and the game closes out. The command line interface says the following:

Either launch the game from Steam, or put the file steam_appid.txt containing the correct appID in your game folder.
Trace/breakpoint trap​

So back to the Internet. I create a desktop shorcut pull the steam app id from it and create the steam_appid.txt file as requested. I rerun from the command line. I get the screen configuration dialog again. I pick any size here and press start game and the game closes out. The Command line interface says the following. I am redacting the numbers from this as I don't know if it has something specific that I shouldn't share.

Setting breakpad minidump AppID = ######
Steam_SetMinidumpSteamID: Caching Steam ID: ################# [API loaded no]
Trace/breakpoint trap
​

Back to the internet. A website for another game with this No API loaded call suggests running with elevated privileges. So I run as sudo. I get the following error.

[S_API FAIL] SteamAPI_Init() failed; SteamAPI_IsSteamRunning() failed.
[S_API FAIL] SteamAPI_Init() failed; unable to locate a running instance of Steam, or a local steamclient.so.​

So I see a suggestion on line to run strace to see if a library is missing. Here is the output of the strace:

poll([{fd=3, events=POLLIN}], 1, 4294967295) = 1 ([{fd=3, revents=POLLIN}])
recvmsg(3, {msg_name(0)=NULL, msg_iov(1)=[{"\1\0\370\3\2\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 4096}], msg_controllen=0, msg_flags=0}, 0) = 32
recvfrom(3, 0x43a9c20, 8, 0, 0, 0) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
poll([{fd=3, events=POLLIN}], 1, 4294967295) = 1 ([{fd=3, revents=POLLIN}])
recvfrom(3, "\0\0\0\0\240\5\204\3", 8, 0, NULL, NULL) = 8
recvmsg(3, 0x7fff48264080, 0) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
open("./libopenal.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
write(6, "[MISC] CRITICAL ERROR: unable to"..., 165) = 165
--- SIGTRAP {si_signo=SIGTRAP, si_code=SI_KERNEL} ---
+++ killed by SIGTRAP +++
Trace/breakpoint trap​

So I sudo apt-get install libopenal1. It is already installed. So I try apt-get install libopenal1:i386. It installs a whole bunch of packages. I try reruning and I get the same strace. What do I do now?

The way I look at it at a minimum you are not providing the libsteam_api.so. Please patch to include this library. Also, please help me figure out what to do next with the libopenal.so.1.

 

so I found this after posting:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/224740/discussions/0/618459405715950265/

I got the libopenal.so.1 working. Now I am having problem with the upper and lower case issue. This I can't resolve. I wish this game was playable as it shows to work on linux on steam.

 

Ref: Linux is a work in progress at last word.