Linux Dedicated Server "libsteam_api.so" no such file or directory

anonymous_user_4f79b2b81 · October 22, 2019, 1:04pm

I have packaged my dedicated server by cross compiling and am now trying to run my dedicated server on an ubuntu machine with Digital Ocean.

When I try run my dedicated server. I get the following error:

./SurvivalServer: error while loading shared libraries: libsteam_api.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

libsteam_api.so appears to be in my files, I can find it under Engine\Binaries\ThirdParty\Steamworks\Steamv142\x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu

Please help!! Thank you

anonymous_user_4f79b2b81 · October 24, 2019, 10:25am

Issue was due not creating a non-root linux user to run the binaries on.

Reuben_Ward · August 3, 2021, 10:40pm

I asked my flatmate who is far more knowledgeable on linux than me Sorry I have no idea

lixs74 · August 3, 2021, 9:43pm

Topic is old, but how did you manage to fix that, creating a non-root Linux user to run the binaries?

Thank you!

smartin2951 · July 19, 2022, 3:35am

Just in case anybody is stuck on this, I was able to get it to work by using:
sudo -R serveracc:serveracc ~

I needed to give ownership of the root directory to the account we setup.

Reuben, great guide