steamclient.so Error on Linux Dedicated Server

Development Platform & Builds
, ,
1

I’ve built a system that dynamically creates Linux based servers, but I keep getting a steamclient.so error on only Shipping Builds. Here’s the error:

dlopen failed trying to load:
steamclient.so
with error:
steamclient.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
dlopen failed trying to load:
/home/dataserver/.steam/sdk64/steamclient.so
with error:
/home/dataserver/.steam/sdk64/steamclient.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[S_API] SteamAPI_Init(): Sys_LoadModule failed to load: /home/dataserver/.steam/sdk64/steamclient.so
dlopen failed trying to load:
steamclient.so
with error:
steamclient.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
dlopen failed trying to load:
/home/dataserver/.steam/sdk64/steamclient.so
with error:
/home/dataserver/.steam/sdk64/steamclient.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[S_API] SteamAPI_Init(): Sys_LoadModule failed to load: /home/dataserver/.steam/sdk64/steamclient.so

Please let me know how to fix this issue

2

You’ll need to create a symlink in your install script to link to the steamclient.so.

Are you installing from SteamCMD? If so, follow the instructions on the SteamCMD wiki;

Unable to Locate a Running Instance of Steam

You may get the following error when starting a server with Linux:

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

Resolve the issue by linking steamclient.so to the ~/.steam/sdk32/steamclient.so directory:

ln -s steamcmd/linux32/steamclient.so ~/.steam/sdk32/steamclient.so

Adjust command the above command for your project’s installation.

https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/SteamCMD#SteamCMD_Startup_Errors