# 16f3bef - Fedora liblua issue

**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/16f3bef-fedora-liblua-issue/6721
**Category:** The Garage
**Created:** [July 4, 2014, 7:39pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/16f3bef-fedora-liblua-issue/6721 "2014-07-04T19:39:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Taraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@Taraq](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Taraq)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2014, 7:39pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/16f3bef-fedora-liblua-issue/6721/1 "2014-07-04T19:39:02Z")

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I’m trying to run Cata on a brand new install of Fedora 20, but when I run it I get:

“error while loading shared libraries: liblua5.1.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory”

However, I have the x86\_64 and i686 versions of lua-static, SDL2 (mixer, ttf, image), ncurses-devel, but when I try to install liblua5.1 yum gives me a “No package available” response.

Any idea how I can get cataclysm working?

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### Author: ![kevin.granade](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kevin.granade/32/1316_2.png) [@kevin.granade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kevin.granade)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/16f3bef-fedora-liblua-issue/6721/2 "2014-07-04T20:28:53Z")

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I think what you want is some flavor of compat-lua-libs, since we’re using an older lua version.  
(lua 5.1 and 5.2 are incompatible for some reason)  
This was a pain to find for me too.

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### Author: ![BarclayII](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@BarclayII](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/BarclayII)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2014, 12:28pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/16f3bef-fedora-liblua-issue/6721/3 "2014-09-18T12:28:50Z")

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Figured it out.

First search for compat-lua-libs.i686 (it needs a 32bit version) and install that.

Then you’d probably make a symbolic link to the installed shared object file like

# ln -fs /lib/liblua-5.1.so /lib/liblua5.1.so.0

Finally run

# ldconfig

and you should be able to run the game.
