Game Brütal Legends not working libGLU.so.1 librarie missing

I downloaded the Linux version of the game from Itch.io, launching it via terminal gives me this error

./Buddha.bin.x86 
./Buddha.bin.x86: error while loading shared libraries: libGLU.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

./Buddha.bin.x86 
./Buddha.bin.x86: error while loading shared libraries: libGLU.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

./Buddha.bin.x86 
./Buddha.bin.x86: error while loading shared libraries: libGLU.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

./Buddha.bin.x86 
./Buddha.bin.x86: error while loading shared libraries: libGLU.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Solution

I tried so many paths I don't really wanna try that anymore I now told steam to create a desktop shortcut for the game and in that shortcut is a id for the game that actually works when I put it in lutris

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Ddennisw100 I downloaded the Linux version of the game from Itch.io, launching it via termin...

Comrade Kiwi•8/1/25, 12:54 AM

Hi! For this, it's recommended you instead play the Windows version, as this will likely work more reliably.

Linux ports have an unfortunate tendency to break due to their dependencies not being updated or outright removed, so playing the Windows version is arguably the easiest and most straight forward method

dennisw100OP•8/1/25, 11:01 AM

dose steam linux runtime not have all the dependencys? can I not tell the game to use that somehow?

Ddennisw100 dose steam linux runtime not have all the dependencys? can I not tell the game t...

Comrade Kiwi•8/1/25, 3:05 PM

Hm, unsure - could be worth a try if you really want to, but the easiest and most straight-forward solution would be to play the Windows version.

CComrade Kiwi Hm, unsure - could be worth a try if you really want to, but the easiest and mos...

dennisw100OP•8/1/25, 3:45 PM

if I add it to steam and select steam linux runtime in the compatibility setting it works but I kinda wanna have it in Lutris not in steam do you know how I can get Lutris to open the game with the steam linux runtime libarys?

Ddennisw100 if I add it to steam and select steam linux runtime in the compatibility setting...

Comrade Kiwi•8/1/25, 3:50 PM

I believe you can do this by using the Steam runner in Lutris

dennisw100OP•8/1/25, 3:50 PM

So I would have it in steam and lutris launches the steam one?

Comrade Kiwi•8/1/25, 3:51 PM

Haven't tried it myself, so not sure! But from what I understand, it launches the game using the Steam Runtime Container - not sure if that means you'll get things like the Steam Overlay and the like, but worth giving a try

dennisw100OP•8/1/25, 3:52 PM

So I should set runner to steam?
what do I input for the app id?

Ddennisw100 So I should set runner to steam? what do I input for the app id?

Comrade Kiwi•8/1/25, 4:02 PM

Hm, not sure, lemme test this out myself real quick

Comrade Kiwi•8/1/25, 4:03 PM

Right, my mistake - the Steam Runner is specifically for running games installed via Steam, not for using the Steam Linux Runtime

Comrade Kiwi•8/1/25, 4:05 PM

Perhaps try adding the game to Lutris, using the Linux Native runner, and see if that works

Comrade Kiwi•8/1/25, 4:06 PM

also worth trying without the Lutris Runtime on

CComrade Kiwi Perhaps try adding the game to Lutris, using the Linux Native runner, and see if...

dennisw100OP•8/1/25, 5:05 PM

its already in there like that I installed it directly in lutris via the itch integration

CComrade Kiwi also worth trying without the Lutris Runtime on

dennisw100OP•8/1/25, 5:06 PM

disableing this did not help

Ddennisw100 disableing this did not help

Comrade Kiwi•8/1/25, 5:33 PM

At this point, I would either recommend be content playing it through Steam, downloading and playing the Windows version, or, if you really want to only have it run through Lutris, be prepared to fiddle with the "LD_LIBRARY_PATH" environment variable for the game