dlmopen steamservice.so failed: steamservice.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

[henaff]

Problem:

When running the Docker container for steamcmd/steamcmd:latest, I'm encountering an issue related to a missing shared object file steamservice.so.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Pulled the steamcmd/steamcmd:latest image: docker pull steamcmd/steamcmd:latest
2. Ran the container with entrypoint as /bin/sh: docker run --entrypoint /bin/sh -it steamcmd/steamcmd:latest
3. Executed steamcmd.

Expected Behavior:

I expect steamcmd to launch successfully without any errors.

Actual Behavior:

Received the following error message:

dlmopen steamservice.so failed: steamservice.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Environment:

• OS: Ubuntu 20
• Docker version: 24.0.6
• Image: steamcmd/steamcmd:latest

Logs:

# steamcmd
ln: failed to create symbolic link '/root/.steam/root': No such file or directory
ln: failed to create symbolic link '/root/.steam/steam': No such file or directory
Redirecting stderr to '/root/Steam/logs/stderr.txt'
Logging directory: '/root/Steam/logs'
[  0%] Checking for available updates...
[----] Verifying installation...
[  0%] Downloading update...
[  0%] Checking for available updates...
[----] Download complete.
[----] Extracting package...
[----] Extracting package...
[----] Extracting package...
[----] Extracting package...
[----] Installing update...
[----] Installing update...
[----] Installing update...
[----] Installing update...
[----] Installing update...
[----] Installing update...
[----] Installing update...
[----] Installing update...
[----] Cleaning up...
[----] Update complete, launching Steamcmd...
Redirecting stderr to '/root/Steam/logs/stderr.txt'
Logging directory: '/root/Steam/logs'
[  0%] Checking for available updates...
[----] Verifying installation...
Steam Console Client (c) Valve Corporation - version 1696019544
-- type 'quit' to exit --
Loading Steam API...dlmopen steamservice.so failed: steamservice.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
OK

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Additional Context:

/root/Steam/logs/stderr.txt is empty

[henaff]

I found a valve precision about this issue. It's not from your docker files sorry.

[jonakoudijs]

No worries. You are not the first person reporting this. Especially when experiencing different problems this error can be confusing.

For future reference; where did you find the Valve issue?

[henaff]

The given workaround was:

ln -s /home/your_user/.local/share/Steam/steamcmd/linux64/steamclient.so /home/your_user/.steam/sdk64/
ln -s /home/your_user/.local/share/Steam/steamcmd/linux32/steamclient.so /home/your_user/.steam/sdk32/

For me, it was:

mkdir /home/your_user/.steam/sdk64/
mkdir /home/your_user/.steam/sdk32/
ln -s /home/your_user/.steam/steamcmd/linux64/steamclient.so /home/your_user/.steam/sdk64/
ln -s /home/your_user/.steam/steamcmd/linux32/steamclient.so /home/your_user/.steam/sdk32/

https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Counter-Strike_2/Dedicated_Servers

[jonakoudijs]

Thanks for the info. I am re-opening this issue because even though it does not directly seem to be causing issues, it would be nice to include this in the Docker builds as well.

[jonakoudijs]

This fix has now been included in all the linux images. See commit: https://github.com/steamcmd/docker/commit/7f8456a3ce53264ed42cf93d24090811c98909bc.