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I found that http://www.portablelinuxgames.org/game/minetest has some missing parts, for example the minimap textures were all missing.
A few missing textures were easy to fix, but an unresolvable url is not...

Error: Also I can't use server addresses like "server.net" but I have to ping and type their address like "0.0.0.0", problem being that a bunch of Ip's is quite confusing...
curl that my computer has works just fine, but prevents me from using it...
I tried compiling from source with run_in_place option on a live cd once but the result was too large for me(also I prefer not using any living cds or that kind of stuff)...also I have no root (and no sudo)...I'm on Debian if that helps

Could anyone either

1. help me fix it
   or
2. make a not broken portable version, preferably using the same technique

Servers.minetest.net is where the online serverlist is maintained. Your client will attempt to fetch the active server list from this URL. I just checked it, and the serverlist URL you have is correct and working fine.

The next error is probably the cause: libcurl.so.4: version `CURL_OPENSSL_4' not found

libcurl is a library that provides the capacity to download files over HTTP, HTTPS. It is used to download the server list data. Curl should either be packaged inside the portable games container or added to the system. Perhaps you can install curl on the system?

Off the top of my head I don't know what the minimum set of libraries are that portablelinuxgames requires - this may be either a case where curl is part of the system requirements or not.

sofar wrote:The next error is probably the cause: libcurl.so.4: version `CURL_OPENSSL_4' not found

This error only occurs when I try to replace the libcurl that's provided with the one on my system.

Curl should either be packaged inside the portable games container or added to the system.

Packaged version can't resolve addresses, the one I have is fine otherwise but will give an error when copied or linked as I said.

Off the top of my head I don't know what the minimum set of libraries are that portablelinuxgames requires - this may be either a case where curl is part of the system requirements or not.

There is no minimum set as far as I know, just every dependency needed to make it run+about 2 scripts to set up environment.

Hmmm, pinging servers.minetest.net revealed a skyblock video, but nothing more intresting, pinging minetest.net will reveal that there is something called "Buildat" and nothing more intresting...