Installing UT2003 in FC5

[sentry]

I know this game is old but I am installing it as we speak. I've always been a ET fan but I've played that game for years...I think I'll be investing in 2004 soon :)

Anyways, I had a problem getting the install to work. It turns out the that linux install script on disc 3 is using tail with old syntax that no longer works in FC5. This will cause the installer to barf with a message similar to the one below.
Copying to a temporary location...
Verifying archive integrity...tail: cannot open `+266' for reading: No such file or directory
Error in checksums: 2901591156 is different from 3043856338

The fix is to edit the file with a hexeditor (hexedit or khexedit should do the trick). Replace all instances of tail +266 with tail -n +266 et voila, she'll install just fine :)

[chuong]

This doesn't work for Quake 3.

I still get the same error.

I used Gvim to edit the file, using Find and Replace function of Gvim to do it quickly, I hope that doesn't affect anything.

[Lysia]

I think gvim will not work, because the installer has some binary parts which are messed up, when you open the file in a normal text editor.
But I have found something better:

Q: I keep getting some error about a tail when I'm trying to install something!

A: In the terminal before running the setup:
export _POSIX2_VERSION=199209

This works with ut2003.

[chuong]

O.O!!!!

You're a freaking LIFE SAVER!!!!

Thank you so much Lysia!

That really worked for Quake 3 too.