"Unable to initialize installer" error on Linux

[ThatAnnoyingLinuxGuy]

Hey there. I can't for the life of me figure out what is making this happen, but when I run the CL650 installer on Linux, it says the following:

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Unable to initialize installer.

Is /tmp writable ?

Is SELinux enabled? You may need to disable it temporarily

[and then a broken link to Fedora 13's support for disabling SELinux]

To clarify, my tmp directory is fully writable, and since I run Arch on an LTS kernel I don't have SELinux. I'm not sure exactly what the installer would want me to do.

[Pils]

You need to add support for 32-bit binaries, the Linux installer was compiled incorrectly.

[ThatAnnoyingLinuxGuy]

1 hour ago, Pils said:

You need to add support for 32-bit binaries, the Linux installer was compiled incorrectly.

Thank you. Gonna test this soon, but for now I was able to get the installation through using the Windows exe with a WINE prefix I created specifically for the purpose.

Plane works just fine on XP11. Now trying it on XP12.

[Not a Real Pilot]

I am running into the same issue with Linux.  I have a nearly identical setup as OP, running Arch Linux without SELinux enabled.

I do have enough of the 32-bit libraries installed to run the installer without any unresolved library references:

$ ldd ./CL650-linux-installer.run 
        linux-gate.so.1 (0xf1cbb000)
        libm.so.6 => /usr/lib32/libm.so.6 (0xf1b94000)
        libdl.so.2 => /usr/lib32/libdl.so.2 (0xf1b8f000)
        libpthread.so.0 => /usr/lib32/libpthread.so.0 (0xf1b8a000)
        libc.so.6 => /usr/lib32/libc.so.6 (0xf1957000)
        /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /usr/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xf1cbd000)

So I am at a bit of a loss here.

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

[Not a Real Pilot]

On 3/19/2025 at 3:41 AM, Not a Real Pilot said:

I am running into the same issue with Linux.  I have a nearly identical setup as OP, running Arch Linux without SELinux enabled.

I do have enough of the 32-bit libraries installed to run the installer without any unresolved library references:

$ ldd ./CL650-linux-installer.run 
        linux-gate.so.1 (0xf1cbb000)
        libm.so.6 => /usr/lib32/libm.so.6 (0xf1b94000)
        libdl.so.2 => /usr/lib32/libdl.so.2 (0xf1b8f000)
        libpthread.so.0 => /usr/lib32/libpthread.so.0 (0xf1b8a000)
        libc.so.6 => /usr/lib32/libc.so.6 (0xf1957000)
        /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /usr/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xf1cbd000)

So I am at a bit of a loss here.

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

Ended up doing the same thing as OP and using a Wine prefix with the Windows installer to install the aircraft in Linux.  Worked fine, I have it running in Linux now.

Would be nice to get the Linux installer fixed at some point, though.  Thanks!

[thoroughburro]

I had the same problem today, on Bazzite (a Fedora-based distribution). I also couldn't find any solution other than using the Windows installer via compatibility layer, which took a while to setup. Not a premium start, for the money! I expect the plane to be worth it, in the end...