Setting up a CS beta 5.2/6.1 linux server

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Required files

hlds_l3016.tar.gz
cs_beta52.tar.gz or cs_beta61.tar.gz
hlds_l.3016.nowon.sh

Hardware and software requirements

A 32 bits operating system
A single CPU/core machine (virtualization is advised)

Installing files

Copy all required files and decompress them

cd /your_halflife_directory
tar xvfz hlds_l3016.tar.gz
tar xvfz cs_beta52.tar.gz

Apply nowon patch

cd /your_halflife_directory
./hlds_l.3016.nowon.sh

Configuration

In /your_halflife_directory/cstrike/server.cfg modify the settings you need. Now you can launch the server with the following :

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/your_halflife_directory/:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
cd /your_halflife_directory/
/your_halflife_directory/hlds_l -game cstrk61 +exec server.cfg +ip 192.168.1.2 -port 27016 +sv_lan 1 +map de_train +maxplayers 24 -heapsize 128000