Helper script to launch Half-Life from the command line for Linux users. Usage: runhl.sh [args...]

runhl.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -ex

# Check your distribution to find out how it runs Steam.
# Replace 1 with 0 if it's not using Steam's bundled libraries.
USE_STEAM_BUNDLED_LIBRARIES=1

# Make sure the paths below do not contain spaces.

# Set this to the full path to your libBunnymodXT.so
export LD_PRELOAD=/full/path/to/libBunnymodXT.so

# Set this to the full path to the .steam folder, usually ~/.steam
# This folder should contain bin32 and steam folders/symlinks.
export STEAM_ROOT=~/.steam

# Set this to the path to your Half-Life folder, usually $STEAM_ROOT/steam/steamapps/common/Half-Life
export HL_ROOT=$STEAM_ROOT/steam/steamapps/common/Half-Life

if [ "$USE_STEAM_BUNDLED_LIBRARIES" -eq 1 ]; then
    export PLATFORM=bin32
    export STEAM_RUNTIME=$STEAM_ROOT/$PLATFORM/steam-runtime

    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=\
$HL_ROOT:\
$STEAM_ROOT/$PLATFORM:\
$STEAM_RUNTIME/i386/lib/i386-linux-gnu:\
$STEAM_RUNTIME/i386/lib:\
$STEAM_RUNTIME/i386/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu:\
$STEAM_RUNTIME/i386/usr/lib:\
$STEAM_RUNTIME/amd64/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:\
$STEAM_RUNTIME/amd64/lib:\
$STEAM_RUNTIME/amd64/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:\
$STEAM_RUNTIME/amd64/usr/lib:\
/usr/lib32
else
    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HL_ROOT:/usr/lib32
fi

cd $HL_ROOT
exec ./hl_linux -steam "$@"