How to fix Worms W.M.D. launch on ArchLinux, Manjaro, Garuda, Artix Linux & Linux Mint

WormsWMD-Archlinux.md

Game information Worms W.M.D.

Distribution name and version where applicable Manjaro 20.1.1 (Mikah)

Problem description Worms doesn't launch out of the box without two small tweaks. When launching Worms W.M.D. in Manjaro and Archlinux, you need to do two things:

1. Install this apps: sudo pacman -S libcurl-gnutls libidn11 qt5-base qt5-xcb-private-headers(If you are on any other distro then Arch, you can skip this step. At least this is reported to be OK to skip for Linux Mint)
2. Edit file "Run.sh" in Worms W.M.D. directory, usually it's located here: ~/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/WormsWMD/Run.sh, and replace it's content with this:

#!/bin/bash
export LC_ALL=C
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/lib:/usr/local/lib"
export LD_PRELOAD="$(
	printf "%s " ~/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/WormsWMD/lib/libQt5*.so* \
		~/.steam/steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/amd64/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdbus-1.so.3 \
		~/.steam/steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/amd64/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdbus-1.so.3.5.8
)"
chmod a+x ./Worms\ W.M.Dx64
./Worms\ W.M.Dx64

Finally, you can launch Worms WMD either through Steam (by pressing play and choosing "Run with Run.sh", or via CLI by just ./Run.sh.

Does this issue reproduce with native Steam Yes, the issue seems like an upstream Steam Linux WMD distribution bug.

I have this script:

#!/bin/bash
export LC_ALL=C
export MESA_GL_VERSION_OVERRIDE=2.0COMPAT
export MESA_GLSL_VERSION_OVERRIDE=410
export DBUS_FATAL_WARNINGS=0
export QT_NO_DBUS=1
export STEAM_RUNTIME=~/.steam/steam/steamrt64/pv-runtime/steam-runtime-steamrt/var/tmp-H76MO3/

SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$SCRIPT_DIR/lib:~/.steam/steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/amd64/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/:$STEAM_RUNTIME:/usr/lib:/usr/local/lib"
export LD_PRELOAD="$(
printf "%s " "$STEAM_RUNTIME"/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcurl-gnutls.so.4
"$STEAM_RUNTIME"/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libssh2.so.1
"$STEAM_RUNTIME"/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbz2.so.1.0
~/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime.old/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libidn.so.11
"$STEAM_RUNTIME"/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgnutls.so.30
"$STEAM_RUNTIME"/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libunistring.so.2
"$STEAM_RUNTIME"/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbrotlidec.so.1.0.9
"$STEAM_RUNTIME"/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libhogweed.so.6.4
"$STEAM_RUNTIME"/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbrotlicommon.so.1
"$STEAM_RUNTIME"/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnettle.so.8.4
"$STEAM_RUNTIME"/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libFLAC.so.8
/usr/lib64/libwavpack.so.1
)"

exec "$@" > ~/worms-stdout.log 2> ~/worms-stderr.log

and it seems to work, but the executable is stopped by SIGSEGV with no other info
Job 1, './Worms\ W.M.Dx64' terminated by signal SIGSEGV (Address boundary error)
is all I get.

Also, I am on Fedora 43.

edit: I gave up. Switching to the windows version under proton 9.0-4 works

Using a combination of the suggestions made here, I managed to enjoy Worms W.M.D. on Ubuntu 24.04 for quite some time. Unfortunately, update https://steamdb.info/patchnotes/24832324/ seems to have broken online multiplayer: I can no longer join games. Error messages are "Session no longer available", "Network problem", and "Please check your internet connection". So even trying to get this to run on Linux again is moot  – that is unless you want to have single-player or local multiplayer exclusively.