Setting up Valheim Dedicated Server on Slackware64

Posted on Apr 11, 2021 by kingbeowulf

This guide will assist in setting up a Valheim Dedicated Server (VHDS) on Slackware64-current. This procedure should also work on Slackware6-14.2, although additional prerequisites may be required. The process is similar to setting up a Half-Life Dedicated Server (HLDS) with one important simplification. We will be using LinuxGSM: the Linux Game Server Manager.

LinuxGSM is a command line tools written in BASH to greatly simplify and streamline the installation of Linux dedicated game servers. The instructions are easy and straightforward.

Prerequisites

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• Slackware64 multilib
• steamCMD (32-bit only)
• LinuxGSM (bash) [NOTE: LinuxGSM will install steamCMD.]

The VHDS is x86_64 while SteamCMD is 32-bit. Thus, we need to convert Slackware64 to Slackware64-multilib. Instructions for doing so are described in "Adding Multilib Capability to Slackware on x86_64 Architecture". If you've set up the Steam Client on Slackware64, then you are familiar with this process.

As the 'root' user, you first create a dedicated user account under which SteamCMD ann VHDS will run.