[Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery EP] Won't start without libcurl3:i386

[keynslug]

(1) Claimed humble indie bundle #6 steam key unlocking "Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery EP".
(2) Installed it successfully.
(3) Failed to launch for the first time.
(4) Retried with console output, got that:

./swordandsworcery_pc: error while loading shared libraries: libcurl.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Game removed: AppID 204060 "Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP", ProcID 12285 

(5) Installed libcurl3:i368 with:

sudo apt-get install libcurl3:i386

(6) Finally the game launches successfully.

[MrSchism]

What distro were/are you using?

[keynslug]

Ubuntu 12.04 x64 LTS w/ Gnome Shell

Linux keynote 3.5.7-030507-generic #201210130556 SMP Sat Oct 13 09:57:36 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

A bunch of additional packages were installed and removed occasionally in the past but libcurl3:i386 was absent all the time.

[thestinger]

The issue is that the game includes libcurl.so in the lib directory, but not a libcurl.so.4 symlink. For now, creating the symlink yourself will work around the issue (cd lib && ln -s libcurl.so libcurl.so.4).

[keynslug]

Ok, @thestinger, apt-get-removed libcurl3:i386 and tried it the way you suggested. Works fine!

[gdrewb-valve]

This bug was closed because the issue concerns the game and not the Steam client. Please contact the game developer on their official website with this information.

[MrSchism]

I just tried the workaround myself and it didn't work for some reason.

[Tele42]

I had Steam grab this game for the first time in response to @MrSchism, the game runs on Gentoo 64bit with no additions to my system. ldd reveals swordandsworcery_pc links to libcurl.so.4 => /usr/lib32/libcurl.so.4 and /usr/lib32/libcurl.so.4 is a symlink to /usr/lib32/libcurl.so.4.2.0.
Also, LD_DEBUG tells us it is trying /.local/share/Steam/SteamApps/common/Superbrothers Sword & Sworcery EP/lib/libcurl.so.4 first and fails on my system, but eventually gets a hit on /usr/lib32/libcurl.so.4.
Edit: Removed inaccurate line.

[MrSchism]

I wasn't paying attention and downloaded a wrong version. Fixed that and restarted the Steam client.