[Bug]: Ark Server on Debian does not install linux binaries.

[LordZeuss]

User story

I would like to be able to launch the server on debian.

Game

Ark Survival Evolved

Linux distro

Debian 12

Command

command: start

Further information

Issue

I go through the initial install on Debian 12, following the instructions provided on the website. It does go through it's initial setup without any issues. But, under the path: /home/myuser/ARK_SERVER/serverfiles/ShooterGame/Binaries there is ONLY a Win64 folder. It does not install a Linux folder.

The issue here is when running ./arkserver start, the command fails because there is no Linux binaries.

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Error message:

[ FAIL ] Starting arkserver: executable was not found
* /home/myuser/ARK_SERVER/serverfiles/ShooterGame/Binaries/Linux/ShooterGameServer

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Debian Version

This is the output of uname -a

Linux game-server-vm 6.1.0-37-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.1.140-1 (2025-05-22) x86_64 GNU/Linux

Relevant log output

Steps to reproduce

1. Run the command curl -Lo linuxgsm.sh https://linuxgsm.sh && chmod +x linuxgsm.sh && bash linuxgsm.sh arkserver
2. Run ./arkserver install
3. Make sure no error pop up
4. Run ./arkserver start - this produces error.

[anonyme22]

Same here with Docker and image: gameservermanagers/gameserver:ark

[h3o66]

Apparently the game developer did not upload the linux game binary to the "public" branch.

In discord was a workaround posted that this needs to be configured in the linuxgsm config and then update / validate the files

branch="preaquatica"

to add to the config: lgsm/config-lgsm/arkserver/arkserver.cfg OR lgsm/config-lgsm/arkserver/common.cfg