Arch Linux

Please use https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ruby-rubysdl/ instead

The problem seems to be caused by the fact that Arch is packaging Ruby 1.9 which is not backwards compatible with version 1.8. OpenFracas was apparently developed on 1.8 and what you're experiencing is a result of these differences. In this particular case, OpenFracas assumes that the current directory is in the current load path, which is true for Ruby 1.8 but not for 1.9. Getting this issue fixed isn't difficult with a one-line patch. Unfortunately, it isn't the only incompatibility.

I'm afraid I get the following:

/usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require': cannot load such file -- Common (LoadError)
from /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'
from /usr/share/openfracas/Main.rb:30:in `<top (required)>'
from /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'
from /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'
from /usr/bin/openfracas:3:in `<main>'

Take a look at http://forums.openfracas.org/viewtopic.php?t=81

i get the following when starting openfracas:

/usr/share/openfracas/Common.rb:55:in `block in <top (required)>': undefined method `+@' for "/OpenFracas/":String (NoMethodError)
from /usr/share/openfracas/Common.rb:27:in `linux'
from /usr/share/openfracas/Common.rb:43:in `<top (required)>'
from /usr/share/openfracas/Main.rb:30:in `require'
from /usr/share/openfracas/Main.rb:30:in `<top (required)>'
from /usr/bin/openfracas:3:in `require'
from /usr/bin/openfracas:3:in `<main>'

any idea what the problem could be?