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This is most likely not a bug.

Here's what I did on a otherwise clean Ubuntu 16.04 desktop install:

1. apt-get install libsdl2-2.0-0 libsdl2-dev git vim cmake gcc make build-essential
2. the install-section from the repo: https://github.com/OpenBW/bwapi#build--install

3. copied the mpq files to the bin/ folder: 4. copied a map to maps/Python.scx

5. created a bwapi-data/bwapi.ini with the following content: Now my ~/bwapi/build/bin folder looks like this: Trying to run BWAPILauncher now, I get "Error: file_reader: failed to open  for reading".

Looks like there's a file missing, but it doesn't tell me which file? Am I missing a dependency? What am I doing wrong?

I don't know if it's worth anything, but here's a strace of ./BWAPILauncher: https://pastebin.com/qb638J2q

Edit: you should get a complete BWAPI.ini and modifiy its entries rather than write your own from scratch. For example, your version does not have any sections ( [ai], ...).

Try with this one and adapt to your needs:
https://github.com/OpenBW/BWAPI4J/blob/ ... ini.sample

It shouldn't make a difference, but you can also specify relative paths in bwapi.ini. E.g. just "maps/(4)Python.scx".

If you still can't get it to work please join us at #openbw on irc.freenode.net