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So I downloaded factorio and unpacked it on my gentoo linux pc.
When I try to start the game it gives me the error message
Looks like I need to configure something before the game can start, but I can find no info about that subject.

Any help would be appriciated

You shouldn't need to configure anything, it's supposed to just work. config-path.cfg should come with reasonable defaults including a config-path line, is it empty in your installation? Was it already that way in the tarball you downloaded?

config-path.cfg is an empty file on my machine. I changed nothing, just unpacked the tarball in my home directory...

Try with
and consider reporting a bug if the tarball offered for download results in a broken installation.

I feel so stupid.... probably I unpacked the tarball with a wrong switch.... Game is starting now since I unpacked it the RIGHT way.... I think this topic can be deleted