Issue with trying to run Descent 2 on Ubuntu Linux

Hello,

I am using Ubuntu Linux with the Mint desktop and I purchased Descent 2 on Steam.

When I try to run the game from my desktop, the splash screen displays but then it quits immediately afterwards.

I ran the game at the command prompt and I see this error:

Starting DOSBox
/home/chris/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/common/Descent 2/dosbox/dosbox_x86_64: error while loading shared libraries: libcaca.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

It appears the library is not present, but I did check for the libcac.so.0 library and it is there:
$ ldconfig -p | grep libcaca
libcaca.so.0 (libc6,x86-64) => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcaca.so.0
libcaca++.so.0 (libc6,x86-64) => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcaca++.so.0

Any assistance would be appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

Start by reproducing the launch from the desktop and command prompt, then inspect the bundled dosbox/dosbox_x86_64 executable and compare its library lookup with ldconfig -p | grep libcaca. Determine why the executable cannot load libcaca.so.0 despite the system library being listed. Done when Descent 2 launches successfully on Ubuntu without the missing-library error.