Various Steam Libraries?

[bbuske]

Hi,

I am using Manjaro with latest Protontricks. I have Steam installed in the default directory ~/.local/shared/steam but I have a second library on my additional SSD drive. The directory is ~/data/SteamLibrary. When I tried to use Protontricks, I get an error, saying that the directory wasn't found, and it suggests that Protontricks doesn't have permissions.

BUSB1% protontricks 8170 dotnet40

protontricks (WARNING): Steam library folder /home/bbuske/ext/SteamLibrary not found. Protontricks might not have access to the directory.

So, when I try to export $STEAM_DIR, pointing it to the library, it throws an error, complaining, that no valid Steam installation was found in that directory, which makes sense because it's only a library, not a Steam installation.

BUSB1% STEAM_DIR=/home/bbuske/ext/SteamLibrary/ protontricks 8170 dotnet40

protontricks (ERROR): $STEAM_DIR was provided but didn't point to a valid Steam installation.

So, how do I get Protontricks, to work with the separate Steam library on the other drive?

[MatthewForrester]

Are you running the Flatpak version of Protontricks? If so, then Protontricks may not be able to see the second library, because Flatpak only allows programs to access relevant directories (as a security measure). You need to use Flatseal, which is a tool to control the permissions for Flatpaks. You can get Flatseal from Flathub (the standard repository for Flatpaks). Open Flatseal, select Protontricks, and give it permission to access the Steam Library on the other drive.

In my case, when I did that, Protontricks seemed to handle multiple libraries automatically.

[bbuske]

Hey, I posted that two years ago. And I wasn't using flatpak. 😁 It is no longer an issue though. Thanks anyway.