Option to use Flatpaks under Linux #1462
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So I did all this work, and then decided to check if someone else had done it, and it seems both @wash2 ( #798 ) and @PedroVH ( #1064 ) have done this earlier. Guess I should have checked first. Anyway, I think hopefully this should be more sophisticated, since it doesn't assume any hardcoded paths, allows the user to configure things and shows up an error if it isn't configured correctly. Also, full disclosure, I've only tested this on Lethal Company, and I'm super unfamiliar with typescript. |
This adds a configuration setting "linuxUseFlatpak" which controls whether Steam should be launched as a Flatpak or not. By default this is detected automatically based on the path, but an option in the settings can override the behaviour. If this option is enabled, we first check if we are able to read from our config directory. If not, we display an error and ask the user to give us permission. If we do, then we launch Steam through flatpak rather than the binary directly.
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Is there anything blocking this from being accepted? |
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This adds a configuration setting "linuxUseFlatpak" which controls whether Steam should be launched as a Flatpak or not. By default this is detected automatically based on the path, but an option in the settings can override the behaviour.
If this option is enabled, we first check if we are able to read from our config directory. If not, we display an error and ask the user to give us permission. If we do, then we launch Steam through flatpak rather than the binary directly.
Closes: #1144, #1051