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PaulCombal / SamRewritten

Steam Achievement Manager For Linux. Rewritten in C++.
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Unable to find your Steam installation directory.. Please report this on Github! #95

Closed uvql closed 3 years ago

uvql commented 3 years ago

OS: Pop!_OS 20.10

Steps

  1. Run ./SamRewritten/bin/launch.sh
  2. Return Unable to find your Steam installation directory.. Please report this on Github!
PaulCombal commented 3 years ago

Can you please tell me how you installed Steam (package manager, snap..)? Note that so far only the package manager install is supported. Do you know where your "appcache" folder is located (eg: ~/.steam/appcache/, ~/.steam/steam/appcache/)?

Thanks for the info, pleaase tell me if you still struggle!

uvql commented 3 years ago

Thanks for the reply!

In Pop!_OS, there is a Pop!_Shop and I download Steam from there. The appcache is located at ~/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.steam/steam/appcache.

uvql commented 3 years ago

I read #1 and tried to modify the MySteam.cpp file. In line 54, I added

else if (file_exists(home_path + "/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.steam/steam/appcache/appinfo.vdf")) {
        m_steam_install_dir = std::string(home_path + "/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.steam/steam");
        return;
    }

However the error is still here. Maybe I am missing something?

vchernin commented 3 years ago

It looks like you have installed the steam flatpak (inferred based on what directory your files are in).

Are you trying to open a steam game that uses the steam runtime via the command line? I believe that may be the issue, since directories are different with a flatpak, and the steam flatpak is not yet considered "feature complete" compared to traditional packages.

I'd suggest going to the pop shop and ensuring you install the deb file and not the flatpak for this use case.

uvql commented 3 years ago

You are right! I have reinstall the deb version of steam and I can use the SamRewritten now. Many thanks!

PaulCombal commented 3 years ago

No worries! Thanks to everyone helping. @uvql do you feel like this is something I should add to the README?

vchernin commented 3 years ago

I’d say this is something that should defintely be in the README. It is very relevant and necessary for the growing number of steam flatpak users.

I would also suggest opening a bug for this specific issue on the steam flatpak github. I do however imagine it’s not an issue with flatpak itself, but a problem that requires having specific instructions for steam flatpak users. A flatpak specific fix for the README could resemble how mangohud has different instructions for traditional installation and flatpak installation.

PaulCombal commented 3 years ago

Thanks for the info! I'll add Flatpak support to the TODO list (in case this gets updated), and I'll add a note on the README about that. If that's ok with you I will close the issue