i am trying to get bottles running and it says it doesn't have enough permissions
#this there a menu for changing app's permissions?
oak lake
low orchid
is the drive which the application you're trying to run with Bottles an ext4 formatted (ie - linux native) filesystem?
or Bottles itself, should be on the linux drive. either ext4 or btrfs
oak lake
is the drive which the application you're trying to run with Bottles an ext4 for...
the text didn't get screenshot but hovering over steam proton prefixes it says "Steam was not found or bottles does not have enough permissions"
low orchid
ok but a) where's the windows app
oak lake
steam and bottles are alll on the drive mint is on
low orchid
ok
hm.
go to the folder that the windows app lives in
using file manager
right click on any empty space between the files, then do "properties" and check the permissions tab
oak lake
sorry, im new to this, i just installed steam from the software manager, do you know where it's installed?
low orchid
no not steam
I am presuming you want to run some kind of Windows program using bottles, yes?
oak lake
yeah, vortex mod manager
low orchid
ok do u know where you put vortex mod manager?
oak lake
i do not have it
oak lake
bottles is open, yes. the guide i was watching said to make sure bottles was set up properly first and foremost, and ticking the option pictured here was part of it
low orchid
ok open software manager
do you see a "Installed" tab near the top, or perhaps in a 3line menu?
oak lake
for bottles, i have an option to launch or remove
low orchid
ah u found it
ok look in the info below the sample picture.. the source
is it flathub or ubuntu repos?
oak lake
flatpak (flathub)
oak lake
no
low orchid
since flatpaks aren't native apps, they're kind of constrained, but flatseal allows one to adjust each flatpak's permissions
oak lake
looking at it now, this seems to be the permissions manager i was looking for though
low orchid
so install flatseal
oak lake
got it
low orchid
ok. run Flatseal, and look up the installed flatpaks it detects
and the Bottles one.
now dont just blindly give it every permission under the sun
that's quite unsafe.
oak lake
okay, understood
low orchid
my guess, since the settings pic of Bottles you showed me showed it wants to access the Steam folder to include steam games.
so my guess is you must give it permissions to read that steam folder.
so in case you don't know it, open Steam, look its preferences, and find what folder is the games library set to
then give Bottles that permission to read that folder via flatseal
or, isn't there a native Bottles app offered?
oak lake
bottles had a few entries already
low orchid
check the dropdown for Bottles sources in software manager
re: your steam Storage...
look where the path to games library is
i have no idea to set as an example
but probably it's ~/.steam
in otherwords, the hidden ".steam" subfolder inside of your userhome folder
oak lake
low orchid
that's my guess, so allow that path
oak lake
like that?
low orchid
yes
u mentioned you just got Steam app, so that .steam hidden folder in home is probably empty rn
oak lake
hey that worked
low orchid
FK yeah.
low orchid
alright solved. g'day