Linux Xenion flash drive steam game installation.

[76561198881213481]

Hiya! I'm new to the linux community and I couldn't (and still can't.) find a way to install steam games to that flashdrive. All of the tutorials I have tried haven't worked. If someone could help me that would be great! Thanks!

[Omega]

Simply format and mount the drive. Then make a new Steam game library on the flash drive in the Steam settings under the download tab.

If you are not familiar with how to access other drives on Linux it's different then on Windows. On Linux everything is a file. Most commonly mounted drives can be found in the /mnt or /run/media folders by default, this differs per distro.

[C2Dan88]

You can install steam games to any drive by setting up a new Steam Library on that drive. You do this from File > Settings > Downloads > Steam Library.

After setting up Steam Library copy your games to that library or when you dowmload a game steam will ask you which library you want that game to install to

Also what is Linux Xenion?

[76561198881213481]

Originally posted by Omega:

Simply format and mount the drive. Then make a new Steam game library on the flash drive in the Steam settings under the download tab.

If you are not familiar with how to access other drives on Linux it's different then on Windows. On Linux everything is a file. Most commonly mounted drives can be found in the /mnt or /run/media folders by default, this differs per distro.

The flash drive was already mounted so i formatted it and it still isnt wanting to show up/work. I also can't unmount it either because i am not authorized to. It also says their is data that needs to be written before i can unmount it.

Originally posted by C2Dan88:

You can install steam games to any drive by setting up a new Steam Library on that drive. You do this from File > Settings > Downloads > Steam Library.

After setting up Steam Library copy your games to that library or when you dowmload a game steam will ask you which library you want that game to install to

Also what is Linux Xenion?

idk, it was just the type of linux i installed (i am using a chrome book with a linux os to play steam games.)

[Omega]

Make sure the flash drive is formatted with EXT4, Steam doesn't like NTFS and FAT.

[76561198881213481]

Originally posted by Omega:

Make sure the flash drive is formatted with EXT4, Steam doesn't like NTFS and FAT.

to format the drive, i had to unmount the drive, and then format it. It is currently formatted but i am not authorized to mount it.

[Omega]

Originally posted by slip14751:

Originally posted by Omega:

Make sure the flash drive is formatted with EXT4, Steam doesn't like NTFS and FAT.

to format the drive, i had to unmount the drive, and then format it. It is currently formatted but i am not authorized to mount it.

What says you can't mount it?

If it complains about rights just sudo it, run the application or command as root user then it has to do it.

[76561198881213481]

Originally posted by Omega:

Originally posted by slip14751:

to format the drive, i had to unmount the drive, and then format it. It is currently formatted but i am not authorized to mount it.

What says you can't mount it?

If it complains about rights just sudo it, run the application or command as root user then it has to do it.

i did a whole other tutorial about adding dirs and ♥♥♥♥ and still cant mount the drive

[Omega]

Doing it via the terminal will probably be easiest.

sudo mkdir /mnt/usb
lsblk 
sudo mount /dev/sdXX /mnt/usb

Replace XX with the name of the partion on the drive. For example: sdb1
lsblk will tell you the name of the drive's partition, identify it by it's size.
Doing this will mount the flash drive to /mnt/usb, you simply have to create a Steam game installation directory in that folder, this folder is your flash drive.

If it complains about rights when adding the Steam game install dir:

sudo chmod -R 777 /mnt/usb

Originally posted by slip14751:

Originally posted by Omega:

What says you can't mount it?

If it complains about rights just sudo it, run the application or command as root user then it has to do it.

i did a whole other tutorial about adding dirs and ♥♥♥♥ and still cant mount the drive

You will have to gives us a bit more info, like what software you are using, which distro etc.. Repeatedly saying "It doesn't work" doesn't really help.