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I'm having trouble finding Lutris on my system (self.linux_gaming)
submitted 1 year ago by Moc to c/linux_gaming
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So I've rebooted my Debian computer, having installed, run, and used Lutris to run a GOG game. It worked fine.

Problem is, now Lutris has seemingly disappeared from my system. Despite existing in dpkg, and seeing the app "installed" in the Debian software manager, I cannot find a way to run it.

I have attempted to run it in three ways:

  1. Press the windows key and search for Lutris. This worked before. It works on literally every other app too. Nothing shows up, except the Lutris page in the Software manager.
  2. Check the Lutris page in the software manager. I can see that it's installed and has a delete button, but no button to open the application.
  3. Click the "Show Applications"/Launchpad icon in the Dock, and try to find Lutris. It doesn't exist here anymore.

I'm scratching my head. Does anyone know what happened to Lutris on my Debian distro?

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[–] just_another_person 4 points 1 year ago

dpkg -L [lutris_package_name]

This will show you where all the files for the install of Lutris are. You can find the name of the Lutris package with:

dpkg -l | grep lutris

If you're not seeing the binary to launch, just uninstall and reinstall the package.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have you tried opening up the command line and typing in lutris?

[–] Moc 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, that does not work either

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Does it say anything specific?

[–] Moc 3 points 1 year ago

Edit:

  • Issue persists across system restarts
  • Issue persists across uninstalling and reinstalling Lutris.
[–] Qvest 3 points 1 year ago

Try to look for a .desktop file in /usr/share/applications/

If it is not there, try making one in ~/.local/share/applications/

If there is no .desktop file, try looking for the binary with $ which lutris

If you find the binary, but can't find the .desktop file, take another .desktop file as an example from /usr/share/applications/ and create a new one in ~/.local/share/applications/ with appropriate Exec= from the $ which command from earlier

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lutris is a python application, you can do git clone on the GitHub repo and you car run lutris from there. This will also use your config files as they are stored in your home directory.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

On an additional note, install the locate package. It will create an index of ALL the files in your computer. Making searching for files a simple task.

[–] silver_Motoko -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Have you considered using Heroic game launcher instead. I think its good as long as you use wine fixes instead of proton ones.

Edit: looks like lutris is installed but corrupted?

What about this command in terminal.

dpkg -l | grep -i lutris