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Could somebody help me change where Steam installs Proton/compatibility stuff to? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I'm on Mint. I have two partitions, one at 100GB I set up for the main OS installation, and another 1.9TB installation I use for storage. But the first partition is getting some storage issues, which comes partly from Timeshift (which I already redirected) and partially from Steam, specifically Proton. I want to redirect Steam onto the larger partition, but the space Steam takes up in this way is taken up by several smaller files and folders that add up to a lot, so I feel unsure about how to change things properly.

And a follow-up question, is it safe for me to expand that smaller drive with Gparted or something, or would that put the data on it at risk? Since it's the OS partition, that's important data.

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[–] je_skirata@lemmy.today 23 points 3 months ago (2 children)

In Steam's settings you can add a new library folder on the larger drive. The compatdata will install to the same library folder that the games are installed on. You'd have to move the games to the new drive as well. That's the simplest way to do it

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This is precisely what I do on my current system. All games live on a separate hard drive, and Steam knows that's the default library.

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

My NAS is a steam library, some games will even run off of it perfectly fine. It's mostly to free up space on my SSDs with games that I'm not actively playing.

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

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[–] ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 months ago

If all of the proton stuff lives underneath a common parent directory, you could copy that directory to your larger drive, and then bind mount the new location (bind mounting effectively mounts a directory underneath another directory)