LibreGaming: Easily Setup your Distro for Gaming

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Intro

LibreGaming Is a program for installing gaming required packages on Linux.

It works by identifying you Linux distribution and based on that info it installs the right packages for you. Currently supported distributions:

Ubuntu, of course.
Arch Linux, because I use Arch btw.
Fedora.
And finally OpenSUSE Tumbleweed.

The tool also should work on the above distributions derivatives too.

Lets talk features:

The tool is a great starting point when you have just made a clean install. No need to waste half an hour just to play games.

LibreGaming will install these packages for you:

Steam.
Wine-staging.
Gamemode.
ProtonGE, using protonup.
Lutris Launcher.
Heroic Launcher.
MangoHud and Goverlay.
itch.io Launcher.
Athenaeum Launcher.
Steam Tinker Launch.

Prerequisites:

Before you install LibreGaming you need to get the following:

You need your drivers installed beforehand for maximum performance under Linux. you can install them by going to this page
To run this LibreGaming script you need python3 installed if not already. to install python3 click Here.
Also you need to enable free and nonfree packages if you are using Fedora to install steam. You can find the commands to enable free and nonfree packages for Fedora here:
For OpenSUSE Tumbleweed you need to enable packman repos to install Steam and other packages. You can find that here
If you are using Arch Linux or an Arch based system you need to enable 32bit packages found in multilib repo you can enable it by going to this Arch wiki page.

Dependencies:

Install git For Ubuntu:

sudo apt install git

Install git For Arch Linux:

sudo pacman -S git

Install git For Fedora:

sudo dnf install git

Install git For OpenSUSE Tumbleweed:

sudo zypper install git

python3

Install Python3 For Ubuntu:

sudo apt install python3

Install Python3 For Arch Linux:

sudo pacman -S python

Install Python3 For Fedora:

sudo dnf install python3

Install Python3 For OpenSUSE Tumbleweed:

sudo zypper install python3

python3-pip.

Install python3-pip For Ubuntu:

sudo apt install python3-pip

Install python3-pip For Arch Linux:

sudo pacman -S python-pip

Install python3-pip For Fedora:

sudo dnf install python3-pip

Install python3-pip For OpenSUSE Tumbleweed:

sudo zypper install python3-pip

Flatpak is needed for installing Athenaeum.

Packages:

These Packages are installed using LibreGaming -b

Optional_Packages

These Packages + the ones above can be installed using LibreGaming -g

Lutris.
Heroic (Needs AUR enabled on Arch Linux)
mangohud and goverlay(Needs AUR enabled on Arch Linux).

Other_Packages

These Packages have their own install option and they are not included in the above packages. They need to be installed seperatly, to know more click here

ProtonGE(You Must run Steam at least once before installing ProtonGE).
Athenaeum Launcher for FOSS games.
itch.io a Launcher for indie games.
Steam Tinker Launch(Only for Arch Linux).

Installation:

GUI

To use the GUI interface you need to download the LibreGamingQt-x86_64.AppImage from the releases page and give it execute privileges and run it!

execute privileges

CLI

You can install LibreGaming using pip if you have it installed. click Here to install pip3:

sudo pip3 install LibreGaming

Or you can install LibreGaming script by entering these commands:

git clone https://github.com/Ahmed-Al-Balochi/LibreGaming.git LibreGaming/ 
cd LibreGaming/
sudo python3 setup.py install --user

To update LibreGaming when there is a new release enter this command:

sudo pip3 install LibreGaming -U

LibreGaming: command not found.

This error can be solved by setting up the PATH in your shell you can do this by entering these lines in your shell file(.bashrc or .zshrc) and by default your shell file is hidden. to show hidden files enter ls -al in the terminal.

Note that the LibreGaming Script is saved in ~/.local/bin directory by default.

### PATH

if [ -d "$HOME/.local/bin" ] ;
  then PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
fi

Usage:

Note: you can also run this script using libregaming command if you don’t like LibreGaming. Both can be used, so choose what you prefer.
To install all the Gaming packages mentioned in the packages section enter this command:

sudo LibreGaming -g

To install Basic Packages(Wine, Steam, Gamemode):

sudo LibreGaming -b

To install Lutris Launcher enter this command:

sudo LibreGaming --lutris

To install Heroic Launcher enter this command (Don’t use sudo if you are using OpenSUSE):

sudo LibreGaming --heroic

To install MangoHud & Goverlay enter this command:

sudo LibreGaming -o

To install ProtonGE enter this command:

LibreGaming -p

To install Athenaeum Launcher enter this command:

LibreGaming -ath

To install itch.io Launcher enter this command:

LibreGaming --itch

To install Minigalaxy Launcher enter this command:

LibreGaming --minigalaxy

To install Steam Tinker Launch(For Arch Linux only) enter this command:

LibreGaming --stl

Protonup_Commands

To list all the available releases of ProtonGE enter this command:

LibreGaming --release

To list all the installed verions of ProtonGE enter this command:

LibreGaming -l

To install a specfic release of ProtonGE enter this command: for example:

LibreGaming -t 6.13-GE-1

To delete a specfic release of ProtonGE enter this command: for example:

LibreGaming -r 6.13-GE-1

Closing thoughts

I would like to thank all those who downloaded and used LibreGaming, it got more than 39k downloads.and your Feedback is always welcome.

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