Not just a Linux issue then?
@gdrewb-valve Yes apparently not just a Linux problem.
The latest Steam client beta was supposed to fix this, is it still a problem?
Thanks, it's half-fixed. :)
It's now launching games directly, but only if they are already installed. If they are not, it won't open the install window like it did before (and as expected).
steam steam://install/appid doesn't work either.
It's all fixed now. I let you close it.
steam steam://install/appid
doesn't work for me both with steam closed and open.
how do you guys get it to work?
what I mean is are you simply typing
steam steam://install/1391110 into the terminal?
when I do that after awhile I get
ExecCommandLine: "'/home/t/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_32/steam' '-nominidumps' '-nobreakpad' 'steam://install/1391110'"
ExecuteSteamURL: "steam://install/1391110"
but it never actually triggers an install.
@tatsujb, did you get it to work?
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/9442#issue-1693177045
@tatsujb, I got it to work – https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/9442#issuecomment-1532237772. However, I'm rather disappointed by how the actual installation is performed graphically (apparently by design) and consequently that steam applications cannot be installed headlessly.
@rokejulianlockhart it works for me now.
It works if Steam is already launched, otherwise it launches Steam but doesn't open the game install dialog.
Same thing with Windows Steam when trying it through Wine.