How can I install steam games to a USB drive on Linux?
I saw some very similar questions but for windows and I am using unity and have no space to install a game so I need to use a USB drive but have no idea how to unlock the /media file to read/write so I can write to it as well.
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I know from using Steam that you can "add a library location" in your downloads tab. After that, when you download some game, you'll be presented with the option for where to install it.
If you wish to move your already installed games, this Steam help document should help you do that.
You'll have to make sure that your are technically the "owner" of the USB drive so Steam has permissions to access.
If you're having trouble mounting something or a filesystem error, this post should help you get an external partition mounted for use by Steam. If you're still not getting that, try this article, mentioning using games already installed on a Windows partition.
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How do I install Steam games on Linux USB?
Open Steam settings, click on Steam and then click on Settings. Now you will be able to install games to your USB device. If you want your new library folder to be default just right click on it and make it default. Just remember to select your new library folder when installing games.Can you install Steam games on a USB drive?
Can you play Steam games from a flash drive? Yes. You can use your flash drive as an external Steam library. However, you can't store many games on the storage device, including 16GB or 64GB.How do I install Steam games on Linux?
If you're running a DEB-based distribution, but you can't find the Steam installer in the official repositories:How do I put Steam on a flash drive?
How to Run Steam From a Thumb Drive(Ubuntu/Linux) How to install Steam Games to external Hard Drive. (2021)
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Answer 2
1st: run this on terminal
sudo su
mount -o remount -rw /media
2nd: copy the /steam folder to the /media folder(assuming the media is your flash drive)
3rd: Run the steam binary.
4th: good to go
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