Installer not running.

I run the installer and a black terminal looking screen pops up but then nothing more no installer opens. And nothing is installed into the created directory.
I'm on steam deck if that makes a difference.

awake-maroon•3/5/25, 12:12 PM

what is that game? the installer is trying to copy a file in the place of the same file, seems like a bug of that installer

nursing-lime•3/5/25, 2:22 PM

Are you installing the Windows version of Discord?

colossal-harlequinOP•3/5/25, 9:57 PM

Yes I'm trying to install windows version discord

Aawake-maroon what is that game? the installer is trying to copy a file in the place of the sa...

colossal-harlequinOP•3/5/25, 9:57 PM

Discord

awake-maroon•3/5/25, 9:59 PM

why? you have linux version of discord what will work better

colossal-harlequinOP•3/5/25, 9:59 PM

Yh that's what I use but streaming is broken on it

awake-maroon•3/5/25, 9:59 PM

it's going to be worse with the windows version

colossal-harlequinOP•3/5/25, 10:00 PM

Really I heard it's meant to be better

awake-maroon•3/5/25, 10:00 PM

I guess you can try, I don't have experience with that, I just can't imagine the streaming through wine being better

awake-maroon•3/5/25, 10:01 PM

about the error, I don't know how you added discord, maybe go back some steps and share how you actually added it

colossal-harlequinOP•3/5/25, 10:01 PM

Well if it works it's better than nothing currently audio doesn't steam and only non steam games actually display video

colossal-harlequinOP•3/5/25, 10:05 PM

So the way I installed it was download the discordsetup.exe, set executable to that, then run when I click play normally this runs the installer and once installed I change the executable to the application exe that launches the gam but it doesn't actually install so.

awake-maroon•3/5/25, 10:07 PM

the normal way is:

click Add Game
set title to Discord (so it gets the image, etc)
then click Run Installer FirstRun Installer First
after the installation ends, click the select exe and look for the discord exe
then FinishFinish

colossal-harlequinOP•3/5/25, 10:08 PM

Yh the run installer first hasnt work for me

colossal-harlequinOP•3/5/25, 10:09 PM

I had to do my method for another game that I got working by doing it

colossal-harlequinOP•3/5/25, 10:17 PM

Trying now with another game and when I hit run installer first and select the exe nothing happens

colossal-harlequinOP•3/5/25, 10:19 PM

And I can't click finish until I put an executable in which I don't have the proper one yet as nothing has installed

colossal-harlequinOP•3/5/25, 10:23 PM

It makes the directory (prefixes folder) but doesn't actually put anything I there

colossal-harlequinOP•3/5/25, 10:26 PM

And just put the set up exe in executable and the installer works fine but not for discord

colossal-harlequinOP•3/5/25, 10:41 PM

Launching "Discord" (sideload)
Native? No
Installed in: /run/user/1000/doc/ddf2a518

System Info:
CPU: 8x AMD Custom APU 0932
Memory: 15.53 GB (used: 3.51 GB)
GPUs:
GPU 0:
Name: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Sephiroth [AMD Custom GPU 0405]
IDs: D=1435 V=1002 SD=0123 SV=1002
Driver: amdgpu
OS: SteamOS 3.6.22 holo (linux)

The current system is a Steam Deck (model: OLED) in desktop mode
We are running inside a Flatpak container

Software Versions:
Heroic: 2.16.0 Scopper Gaban
Legendary: 0.20.36 Urban Flight (Heroic)
gogdl: 1.1.2
comet: comet 0.2.0
Nile: 1.1.2 Will A. Zeppeli

Game Settings: {
"autoInstallDxvk": true,
"autoInstallDxvkNvapi": true,
"autoInstallVkd3d": true,
"preferSystemLibs": false,
"enableEsync": true,
"enableMsync": false,
"enableFsync": true,
"nvidiaPrime": false,
"enviromentOptions": [],
"wrapperOptions": [],
"showFps": false,
"useGameMode": true,
"battlEyeRuntime": true,
"eacRuntime": true,
"language": "",
"beforeLaunchScriptPath": "",
"afterLaunchScriptPath": "",
"verboseLogs": false,
"wineVersion": {
"bin": "",
"name": "Default Wine - Not Found",
"type": "wine"
},
"winePrefix": "/home/deck/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/default/Discord",
"wineCrossoverBottle": ""
}

Game launched at: Wed Mar 05 2025 22:33:54 GMT+0000 (Greenwich Mean Time)

Winetricks packages:

============= End of log =============

nursing-lime•3/5/25, 10:51 PM

Installed in: /run/user/1000/doc/ddf2a518Installed in: /run/user/1000/doc/ddf2a518
"autoInstallDxvkNvapi": true, "autoInstallDxvkNvapi": true,
"name": "Default Wine - Not Found","name": "Default Wine - Not Found",

nursing-lime•3/5/25, 10:52 PM

all this is in combination plus the note that you should be using Discord Canary or Vesktop instead

colossal-harlequinOP•3/5/25, 10:53 PM

Okay I'll try it thanks

colossal-harlequinOP•3/5/25, 10:54 PM

U was trying to avoid any alternative clients as discord could maybe ban account or something

colossal-harlequinOP•3/5/25, 10:54 PM

Canary isn't one of them is it ?

nursing-lime•3/5/25, 10:55 PM

Discord Canary is the official experimental build https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/360035675191-Discord-Testing-Clients

nursing-lime•3/5/25, 10:55 PM

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/looks-like-discord-finally-fixed-linux-screen-and-audio-sharing-with-wayland/

GamingOnLinux

Looks like Discord finally fixed Linux screen and audio sharing wit...

A while ago in November, it seems I missed a post from a user in the GamingOnLinux Discord server, noting that the Discord developers finally hooked up screen and audio sharing for Linux with Wayland.

Ccolossal-harlequin U was trying to avoid any alternative clients as discord could maybe ban account...

nursing-lime•3/5/25, 10:55 PM

Vesktop is an Electron wrapper. it is not an alternative client in the strict sense of being a Discord rewrite

colossal-harlequinOP•3/5/25, 10:56 PM

So no chance of them deleting my account then

nursing-lime•3/5/25, 10:58 PM

it wouldn't be a surprise to you if they decided to nuke your account for using an alternative client

nursing-lime•3/5/25, 10:58 PM

it makes poor business sense to ban accounts for that reason

colossal-harlequinOP•3/5/25, 11:02 PM

Okay I'll try it then but would still be nice to know why I have this issue as I had the same with Roblox but not a problem for that as I just used sober now but worries I'll have it again in the future with something else

Nnursing-lime `Installed in: /run/user/1000/doc/ddf2a518` ` "autoInstallDxvkNvapi": true,` ...

nursing-lime•3/5/25, 11:02 PM

you're outside of the permitted folders

nursing-lime•3/5/25, 11:03 PM

/run/user/1000/doc/.../run/user/1000/doc/... means you're outside the scope of flatpak permissions

colossal-harlequinOP•3/5/25, 11:05 PM

Is there a way around that sorry I don't know much about all this

nursing-lime•3/5/25, 11:05 PM

either install into a permitted folder (e.g., ~/Games/Heroic~/Games/Heroic) or expand permissions

colossal-harlequinOP•3/5/25, 11:11 PM

How do I do that when the installer won't even open

colossal-harlequinOP•3/5/25, 11:12 PM