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gamemaker linux on bazzite using distrobox. what has gone wrong?

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Here is the command I am running and my result:
:package:[bazzite@ubuntubox ~]$ curl https://repo.steampowered.com/steamrt-images-scout/snapshots/latest-steam-client-general-availability/com.valvesoftware.SteamRuntime.Sdk-amd64,i386-scout-sysroot.tar.gz | sudo tar -xzf - -C /opt/steam-runtime/
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0tar: dev/console: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
tar: dev/full: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
tar: dev/null: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
tar: dev/ptmx: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
tar: dev/random: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
tar: dev/tty: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
tar: dev/urandom: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
tar: dev/zero: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
100  671M  100  671M    0     0  16.0M      0  0:00:41  0:00:41 --:--:-- 21.0M
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
:package:[bazzite@ubuntubox ~]$ uname -r
6.16.4-116.bazzite.fc42.x86_64
:package:[bazzite@ubuntubox ~]$ curl https://repo.steampowered.com/steamrt-images-scout/snapshots/latest-steam-client-general-availability/com.valvesoftware.SteamRuntime.Sdk-amd64,i386-scout-sysroot.tar.gz | sudo tar -xzf - -C /opt/steam-runtime/
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0tar: dev/console: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
tar: dev/full: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
tar: dev/null: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
tar: dev/ptmx: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
tar: dev/random: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
tar: dev/tty: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
tar: dev/urandom: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
tar: dev/zero: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted
100  671M  100  671M    0     0  16.0M      0  0:00:41  0:00:41 --:--:-- 21.0M
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
:package:[bazzite@ubuntubox ~]$ uname -r
6.16.4-116.bazzite.fc42.x86_64




Here is the tutorial I am using:
https://gamemaker.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/235186168-Setting-Up-For-Ubuntu

Any help? I am very new to linux but using the windows version of gamemaker has been giving me terrible headaches...
GameMaker Help Centre
Setting Up For Ubuntu
IMPORTANT 🛑 Platform set-up guides and 'Required SDKs' guide have moved to GitHub (for GameMaker 2024.13 and above):https://github.com/YoYoGames/GameMaker-Bugs/wikiℹ️ Choose your version in the sid...
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