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I recently got an invitation for Steam. I want to download games but my SSD drive which I have Ubuntu will not be enough. How can I install Steam on a different hard drive?
I'm trying to set up a second library folder for Skyrim so I can effectively mod it, but every time I try I get the message 'Selected Drive already has a steam library folder Steam will manage Multiple Game installs in a single folder for you' and will not let me make the folder. Do not post common bugs such as download speeds, empty news pages, pricing. Question Is it possible to view all games 'already in Steam Library' that aren't. It said the game was already in my Steam Library. But it had to install it to play. I didn't realize I had even owned it, previously. Is there a way to view the entire list of games. Use Steam Library Manager to Move Games in Batch. Steam Library Manager is a tool created to help you with managing Steam libraries. SLM lets you easily copy, move or backup your games between. Where is the Steam 'Library' - posted in New Vegas Discussion: Hi! I'm trying to backup my New Vegas game, this is to avoid long downloading hours if game needs to be reinstalled. I was told to go to Steam Library but I search the the whole Steam files and can't find the Library anywhere. We can try deleting the downloading file and running the game again. Steam may download some files again, but it will run as expected if it does. It may be possible that Steam can’t find out how much space is already available in the drive because it doesn’t have access to it. Fix: Steam Not Enough Disk Space.
I went into the 'Steam Library Folders' but I can't delete the original folder so steam can install on that drive. I have also tried to change the place but it is again on the down side:
7 Answers
Apparently it gives you the option when downloading a game.
I have not tried this myself but I don't see any reason it wouldn't be straight forward. But reportedly it only works for games that uses the new content system.
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Some points not addressed in the above answers:
While Steam lets you create multiple libraries, it appears some games can only be installed in the primary library. I suspect this applies to games (eg, those using the Source engine like TF2) with shared content.
Using a symlink to move the
SteamApps
library folder out of theSteam
directory causes problems, since some games appear for whatever reason not to follow symlinks. Certainly this TF2 bug is related, but others may also be. (It appears you can do this successfully using a bind mount, but this is unnecessary - see below).
However, to answer the original question - you can just move the Steam
folder entirely to a new location (eg, to move it to /opt/Steam
):
Once it is moved, attempt to start Steam (using the Unity icon or /usr/bin/steam
). You will get a message:
Which will let you select the new Steam directory. Subsequently it will start normally.
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This worked moving Steam to another
ext4
filesystem. I do not know whether this will work if you change the permissions or attempt to use a non-linux filesystem.I have not tried sharing a library directory between Windows and Linux steam. I suspect this would end badly.
Moving the
Steam
directory will usually make SteamGuard require an unlock code the next time you start Steam.
Steam lets you define what they call 'Steam Library Folders'. In the steam client go to the 'Steam' menu item, and select 'Settings', the go Downloads+Cloud tab:
Click on 'Steam Library Folders' and adjust accordingly:
To move a game's installation files from one folder to another, go to 'Library', find the game, right-click on it, select 'Properties', click the 'Local files' tab, and click 'Move install folder..'.
The easiest way is to move your steam home folder to that new drive and create a link for it, as 'Steam Library Folders' is relatively new feature and doesn't work with all games.
I usually resolve these problems by mounting the default folder to another location. That way it's completely transparent to the application as it just use the normal filesystem (no symlink).
You can do it temporarly with mount:
Or make it permanent in /etc/fstab:
You may want to create the new library folder and try manually moving the content. It's best to test this with a single, smaller, game rather than the entire 21GB.
Game Not Showing Up In Steam Library
For it dosent work. When i instaled first time Steam i could to instal games in another disk space it was all ok, After instalation i turned on games and playing few houers. Next step i had to reset my PC after rebooting there was no games instaled on my steam. What can i do is to install again games on my disk where is the system. I cant change location. It strange becouse games are on my difrent location instaled properly but steam whant to instal them again.