protonrun

Script to run commands inside proton prefixes of Steam games.

Protonrun will run a command in a WINE environment of the Proton prefix used by a selected Steam app.

The following variables are set: WINEPREFIX, WINESERVER, WINELOADER, WINEDLLPATH, PATH (the bin directory of Proton distribution is prepended), PROTON (the base directory of Proton distribution used by the Steam app).

Usage

To run winecfg for the prefix of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines:

$ protonrun winecfg
1) "Blasphemous"
2) "FINAL FANTASY VI"
3) "Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines"
#? 3

To select the app without the selection prompt, set PROTONRUN_APP_ID:

$ env PROTONRUN_APP_ID=2600 protonrun winecfg

To see the IDs of installed apps, use:

$ protonrun --list

For more detailed usage:

$ protonrun --help

Requirements

protonrun should run on any system with bash and standard Unix utils.

For tests, git submodules need to be cloned with the repo.

Installation

Not required; just run the protonrun script directly, or put on PATH for convenience.