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AFAICT this should be set up when the Steam client is installed. A steam.desktop file registers a mimetype for steam:// like this:
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/steam;x-scheme-handler/steamlink;
and you can see if it's registred properly by using:
xdg-mime query default "x-scheme-handler/steam;x-scheme-handler/steamlink"
which should return "steam.desktop" by default./usr/bin/steam steam://install/1402490
from a terminal (with the Steam client already running in a second terminall) I get the following output on stdout and the download window opens.ExecCommandLine: "'/home/whizse/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam' 'steam://install/1402490'"
ExecuteSteamURL: "steam://install/1402490"
You can check if something mangles the link, and for possible error messages.
(/usr/bin/steam is the path set on my system in Exec in the steam.desktop file mentioned above.)
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MimeType=x-scheme-handler/steam;
`steam.desktop` is returned if I query just
xdg-mime query default "x-scheme-handler/steam"
The links are sent to Steam, it just doesn’t really do anything with them. Upon further testing, it opens whichever page I have set under "Select which Steam window appears when the program starts", not necessarily the Library.
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So if I run
steam steam://install/1402490
it works as expected. The same link in the browser does nothing but open the Library. In both cases, there’s no output in the terminal though
At least I have a workaround of sorts, now ^^ Thanks for your help!
What does your full `Exec` line look like? Mine (unmodified from the install) is:
Exec=sh -c 'STEAM_FRAME_FORCE_CLOSE=1 steam' %U
Last edited by Salvatos on 7 March 2022 at 8:59 pm UTC
Mine just says "Exec=/usr/bin/steam %U"
Yours does look odd though. The %U which is the URI is outside the quote and is never sent to the steam command. Also, one does usually just use env in a .desktop file to set environment variables. Some Mint specific changes/bug?
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