Mod install issue -- Read only file system
Friday, September 25, 2020 - 14:57
I'm trying to install Demonic-UI, but I am running into an issue pasting the mod into the Mods folder. I am on Manjaro KDE, and the error is that it is a read-only file system. Is there a workaround?
Flare creates and uses "~/.local/share/flare/mods/" for mods, which you should have write access to.
The folders that come up when I use search in Dolphin with mods for Flare-RPG all say the same error. If I do it in Dolphin, it says to check whether I have sufficient permissions. Doing so via terminal, even as root (using "su" command), tells me I can't copy to the folder as it is a read only file system. So basically, I take it that my operating system will not allow me to add mods to Flare-RPG. That's always fun.
If the local mods directory isn't there, you can create it with
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/flare/mods
If *that* errors out, there's definitely something wrong with your configuration.
It appears the "issue" -- I can't call it an error, as it is how it works apparently -- is due to Snap. As a result, it basically will not allow me to write (ie, paste) files into the mods folder.
Anyone know where the save file is? I might try to copy it to another place, and then install Flare-RPG through another package (ie, Flatpak).
Installed it through flatpak, and neither the snap nor the flatpak version have a "saves" or "userdata" folder with saves. So where do they get stored on Manjaro KDE?
I just tried the Flatpak package, and it appears that mods and saves are located at "~/.var/app/org.flarerpg.Flare/data/flare"
Doesn't find that either. Again, using Manjaro KDE. Seems like you're giving me Ubuntu file locations.
I'm using Arch, so it should be the same as Manjaro. But I don't think it's dirsto-specific anyway. Flatpak's documentation defines the XDG directories (which Flare uses): https://docs.flatpak.org/en/latest/conventions.html#xdg-base-directories
Well, I just cannot find it. /var/ on my Laptop doesn't even have an app folder. Searching in Dolphin doesn't find a folder named "org.flarerpg.flare," or a "data" folder.
Can't find saves in Snap or Flatpak versions of the game. Really irritating. Fun game, but trying to do something that should be as simple as copying and pasting a folder for a mod is apparently impossible to figure out.
Look at the path again. It's not "/var/". It's "~/.var/", it being a hidden folder in your home directory. You could also use "$HOME/.var/"
Dolphin tells me "Invalid protocol." Lol this is getting ridiculous.
And besides that, I need the save from the Snap version, so I can attempt to find wherever it is the game doesn't store it in the Flatpak version. The file paths you are giving me do not exist.
Don't include the quotes. Dolphin doesn't like those for some reason.
I'm not sure about Snap, but is there a $HOME/snap/ directory? I think that's the equivalent of Flatpak's $HOME/.var/app/ directory.
https://i.imgur.com/3UJNdru.png
You need to run the Flatpak version of Flare once for the directory to be created in $HOME/.var/app/. If you're launch Flare from the application menu, you might be launching the Snap version since you also have that installed. Try running the Flatpak version from the terminal with:
flatpak run org.flarerpg.Flare
$HOME/snap/ has a flare-rpg folder. Open flare-rpg folder. 3 folders. 101 has nothing, current has nothing, and common also has nada.
Installed from pamac, so whatever. At this point I'm close to saying fuck it and deleting both versions of the game and not playing at all. Spent way too much time on this issue as is. https://i.imgur.com/0J9TB75.png
Ok, I just installed flare-rpg with Snap and found the data directory:
$HOME/snap/flare-rpg/current/.local/share/flare
FYI, you can show hidden files (like .local) in Dolphin by pressing CTRL+H.
Thank God. Finally found the save from the Snap version. Do I just copy the save folder to another location before uninstalling it? Where is the Flatpak version's save folder?
Great. After installing the Flatpak version, run it once so it can create the directory. Then you can find the "mods" and "saves" directories in:
$HOME/.var/app/org.flarerpg.Flare/data/flare/
You should just be able to copy the save over from the Snap directory. Definitely copy before uninstalling.
Update: FINALLY found the right folders, and pasted the save folder from the Snap version to the save folder of the Flatpak version. Thanks a lot for helping me through that.
I'm glad it all worked out. This was informative for me, since I don't maintain either the Snap nor the Flatpak package. So, I'll add this information to the README to avoid future confusion.
Great idea! Apparently search doesn't like to pull up hidden folders. Glad that's sorted. I also screwed up and figured out how to get the Demonic-UI to work. (I copied and pasted the main folder, "flare-demonic-ui-master," rather than "demonic-ui," which caused issues. Pasting the demonic-ui subfolder into mods worked well.)
As an alternative, I'd suggest to the person who maintains the snap package to include the mods listed on the Flare-RPG website under mods so they do not have to deal with permissions issues and trying to find hidden folders. Just a thought.