Glorious Proton Manager

A tool that allows Linux users to delete & install old & new Proton-GE versions as they come out. Making a GUI for it felt needed; the number of Linux gamers is growing thanks to Valve, Wine & other open source projects.

Installation

Dependencies

The only dependency is tkinter. To install it, run:

Arch/Manjaro

sudo pacman -S tk

Fedora

sudo dnf install python3-tkinter

openSUSE Leap

sudo zypper in python3-tk

Ubuntu

sudo apt install python3-tk

With pip

pip3 install GloriousProtonManager

Usage

GloriousProtonManager will be added to ~/.local/bin/ after installation. To run it, type:

~/.local/bin/GloriousProtonManager

Features

It is split into 3 columns: Old versions, Prerequisites & updates & Removals.

Old versions

Split into 3 steps, which should be followed in order:

1. List the versions.
2. Pick one from the list by typing its version.
3. Click on the Install button.

Prerequisites & updates

Prerequisites sees whether the default directory (~/.steam/root/compatibilitytools.d) where Proton-GE versions should be installed exists. Creates it if it does not.

Updates sees whether the latest Proton-GE version is installed on your system. Shows a message saying so if it is. Installs it if it is not.

I decided to show only the last 15 versions; older versions felt pointless. It will show a popup warning message if the field is left empty or an invalid value is given.

Removals

Sees which versions are installed. Allows you to delete them once the version value is given as input. Works the same way as the other menu. Also shows a popup warning message if the field is left empty or an invalid value is given.

Known bugs

• Making the GUI look identical across platforms & distros is hard with PySimpleGUI. It will look fine on Fedora & Manjaro, but may look a bit off on distros like Ubuntu or openSUSE.
• The Exit button has to be pressed twice when closing GPM.