Lutris: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 16:17, 26 October 2025

Lutris is a video game preservation platform that you can use to play or emulate pretty much any game you want.

Installation

Install Lutris by adding the Lutris package

environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
  lutris
];

Overriding extra libraries and packages

If any games are unable to run due to missing dependencies, they can be installed using the following methods.

environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
  (lutris.override {
    # List of additional system libraries
    extraLibraries = pkgs: [ ];

    # List of additional system packages    
    extraPkgs = pkgs: [ ];
  })
];

Known Issues

Icons do not appear

You have to install a compatible icon theme. For example, you can install the adwaita-icon-theme available as gnome3.adwaita-icon-theme in Nixpkgs.

Epic Game Store

If you're running a 64bit environment you need to ensure that you enable 32bit support:

hardware.graphics.enable32Bit = true;

Incompatible Lutris libraries

When installing some games, you may see a message similar to: mktemp: $USER/.local/share/lutris/runtime/steam/amd64/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libattr.so.1: version `ATTR_1.3' not found (required by mktemp)

This happens because lutris attempts to use it's own runtime which has incompatible libraries. To disable these potentially conflicting libraries: More (three horizontal lines) > Preferences > Global Options > Disable Lutris Runtime. Then attempt to install the game or application again.

Using Esync

The Lutris documentation shows how to make your system esync compatible. These steps can be achieved on NixOS with the config below.

{ config, pkgs, lib, ... }:

{
  systemd.extraConfig = "DefaultLimitNOFILE=524288";
  security.pam.loginLimits = [{
    domain = "yourusername";
    type = "hard";
    item = "nofile";
    value = "524288";
  }];
}

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-Lutris is a video game preservation platform that you can use to play or emulate pretty much any game you want.
+[https://lutris.net/ Lutris] is a video game preservation platform that you can use to play or emulate pretty much any game you want.
-== Adding missing dependencies ==
+== Installation ==
-If any games are unable to run due to missing dependencies, they can be installed using the following methods.
+Install Lutris by adding the [https://search.nixos.org/packages?show=lutris&query=lutris Lutris package]<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
+environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+  lutris
+];
+</syntaxhighlight>
-=== Libraries ===
+=== Overriding extra libraries and packages ===
-<syntaxHighlight lang=nix>
+If any games are unable to run due to missing dependencies, they can be installed using the following methods.<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
-  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
-    (lutris.override {
+  (lutris.override {
-      extraLibraries =  pkgs: [
+    # List of additional system libraries
-        # List library dependencies here
+    extraLibraries = pkgs: [ ];
-      ];
-    })
-  ];
-</syntaxHighlight>
-=== Packages ===
+    # List of additional system packages
-<syntaxHighlight lang=nix>
+     extraPkgs = pkgs: [ ];
-  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+  })
-     (lutris.override {
+];
-       extraPkgs = pkgs: [
+</syntaxhighlight>
-         # List package dependencies here
-       ];
-    })
-  ];
-</syntaxHighlight>
 == Known Issues ==
-=== Icons does not appear ===
+=== Icons do not appear ===
 You have to install a compatible icon theme. For example, you can install the <code>adwaita-icon-theme</code> available as <code>gnome3.adwaita-icon-theme</code> in Nixpkgs.
 === Epic Game Store ===
-If you're running a 64bit environment you need to ensure that you enable 32bit support in your <code>configuration.nix</code>:
+If you're running a 64bit environment you need to ensure that you enable 32bit support:<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
-<code>
+hardware.graphics.enable32Bit = true;
-hardware.opengl.driSupport32Bit = true
+</syntaxhighlight>
-</code>
+=== Incompatible Lutris libraries ===
+When installing some games, you may see a message similar to:
+<code>mktemp: $USER/.local/share/lutris/runtime/steam/amd64/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libattr.so.1: version `ATTR_1.3' not found (required by mktemp)</code>
+This happens because lutris attempts to use it's own runtime which has incompatible libraries. To disable these potentially conflicting libraries: <code> More (three horizontal lines) > Preferences > Global Options > Disable Lutris Runtime</code>. Then attempt to install the game or application again.
+=== Using Esync ===
+The Lutris documentation shows [https://github.com/lutris/docs/blob/master/HowToEsync.md how to make your system esync compatible]. These steps can be achieved on NixOS with the config below.<syntaxhighlight lang="nixos">
+{ config, pkgs, lib, ... }:
+{
+  systemd.extraConfig = "DefaultLimitNOFILE=524288";
+  security.pam.loginLimits = [{
+    domain = "yourusername";
+    type = "hard";
+    item = "nofile";
+    value = "524288";
+  }];
+}
+</syntaxhighlight>
 [[Category:Applications]]
+[[Category:Gaming]]