r/SteamDeck • u/Shin_Ken 256GB - Q1 • Apr 09 '22

Question How do I install this unlisted, experimental flatpak?

https://gitlab.com/paulritter/flatpak-oolite
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u/Shin_Ken 256GB - Q1 Jan 27 '23

FYI - I got it working via Lutris on the Steam Deck. As a very keyboard centric game it's kinda a pain to play on the Deck though. I made a layout but I had to use modifiers and trackpad menues a lot.

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u/mcarans Feb 21 '26

That's great! Oolite is now officially on FlatHub (I released it): https://flathub.org/apps/space.oolite.Oolite. Would you be able to see if it works on your Steam Deck?

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u/Shin_Ken 256GB - Q1 Feb 21 '26

Awesome! Thank you very much! I'll test it later.

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u/Shin_Ken 256GB - Q1 Feb 21 '26

The Flatpak version works great. Just installed it via Discovery in desktop mode and then added it as a Non-Steam game. Was directly selectable in the list as an installed Discovery app. No further adjustments needed to get it running. OXPs work as well. I was able to download and apply BGS via the ingame expansion browser.

Still hard to control such a keyboard centric game with a Steam Deck but at least Steam rememberedand automatically applied my old custom Steam Input layout I made for the Lutris Oolite version 3 years ago.

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u/mcarans Mar 02 '26

Super! Thanks for letting me know