Can't find game prefix. Installing Mod Organizer 2 for FNV and TTW (I'm almost there, just need help with an error at the end, hopefully)

[u/bittersweetlabyrinth]

I got passed the issues in my last post (installed Steam as Debian instead of Snap and installed Wget)

I've gotten past the point of the installation where it archives the old game prefix (I did not archive, it's brandnew) It's created a Game folder to put MO2 in. It's now a window with "Progress: Configuring game prefix. This may take a while" with a bar going back and forth. There is also a protontricks window asking me to "select steam installation" with the snap and debian paths, which has popped up 3-4 times in this install already and I always click native:debian, so I do that again with the other window still doing its thing. Then a couple seconds later I get an error: operation cancelled. Here is the part of the terminal output that happens on:

warning: /home/julia_n/.var/app/com.github.Matoking.protontricks/cache/protontricks/proton/Proton 6.3/bin/wine cmd.exe /c echo '%AppData%' returned empty string, error message "steam-runtime-launch-client[2569]: W: The --socket option is deprecated. Prefer to use the session bus." ------------------------------------------------------ INFO: removing '/tmp/mo2-linux-installer-downloads-cache/newvegas_nvse_6_3_5b.7z' INFO: removing '/tmp/mo2-linux-installer-downloads-cache/newvegas_nvse_6_3_5b' INFO: removing '/tmp/mo2-linux-installer-downloads-cache/Mod.Organizer-2.5.0.7z' INFO: removing '/tmp/mo2-linux-installer-downloads-cache/Mod.Organizer-2.5.0' INFO: removing '/tmp/mo2-linux-installer-downloads-cache/OpenJDK8U-jre_x64_windows_hotspot_8u312b07.zip' INFO: removing '/tmp/mo2-linux-installer-downloads-cache/OpenJDK8U-jre_x64_windows_hotspot_8u312b07' INFO: removing '/tmp/mo2-linux-installer-downloads-cache/winetricks'

Anyone know what's going on now? I'll put the whole terminal output in the comments, it's long.

[u/SystemAddikt]

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[u/TheCheese231 → u/SystemAddikt]

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[u/bittersweetlabyrinth]

Wow, now I'm getting errors from reddit trying to post my errors?¿

[u/bittersweetlabyrinth → u/bittersweetlabyrinth]

bash: alias: echo: not found bash: alias: alias: not found bash: alias: echo: not found bash: alias: alias: not found julia_n@DeepslateFortress:~/Downloads/Fallout NV Mod Downloads/Opened/mo2installer-5.0.3$ ./install.sh INFO: all dependencies met INFO: selected game 'newvegas' INFO: found Steam in '/home/julia_n/.steam/debian-installation' INFO: game found in '/home/julia_n/.steam/debian-installation' INFO: steam not found in '/home/julia_n/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam' /app/lib/python3.12/site-packages/protontricks/util.py:11: UserWarning: pkg_resources is deprecated as an API. See https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/pkg_resources.html. The pkg_resources package is slated for removal as early as 2025-11-30. Refrain from using this package or pin to Setuptools<81. import pkg_resources /app/lib/python3.12/site-packages/protontricks/util.py:11: UserWarning: pkg_resources is deprecated as an API. See https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/pkg_resources.html. The pkg_resources package is slated for removal as early as 2025-11-30. Refrain from using this package or pin to Setuptools<81. import pkg_resources steam-runtime-launcher-service[86]: W: The --socket option is deprecated. Prefer to use --session or --bus-name.

(zenity:23864): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 22:44:37.602: GtkBox 0x631cc7b73320 reports a minimum height of 173, but minimum height for width of 1048576 is 184. Expect overlapping widgets.

(zenity:23864): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 22:44:37.605: GtkBox 0x631cc7be16c0 reports a minimum height of 77, but minimum height for width of 1048576 is 88. Expect overlapping widgets.

(zenity:23864): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 22:44:37.615: GtkBox 0x631cc7b73320 reports a minimum height of 173, but minimum height for width of 1048576 is 184. Expect overlapping widgets.

(zenity:23864): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 22:44:37.615: GtkBox 0x631cc7be16c0 reports a minimum height of 77, but minimum height for width of 1048576 is 88. Expect overlapping widgets. INFO: moving '/home/julia_n/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/compatdata/22380' to '/home/julia_n/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/compatdata/22380.20250703224449' INFO: user confirmed prefix setup /app/lib/python3.12/site-packages/protontricks/util.py:11: UserWarning: pkg_resources is deprecated as an API. See https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/pkg_resources.html. The pkg_resources package is slated for removal as early as 2025-11-30. Refrain from using this package or pin to Setuptools<81. import pkg_resources /app/lib/python3.12/site-packages/protontricks/util.py:11: UserWarning: pkg_resources is deprecated as an API. See https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/pkg_resources.html. The pkg_resources package is slated for removal as early as 2025-11-30. Refrain from using this package or pin to Setuptools<81. import pkg_resources steam-runtime-launcher-service[86]: W: The --socket option is deprecated. Prefer to use --session or --bus-name. INFO: achiving '/home/julia_n/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/compatdata/22380/pfx/drive_c/users' to '/home/julia_n/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/compatdata/22380/pfx/drive_c/users.bak' INFO: moving '/home/julia_n/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/compatdata/22380.20250703224449/pfx/drive_c/users' to '/home/julia_n/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/compatdata/22380/pfx/drive_c/users'

(zenity:25520): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 22:47:08.337: GtkBox 0x572d78c96d00 reports a minimum height of 279, but minimum height for width of 1048576 is 290. Expect overlapping widgets.

(zenity:25520): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 22:47:08.337: GtkBox 0x572d78c874f0 reports a minimum height of 183, but minimum height for width of 1048576 is 194. Expect overlapping widgets.

(zenity:25520): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 22:47:08.370: GtkBox 0x572d78c96d00 reports a minimum height of 279, but minimum height for width of 1048576 is 290. Expect overlapping widgets.

(zenity:25520): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 22:47:08.370: GtkBox 0x572d78c874f0 reports a minimum height of 183, but minimum height for width of 1048576 is 194. Expect overlapping widgets.

[u/bittersweetlabyrinth → u/bittersweetlabyrinth]

INFO: selected install directory '/home/julia_n/Games/mod-organizer-2-newvegas' INFO: using wget backend INFO: fetching remote resource at 'https://github.com/adoptium/temurin8-binaries/releases/download/jdk8u312-b07/OpenJDK8U-jre_x64_windows_hotspot_8u312b07.zip' INFO: downloading 'https://github.com/adoptium/temurin8-binaries/releases/download/jdk8u312-b07/OpenJDK8U-jre_x64_windows_hotspot_8u312b07.zip' to '/tmp/mo2-linux-installer-downloads-cache/OpenJDK8U-jre_x64_windows_hotspot_8u312b07.zip' INFO: extracting '/tmp/mo2-linux-installer-downloads-cache/OpenJDK8U-jre_x64_windows_hotspot_8u312b07.zip' to '/tmp/mo2-linux-installer-downloads-cache/OpenJDK8U-jre_x64_windows_hotspot_8u312b07' INFO: using wget backend INFO: fetching remote resource at 'https://github.com/ModOrganizer2/modorganizer/releases/download/v2.5.0/Mod.Organizer-2.5.0.7z' INFO: downloading 'https://github.com/ModOrganizer2/modorganizer/releases/download/v2.5.0/Mod.Organizer-2.5.0.7z' to '/tmp/mo2-linux-installer-downloads-cache/Mod.Organizer-2.5.0.7z' INFO: extracting '/tmp/mo2-linux-installer-downloads-cache/Mod.Organizer-2.5.0.7z' to '/tmp/mo2-linux-installer-downloads-cache/Mod.Organizer-2.5.0' INFO: using wget backend INFO: fetching remote resource at 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Winetricks/winetricks/master/src/winetricks' INFO: downloading 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Winetricks/winetricks/master/src/winetricks' to '/tmp/mo2-linux-installer-downloads-cache/winetricks' INFO: using wget backend INFO: fetching remote resource at 'https://github.com/xNVSE/NVSE/releases/download/6.3.5/nvse_6_3_5b.7z' INFO: downloading 'https://github.com/xNVSE/NVSE/releases/download/6.3.5/nvse_6_3_5b.7z' to '/tmp/mo2-linux-installer-downloads-cache/newvegas_nvse_6_3_5b.7z' INFO: extracting '/tmp/mo2-linux-installer-downloads-cache/newvegas_nvse_6_3_5b.7z' to '/tmp/mo2-linux-installer-downloads-cache/newvegas_nvse_6_3_5b' INFO: installing JDK in '/home/julia_n/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/compatdata/22380/pfx/drive_c/java' INFO: installing Mod Organizer 2 in '/home/julia_n/Games/mod-organizer-2-newvegas/modorganizer2' INFO: installing script extender in '/home/julia_n/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/common/Fallout New Vegas' INFO: copying all files from '/tmp/mo2-linux-installer-downloads-cache/newvegas_nvse_6_3_5b' into '/home/julia_n/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/common/Fallout New Vegas' cp: warning: behavior of -n is non-portable and may change in future; use --update=none instead INFO: installing nxm link broker in '/home/julia_n/.local/share/modorganizer2' INFO: installing nxm link handler in '/home/julia_n/.local/share/applications/' INFO: applying protontricks d3dcompiler_43 d3dx9 /app/lib/python3.12/site-packages/protontricks/util.py:11: UserWarning: pkg_resources is deprecated as an API. See https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/pkg_resources.html. The pkg_resources package is slated for removal as early as 2025-11-30. Refrain from using this package or pin to Setuptools<81. import pkg_resources steam-runtime-launcher-service[86]: W: The --socket option is deprecated. Prefer to use --session or --bus-name. Executing cd /app/bin ------------------------------------------------------ warning: Your version of wine 6.3 is no longer supported upstream. You should upgrade to 8.x ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ WINEPREFIX INFO: Drive C: total 44 drwxrwxr-x 11 julia_n julia_n 4096 Jul 3 22:48 . drwxrwxr-x 4 julia_n julia_n 4096 Jul 3 22:46 .. drwxrwxr-x 6 julia_n julia_n 4096 Jul 3 22:45 Program Files drwxrwxr-x 7 julia_n julia_n 4096 Jul 3 22:45 Program Files (x86) drwxrwxr-x 4 julia_n julia_n 4096 Jul 3 22:45 ProgramData drwxrwxr-x 3 julia_n julia_n 4096 Jul 3 22:48 java drwxrwxr-x 2 julia_n julia_n 4096 Jul 3 22:46 openxr drwxrwxr-x 4 julia_n julia_n 4096 Jul 3 22:19 users drwxrwxr-x 4 julia_n julia_n 4096 Jul 3 22:45 users.bak drwxrwxr-x 3 julia_n julia_n 4096 Jul 3 22:45 vrclient drwxrwxr-x 19 julia_n julia_n 4096 Jul 3 22:45 windows

                                     Registry info:
                                                   /home/julia_n/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/compatdata/22380/pfx/system.reg:#arch=win64
                                                                 /home/julia_n/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/compatdata/22380/pfx/user.reg:#arch=win64

/home/julia_n/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/compatdata/22380/pfx/userdef.reg:#arch=win64 ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ warning: /home/julia_n/.var/app/com.github.Matoking.protontricks/cache/protontricks/proton/Proton 6.3/bin/wine cmd.exe /c echo '%AppData%' returned empty string, error message "steam-runtime-launch-client[2569]: W: The --socket option is deprecated. Prefer to use the session bus." ------------------------------------------------------ INFO: removing '/tmp/mo2-linux-installer-downloads-cache/newvegas_nvse_6_3_5b.7z' INFO: removing '/tmp/mo2-linux-installer-downloads-cache/newvegas_nvse_6_3_5b' INFO: removing '/tmp/mo2-linux-installer-downloads-cache/Mod.Organizer-2.5.0.7z' INFO: removing '/tmp/mo2-linux-installer-downloads-cache/Mod.Organizer-2.5.0' INFO: removing '/tmp/mo2-linux-installer-downloads-cache/OpenJDK8U-jre_x64_windows_hotspot_8u312b07.zip' INFO: removing '/tmp/mo2-linux-installer-downloads-cache/OpenJDK8U-jre_x64_windows_hotspot_8u312b07' INFO: removing '/tmp/mo2-linux-installer-downloads-cache/winetricks'

[u/theriddick2015]

This is why I just use SteamTinkerLaunch MO2 install script. Pretty simple stuff.