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## 🛠️ Installation instructions (🐧 Linux)
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> [!NOTE]
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> Linux support in SmokeAPI is highly experimental and has known issues.
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> Linux support in SmokeAPI is highly experimental/unstable and has known issues.
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> If none of the methods below work for you, then consider running a Windows version of a game
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> via Proton compatibility layer and follow the instructions in the Windows section.
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This is because the current hook mode installation method has to directly launch game
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executable. However, by default Steam doesn't do that, instead it launches certain wrappers
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that setup game environment with optimal parameters. Hence, launching a game without those
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wrappers might cause issues. That is why proxy mode is recommended on Linux for now.
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wrappers might cause issues in theory. However, in practice real tests show that hook mode has higher
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chance of success compared to proxy mode. So, at the end of the day, try both modes to see which one works
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best for you.
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### 🔀 Proxy mode (🐧 Linux)
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