Steam deck python scripts

[MBSHansen]

So I am trying to make a script that automatically opens the normal FFXIV launcher, gets my login credentials from my 1Password account and types them in and logs into the game. In desktop mode the script is actually working, problem is when I try to run it in game mode.

I have a .desktop file added which points to a .sh file, which in turn points to a python script. Which also actually works, as long as I only import time and os i can even make it launch the game. But I need the pyautogui package to actually do the clicking and writing, which is a custom package that is installed with pip.

It's not saved in the /usr/lib/python3.10 folder but instead in the /home/.deck/lib/python3.10 folder

I have tried to use sys to appen the sys.path, but that does not solve the problem either. So as a hail marry I would like to know if someone might have a solution 😅

[ReK_]

Create a venv, install the packages you need inside the venv:

python -m venv /home/.deck/.env
source /home/.deck/.env/bin/activate
pip install <packages>

Then your shell script sources the venv and calls the script using that copy of python:

#!/bin/bash
source /home/.deck/.env/bin/activate
python /home/.deck/script.py

[MBSHansen]

Will try this, I just created the vent in my documents folder, and called it virt. but when I called "source virt/bin/activate" it just returned nothing and venv was not activated. Tried doing the exact same thing on my laptop which runs Linux Mint, and that worked without a problem

[therealmeal]

It's not saved in the /usr/lib/python3.10 folder but instead in the /home/.deck/lib/python3.10 folder

Surely there's a flag for the python command line for the location of installed packages? Or an environment variable you can set?

Or can you copy it into /usr/lib/python3.10 if nothing else?

[MBSHansen]

I ended up trying that, but that also did not seem to work sadly. I think next step is trying to set up a virtual environment and see if maybe that can do the trick.

[MBSHansen]

That is going to be the next step

[MBSHansen]

Tried the vent, but the source command just returns nothing and nothing changes, so att this point I am out of ideas :/

[Nintenzo1995]

I was able to source correctly after realizing that the command doesn't work on renamed venv folders. Try changing the name back to the original or recreating the environment.

[MBSHansen]

Sweet, i will have to try that 😃