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1{
2 bash,
3 fetchFromGitHub,
4 gawk,
5 git,
6 lib,
7 procps,
8 stdenvNoCC,
9 unixtools,
10 unstableGitUpdater,
11 unzip,
12 usbutils,
13 util-linux,
14 wget,
15 writeShellApplication,
16 xdotool,
17 xwininfo,
18 xrandr,
19 xprop,
20 yad,
21}:
22
23stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
24 pname = "steamtinkerlaunch";
25 version = "12.12-unstable-2025-07-14";
26
27 src = fetchFromGitHub {
28 owner = "sonic2kk";
29 repo = "steamtinkerlaunch";
30 rev = "8550ab26a712b7f5f6d0947070181446b9de61fd";
31 hash = "sha256-mCcxdm8odHvTt4aP58RHY6NkaUMmMbQesUtY6dvIvOc=";
32 };
33
34 passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater {
35 tagPrefix = "v";
36 };
37
38 outputs = [
39 "out"
40 "steamcompattool"
41 ];
42
43 installFlags = [ "PREFIX=\${out}" ];
44
45 nativeBuildInputs =
46 let
47 # We need a `steam` command in order to install the compat tool
48 fakeSteam = writeShellApplication {
49 name = "steam";
50 text = "exit 0";
51 };
52 in
53 [
54 fakeSteam
55 ];
56
57 postInstall =
58 let
59 # We (ab)use writeShellApplication to produce a header for a shell script
60 # here in order to add the runtimePath to the original script. We cannot
61 # wrap here as that always corrupts $0 in bash scripts which STL uses to
62 # install its compat tool.
63 header = writeShellApplication {
64 runtimeInputs = [
65 bash
66 gawk
67 git
68 procps
69 unixtools.xxd
70 unzip
71 usbutils
72 util-linux
73 wget
74 xdotool
75 xprop
76 xrandr
77 xwininfo
78 yad
79 ];
80 name = "stl-head";
81 text = "";
82 bashOptions = [ ];
83 };
84 fakeYad = writeShellApplication {
85 name = "yad";
86 text = "echo ${yad.version} FAKE";
87 };
88 in
89 ''
90 cp $out/bin/steamtinkerlaunch $TMPDIR/steamtinkerlaunch
91 install ${lib.getExe header} -T $out/bin/steamtinkerlaunch
92 tail -n +2 $TMPDIR/steamtinkerlaunch >> $out/bin/steamtinkerlaunch
93
94 # Create a fake steam dir, it checks this and reads a few values
95 steamdir=$TMPDIR/.local/share/Steam/
96 mkdir -p $steamdir/config/
97 echo \"path\" \"$steamdir\" > $steamdir/config/config.vdf
98 mkdir $TMPDIR/.steam/
99 ln -s $steamdir $TMPDIR/.steam/steam
100
101 cp -a $out/bin/steamtinkerlaunch $TMPDIR/steamtinkerlaunch
102 # yad cannot print its version without a graphical session https://github.com/v1cont/yad/issues/277
103 substituteInPlace $TMPDIR/steamtinkerlaunch --replace-fail ${yad} ${fakeYad}
104 HOME=$TMPDIR $TMPDIR/steamtinkerlaunch compat add
105
106 cp -a $steamdir/compatibilitytools.d/SteamTinkerLaunch $steamcompattool
107 # It creates this symlink but it points to $TMPDIR
108 ln -sfn $out/bin/steamtinkerlaunch $steamcompattool/
109 '';
110
111 meta = {
112 description = "Linux wrapper tool for use with the Steam client for custom launch options and 3rd party programs";
113 mainProgram = "steamtinkerlaunch";
114 homepage = "https://github.com/sonic2kk/steamtinkerlaunch";
115 license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
116 maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
117 surfaceflinger
118 ];
119 platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
120 };
121}