How to play Dirt Rally on Linux
Dirt Rally is a racing simulator developed and published by Code Masters for Microsoft Windows and PS4, and Xbox One. Later on, after its release, it made its way to Linux and Mac OS. Here’s how you can play it on your Linux PC.
Getting Dirt Rally working on Linux
Dirt Rally is a native Linux video game and runs on the platform really well, so there’s no need to tinker with Wine or Proton tools. However, you’ll need to get the Steam app working on your Linux PC before you can play the game, as it wasn’t released as a standalone game.
To get the Steam app working on your Linux PC, you’ll need to open up a terminal window on the desktop. Press Ctrl + Alt + T on the keyboard to open up the terminal window. Alternatively, launch a terminal window by searching for “Terminal” in the app menu.
Once the terminal window is open and ready to use, the installation is ready to begin. Follow the command-line installation instructions below to get the Steam app working.
Ubuntu
Use the following apt install command to set up Steam on your Ubuntu computer.
sudo apt install steam
Debian
To get Steam working on Debian, start by downloading the latest Steam DEB package to your computer. Run the wget command to download the newest release of Steam to your computer.
wget https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/client/installer/steam.deb
After downloading the latest release of Steam to your computer, run the dpkg command to set up Steam on Debian.
sudo dpkg -i steam.deb
With Steam set up on your computer, run the apt-get install -f command to correct any dependency issues that may have occurred during the installation process.
sudo apt-get install -f
Arch Linux
To set up Steam on Arch Linux, start by setting up the “multilib” software repository. This repo must be enabled to install the Steam app. Open up the /etc/pacman.conf file in a text editor (as root).
Once the text editor is open, find the “multilib” software repository line and remove the # symbol. Then, remove the # symbol from the lines directly below. Finally, exit the editor and run the pacman -Syy command.
sudo pacman -Syy
The Steam app is ready to install with the “multilib” software repository enabled. To get it working on your computer, run the pacman -S command.
sudo pacman -S steam
Fedora/OpenSUSE
Fedora and OpenSUSE have the Steam app included in software repositories out of the box. However, the Flatpak release of Steam tends to work better on these operating systems, so we suggest following those instructions instead.
Flatpak
Setting up Steam as a Flatpak is accessible on most Linux operating systems. To start the installation, enable the Flatpak runtime on your computer. With the runtime up and running, run the two commands to get the Steam app working on your computer.
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
flatpak install flathub com.valvesoftware.Steam
With Steam up and running on your Linux system, open it up. Then, follow the step-by-step instructions below to get Dirt Rally working on Linux.
Step 1: After Steam is open, find the “Store” button and click on it to access the Steam Store. Once the Steam store is loaded up, find the search box, and click on it with the mouse.
After clicking on the search box, type in “Dirt Rally” into the box and press the Enter key. Upon pressing the Enter key, Steam will show you the search results.
Step 2: Look through the Steam search results for “Dirt Rally.” When you’ve located the game, click on it. When you select “Dirt Rally,” it will load up the game’s Steam storefront page.
On the Dirt Rally Steam storefront page, look for the green “Add to cart” button and click on it with the mouse. Upon selecting this button, you’ll add Dirt Rally to your Steam cart.
Step 3: Click on the Steam cart icon to access your Steam cart. Once inside your Steam cart, go through the process of purchasing the game for your account. When you’ve bought the game, click on the “Library” button to access your Steam games library.
Step 4: After selecting the “Library” button, look through your game collection and locate “Dirt Rally” by clicking on the search box in the Steam “Library” area. Once you’ve found the game, locate the blue “INSTALL” button and click it to download and install the game to your computer.
Step 5: When Dirt Rally is done downloading to your computer, the blue “INSTALL” button will become a green “PLAY” button. Select this “PLAY” button to load up the game on your computer.
