How to play Shadow of the Tomb Raider on Linux
Shadow of the Tomb Raider is a 2018 action-adventure game developed by Eidos Montreal and published by Square Enix. In the game, players control Lara Croft in yet another adventure. Here’s how to run the game on Linux.
Getting Shadow of the Tomb Raider working on Linux
Shadow of the Tomb Raider is a native Linux video game. However, you won’t be able to get the game working on Linux without using the Linux Steam app.
To get the Steam app working on Linux, you’ll need to open up a terminal window on the desktop. You can launch a terminal window on Linux by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T on the keyboard. Alternatively, you can launch a terminal window by searching for “Terminal” in the app menu.
With the terminal window open and ready to use, the installation is ready to begin. Using the installation instructions below, get the latest version of Steam working on your Linux computer.
Ubuntu
To get Steam working on Ubuntu use the apt install command below.
sudo apt install steam
Debian
On Debian, you must install the Steam application using the downloadable DEB package from Valve’s website. To get your hands on the latest release of Steam, use the wget download command down below.
wget https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/client/installer/steam.deb
After downloading the Steam DEB package to your computer, use the dpkg command down below to install the Steam app on your computer.
sudo dpkg -i steam.deb
Once the Steam application is set up on your computer, you will need to correct any dependency issues that occurred during the installation process.
sudo apt-get install -f
Arch Linux
Those that want to use Steam on Arch Linux will first need to enable the “multilib” software repository. To enable this repository, open up the /etc/pacman.conf in a text editor (as root).
Once the file is open for editing, locate the “multilib” line and remove the # symbol from in front. Also, remove the # symbol from the lines directly below. When done save the edits and run the pacman -Syy command.
sudo pacman -Syy
Finally, install Steam on your Arch Linux system using the pacman -S command down below.
sudo pacman -S steam
Fedora/OpenSUSE
On Fedora Linux and OpenSUSE Linux, Steam can be installed through software repositories included out of the box. That said, the Flatpak release of Steam tends to work better on these OSes so we suggest following those instructions instead.
Flatpak
To set up Steam via Flatpak, start by following our guide on how to configure the Flatpak runtime. Once the runtime is configured, install the Steam app using the commands below.
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
flatpak install flathub com.valvesoftware.Steam
With the Steam app set up on your Linux computer, open it up and sign in to your account. After that, follow the step-by-step instructions below to get Shadow of the Tomb Raider working on your Linux system.
Step 1: Locate the “Store” button inside of the Steam application, and click on it with the mouse. When you select this button, you will load up the Steam store. On the Steam store, find the search box and click on it with the mouse to access the search function.
Type out “Shadow of the Tomb Raider” into the search box. Then, press the Enter key to view the search results. Look through the search results for “Shadow of the Tomb Raider.” When you’ve found it, click on it to load up the game’s Steam store page.
Step 2: On the Shadow of the Tomb Raider Steam store page, look for the green “Add to cart” button and click on it with the mouse. Selecting this button will add the game to your Steam cart in the Steam app.
With Shadow of the Tomb Raider added to your Steam cart, click on the cart icon. Selecting the cart icon will allow you to go through purchasing Shadow of the Tomb Raider for your Steam account.
Step 3: After buying Shadow of the Tomb Raider, find the “Library” button and select it with the mouse. Upon selecting the “Library” button, you’ll have access to the Steam games library. Look through your Steam games library for “Shadow of the Tomb Raider” and select it once you’ve found it.
Step 4: When you’ve selected “Shadow of the Tomb Raider,” you will see a blue “INSTALL” button. Select this button to download and install Shadow of the Tomb Raider to your computer. The installation shouldn’t take long.
Step 5: Once Shadow of the Tomb Raider is done downloading to your Linux PC, the blue “INSTALL” button will become a green “PLAY” button. Select the “PLAY” button to start up Shadow of the Tomb Raider on your Linux system.
