Configuration of Mango Hud on Linux. Fully tested by myself

linuxGamingSteamMangohud.md

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License

GPLv3

tl;dr - do what you want, I hold no liability for usage/misuage of this note.

Flatpak

References

Mangohud repository Freedesktop repository

Setup

1. Check the currently installed version of Steam (or other application) using flatpak info then install the SAME version of MangoHud as indicated in the Freedesktop runtime!

   flatpak install org.freedesktop.Platform.VulkanLayer.MangoHud
   

   Check whether and where a specific version is installed

   flatpak info --show-location org.freedesktop.Platform.VulkanLayer.MangoHud
   

2. (optional) Create a personalised config file (Goverlay recommended!) in ~/.config/MangoHud/MangoHud.conf and copy it over to~/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/config/MangoHud/MangoHud.conf

   https://raw.githubusercontent.com/flightlessmango/MangoHud/master/data/MangoHud.conf
   

3. Enable RO permissions (optional) $XDG_CONFIG_HOME stands for $HOME/.config

   flatpak override --user --filesystem=xdg-config/MangoHud:ro
   

   You can later remove it using e.g. Flatseal under "All Applications" and "Filesystem" tab.

4. (optional) To enable MangoHud for all Steam games (globally):

   flatpak override --user --env=MANGOHUD=1 com.valvesoftware.Steam
   

5. Run Steam games using e.g.

   mangohud gamemoderun %command% -vulkan
   MANGOHUD=1 gamemoderun %command% -vulkan
   mangohud %command% -vulkan
   

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