1. You need to have flatpak support installed on your Linux desktop. <br>
Follow the official flatpak guides on how to install it for your distribution:<br>
[Flatpak Setup Guide](https://flatpak.org/setup/)
2. We recommend that you have the `steam-devices` and/or `game-devices-udev` package installed as it comes with udev rules for many different controllers. You will have to check your distribution on how to install it.
3. We currently recommend that you add and launch RetroDECK from Steam so you can utilize the Steam Input feature to change various aspects of the external controllers. We will be looking into other alternative solutions later for those that do not want to use Steam.
- Go into your flatpak supported software manager in your desktop environment, this is different depending on what desktop you use. Example: for GNOME is often `GNOME Software` and for KDE it is `KDE Discover`.
- Search for RetroDECK and press install.
## From the terminal
- Run the following command `flatpak install Flathub net.retrodeck.retrodeck`
## First Run - Quick Start
1. Start RetroDECK for the first time
2. Choose where RetroDECK should create the `roms` folders `Internal`, `SDCard` or `Custom`.
## I got a distribution that have implemented Steam Deck's Game Mode, can I utilize that?
Yes, you can.
Specific hardware requirements apply if you want `Game Mode` to work.
`Game Mode` on your PC will mitgate several issues with Steam Input that exists in various distributions and will probably give you the best RetroDECK experince and playing Steam Games with controllers out of the box.