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I installed DF through Lubuntu's loader application, which is called Discover. The game runs fine, but I'm wondering where the game files are stored. I have searched around for an answer to this question, and they all point to folders that either don't exist or don't contain the game. I have tried using the search feature in the file system viewer, using search terms like "*dwarf*", but that's totally obtuse.

Does anyone know where DF files are stored in Lubuntu?

[Starver]

I know filenames containing "df" (or the whole name, but often "df_linux" and maybe other variations) are significant in some of the distro-targetted versions that might not have "dwarf" (or "Dwarf"... you could be hitting a case-sensitive situation).

I don't have much (barely any) Lubuntu experience, so anything else (e.g. you're doing an intrinsically user-account restriced path-search for things that are not normally show you without sudoing/whatever) would be even more guesswork, but if you're not already giving your search that little extra scope then maybe you can try it.

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I used the search feature to find all the files, and then I was able to filter the ones containing dwarf or df. One location is /home/lubuntu/.config/dwarf-fortress

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Some of the files are duplicates. This must have to do with the fact that I used Rufus to install Lubuntu on a live USB. Rufus uses bizarre workarounds to extend the natural maximum disk size. So now to figure out which files depend on which other files. Which df_init.txt to modify.

[Ziusudra]

The Muon package manager has an Installed Files tab for installed packages. You could use that to see what got installed where. My guess is that DF is run from a script that makes sure /home/lubuntu/.config/dwarf-fortress exists, changes the current directory to that, and runs DF from there. (This is what is done on Arch Linux.) Such a script would be installed to somewhere like /usr/bin/. Edit: looks like /usr/games/dwarf-fortress is the script - read that to see what it does. Ugh, a python script.

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It says the locations of PKG_LIB_DIR, PKG_DATA_DIR, and LOCAL_DATA_DIR. Not sure which of those I should alter.

[PopTart]

Okay, pretty sure it's /home/lubuntu/.config/dwarf-fortress

[Ziusudra]

Depends on what file you want to change. Some are in /home/user/.config/dwarf-fortress for each user and some in /usr/share/...

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Decided to throw the whole thing away and install the PyLNP, which is up to date (47.04).