proton-call command not found

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

proton-call: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: proton-call: command not found

Solutions to proton-call: command not found

How To Fix proton-call: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu proton-call is provided by proton-caller package.

proton-caller is:

Proton-caller allows you to run any Windows program through Valve’s Proton compatibility layer as easy as running it with WINE. Simply configure your Steam and common directories, and run the executable with proton-call -r foo.exe. Other usage examples can be found in the manual page. The last arguments are passed to the windows executable.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install proton-caller

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install proton-caller.

sudo apt -y install proton-caller

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install proton-caller

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix proton-call command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.